<p>CONGRATS! I am genuinely happy for you!</p>
<p>HELP ME?!?!?!?!?!?!?</p>
<p>My first semester grades are TERRIBLE, i think i wont have anything higher than a C in ANY of my classes :(. I had some trouble adjusting to the college environment and it took me a while to really get used to the college workload, by that time it was too late. I feel so depressed, i dont know what to do, is there a point in continuing? since the chances i have at my top schools are basically gone? If i manage to pull a 4.0 in every semester (including the summer) then my gpa will be 3.5 when i apply for transfer...</p>
<p>Here's my tentative list (some colleges are cut out due to my dismal performance)...</p>
<pre><code>* Boston U
* Brandeis U
* Emory U----top choice
* Lehigh U
* McGill U----top choice 2
* Northeastern U
* Rensselaer Polytec I
</code></pre>
<p>I need some serious advice....</p>
<p>bumpity bump bump...</p>
<p>apparently, there's a lot to be said about upward trends.
if you went from straight c's to straight a's, and come up with some sort of easily empathetic excuse (true or not), you'll do fine.
get involved on campus... start a club, be president of 3, aso, honors program, volunteer at a hospital, tutor and get a job... IF you can pull that off, from what i've seen and read, you've got a shot at tier 2's, or even the ivy's.
good luck.</p>
<p>i mean most tier 1's</p>
<p>Congrats Love3qualsHate!!! You deserve it. I feel happy for you.</p>
<p>I had a 2.5 after my first semester at a top 60 school. I had a full scholarship too, and I ended up losing it. I was absolutely miserable and I thought I was stuck at a place I had always hated and only attended for the money. I buckled down and ended up getting my GPA to a 3.2. I was recently accepted to BC as a junior with two C's and a D on my transcript. I've wanted to go there since I was 10, so it's a happy ending. </p>
<p>If you have good test scores and a good high school record, one bad semester won't kill you as long as you can recover. If you can do well after a bad start, it shows determination and dedication IMO, and those are two qualities that schools like to see.</p>
<p>I'm so happy that I get to finally post on this thread.</p>
<p>In HS, I graduated with a 2.8 GPA. I didnt care about school. I struggled in college also, earning a 3.25 my first semester. I slowly raised my grades up and eventually got accepted in the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor for Winter semester as a sophomore. I will be attending classes in less than two weeks. Im nervous yet excited.</p>
<p>Hey bceagles, what was your intended major?</p>
<p>Hey, thank you everyone for posting your stories and encouraging me. I dug myself into a hole (bad grades that got me kicked out) and want to get out. If anyone can read my post (<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/632446-bad-academic-standing-can-i-transfer.html%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/632446-bad-academic-standing-can-i-transfer.html</a>) and help me out with some suggestions, advice, etc it would be great :)</p>
<p>Thanks and good luck!</p>
<p>History major</p>
<p>First of all..thank you for the stories..it made me want to post mine</p>
<p>so i dont know what to do anymore..and im looking for a little bit of advice...</p>
<p>I graduated H.S in 07 and went straight to Truman State in the fall. It was amazing at first..but secretly i began to hate it...i hated my teachers...i hated my roommate..and i hated the town. I suffer from chronic depression so my studies started to drop. I went to the counseling services and it helped a little..but i kept slipping deeper. i didnt go to class and i failed everything. I developed an eating disorder and decided before midterms to transfer back home to seek medical attention.</p>
<p>At home i felt like i was complete failure because i couldnt tough it out. but i desperately wanted to get back to school. So i decided to go to culinary school...in the spring of 08..a repeat of what happened at Truman..kicked in again..and i withdrew.</p>
<p>In the summer of 08..after seeking treatment i felt i was ready to go back to Truman..because i knew if i went back i would get a good degree..and have a better chance at life. So i went to cc to take a summer course and i passed with a B.</p>
<p>In the fall semester of 08..i went back to Truman and was excited to get started in school again..with a fresh new start. But as soon as school started..i started to slip again. I had a another depression spell..and started to slip again. I finally made teh decision to come back home for good and not return to Truman state at spring semester because i realized i had to went to that school for the wrong reasons..mainly cause it was cheap and my mom was proud i went to a good school</p>
<p>So as a result...i failed all of my classes in the fall semester..which was expected because if u dont go to class..how can u pass.</p>
<p>So as of this moment..i am going to cc to get my gens done and transfer to UMSL for theater and english education. I decided to pursue theater education or something that i love because i was going to college for something i didnt want to do..and to get help mentally....im scared that i made the choice because im afraid to do something that i love for that i wont succeed or make any money. Over the past 3 years i have transferred from college to home to seek help for my depression....i regret alot of things...i almost stayed away from home..because i thought happiness didnt matter..and i was just gonna stick it out..but my depression was too much for me. I want to feel i did the right thing..but im constantly feeling guilty...i just hate how ive let my time in college slip by..i just want to be successful..and im scared i wont make it. I should be a junior in the fall of 09..but im still a freshman credit wise..and its killing me..it makes me feel like a disappointment</p>
<p>im just kinda lost..and just expressing it..helps me clear my thoughts a bit</p>
<p>I have gone to college twice. Before I dropped out the last time I had a CUM of 3.133, but after I dropped out my GPA went to a 1.808. I am sure Kent State looked at what my GPA was when I was actively enrolled. I am sure I will get my GPA back to above 3.0 once I go back in the fall. I think it is possible for anyone to have a low GPA and come back and raise it!</p>
<p>I don't have a success story to share with you yet but I hope that all of us will post a success story by the end of the semester.
