<p>I am currently a freshman studying at UNC-Wilmington.</p>
<p>HS GPA 3.5 weighted
SAT CR 650 MATH 530</p>
<p>College GPA 3.8
Double Major Political Science/History
Hispanic</p>
<p>Let me know what ya'll think of my chances, thanks!</p>
<p>I’d think that most transfer applicants stand a decent chance at admission simply due to the financial needs of the school. If 100 kids start out as freshman, then maybe 90 of them are still around as sophomores. That 10% drop in enrollment eats at the financial base for the school, so they’re going to be financially motivated to fill those 10 spots and get that money running through again. </p>
<p>I think it comes down to money, to finances, for the school.</p>
<p>I don’t think anything from high school, including the SAT, will matter. I think the only thing that will matter is HOW well you did at (UNC-Wilmington) your school. Did you bloom where you were planted? I’d say a 3.8 is a strong bloom so you stand a great chance if there are spots available.</p>
<p>Good luck! (All of that is a guess and I don’t know any of it for sure; one poster on the UNC forum who DOES KNOW is JohnBlack, I can assure you. His posts are amazing and insightful). Maybe he can weigh in on this issue.</p>
<p>the kitesurfer.</p>
<p>Haha, okay I’ll post what I found.</p>
<p>It seems harder to transfer as an incoming Sophomore. This should clear up some ambiguity about whether they look at HS vs College transfer admit data. This is for transfer applicants in 2011:</p>
<p>[Transferring</a> to Carolina](<a href=“http://admissions.unc.edu/Apply/Transfer_Students/Admissions_Evaluation.html]Transferring”>http://admissions.unc.edu/Apply/Transfer_Students/Admissions_Evaluation.html)</p>
<p>" Fall 2011 Enrolling Class
2,848 applied
1,048 were admitted
680 enrolled</p>
<pre><code>Approximately 51% were female and 49% were male. 36% enrolled as sophomores and 64% as juniors. 27% of the enrolling class were non-traditional students older than age 22.
</code></pre>
<p>For enrolling sophomores, the average college GPA was 3.64 and the average SAT was 1247 (Critical Reading plus Math). For enrolling juniors, the average college GPA was 3.58 and the average SAT (not required of juniors) was 1209 (Critical Reading plus Math).</p>
<p>We take into consideration both your high school and college work as we evaluate your academic record. The more college work you have completed and the longer it has been since you graduated from high school, the more heavily we consider your college transcript rather than your high school record. For sophomores who are transferring with only one to two semesters of college work, your high school performance and curriculum are important factors in our decision. "</p>
<p>In addition, these three links I’ll post below will have even more contextual information. However, it’s from 2006 so not the most up-to-date…</p>
<p>In 2006:
~46% of students from UNC-W were admitted as transfers. Admitted sophomore transfers had slightly lower SATs (~20pts) than instate freshman admits. Admitted Junior applicants had much lower SATs (~130pts). Average transfer College GPA was approximately 3.45.</p>
<p>It seems, comparing this to 2011 data, that it is harder to get in as a transfer than it was in 2006. GPA is 0.20 higher and SATs are slightly up for Junior transfers though relatively steady for Sophomore transfers ~1250/1600.</p>
<p>[View</a> image: transfer1](<a href=“http://postimage.org/image/fsmb6953r/]View”>http://postimage.org/image/fsmb6953r/)</p>
<p>[View</a> image: transfer2](<a href=“http://postimage.org/image/kaolycl5j/]View”>http://postimage.org/image/kaolycl5j/)</p>
<p>[View</a> image: transfer3](<a href=“http://postimage.org/image/ymp0j1m5n/]View”>http://postimage.org/image/ymp0j1m5n/)</p>
<p>Your SAT looks low but GPA looks great. As stated above, they’ll look at your HS record more as a Sophomore transfer. I think you definitely have a shot! If you don’t get in this time around, it seems you’d likely have a much better chance as a junior applicant.</p>
<p>Best of luck with the process! Let me know if you have any questions about the stuff I posted.</p>
<p>Thank you so much and those charts were awesome! Would already having 19 credits as a freshman from AP courses also be a factor in increasing my chances? By the time I’m done with my second semester of freshman year I should have 49 credits.</p>
<p>Probably not since it’s not demonstrating anything new about you from college. Junior transfers generally have one year more of college experience (I don’t think the credit counts matter)</p>
<p>I’m assuming your credit comes from HS? UNC might like that you took a lot of AP/IB or community college courses/did well on tests but it doesn’t say anything about your new performance in college.</p>