My story:
1st semester 3.78
Second semester: Ws and Fs ( not happy at the school and slacked it off)
Third semester: B,B,C+,D (I got over my anger and more mature)
I wanted to transfer but I am afraid that 2nd semester and the D will kill my chances. I might not try to transfer anymore because I feel that I will get rejected because I did not show any improvement . My dear CC fellas do you think that it is worth trying?</p>
<p>Well I did get into UNC Wilmington, For the Fall Semester of 2009.</p>
<p>@Yelena
If it was me I would take a semester to get some of those F's off and that D off. I'm not sure how it is where you are but here in Minnesota if we take the same course off the lower grade wont be accounted for in your GPA. </p>
<p>P.S. I'm new to this board. Stumbled across it while trying to get info myself and it seems great. Did a little poking around my self.</p>
<p>I have my own story though..</p>
<p>I currently am at a Community College after taking a couple years off after high school and I'm about 2 semester away from transferring out. The schools I want to transfer to are a couple private schools and also the University of Minnesota - Carlson school of Management which is highly ranked in the midwest. My GPA currently is at a 2.97 and thats after having 2 F's on there that I turned into 2 B's and also having about 4 W's from my first semester of school when I decided not to attend. With another 2 semester still to do I'm thinking I can get my GPA up to about a 3.2-3.4 range. Do you think the W's and the F's will hurt my chances of getting into the private schools or the U of M?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Ryan</p>
<p>
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I have my own story though..</p>
<p>I currently am at a Community College after taking a couple years off after high school and I'm about 2 semester away from transferring out. The schools I want to transfer to are a couple private schools and also the University of Minnesota - Carlson school of Management which is highly ranked in the midwest. My GPA currently is at a 2.97 and thats after having 2 F's on there that I turned into 2 B's and also having about 4 W's from my first semester of school when I decided not to attend. With another 2 semester still to do I'm thinking I can get my GPA up to about a 3.2-3.4 range. Do you think the W's and the F's will hurt my chances of getting into the private schools or the U of M?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Ryan
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<p>Minnesota's site has a statistics profile of the types of transfers who got in and what their GPA was...</p>
<p>Transfer</a> Admission Requirements - Carlson School of Management</p>
<p>CSOM Transfer Student Profile
Number of Admitted Students for Fall 2008: 98
Fall 2008 Average Transfer GPA: 3.77
Transfer GPA range distribution: 4.0-3.5 90%
3.49-3.0 10%
2.99-2.5 0%
Below 2.5 0%</p>
<p>I still think there is a good shot at you getting in. Minnesota's acceptance rate is somewhere around 57%, and it's probably higher for transfer students who have the prerequisites fulfilled. I am applying to the CEHD myself. I got in last year with a 3.34 GPA but now it's down to 2.92 after a HORRIBLE semester at Michigan. I really just need a change of scenery seeing how I've been in Ann Arbor my entire life. I tried commuting, working a part time job AND going to school, and it didn't work out to say the least.</p>
<p>CEHD Transfer Student Profile
Number of Admitted Students for Fall 2008: 134
Fall 2008 Average Transfer GPA: 3.23
Transfer GPA range distribution: 4.0-3.5 30%
3.49-3.0 46%
2.99-2.5 22%
Below 2.5 2%</p>
<p>I am in a similar situation…though not as extreme.
In HS I had a 3.7 and vowed to make my college years count.
Little did I know, college grading is completely different and the A-'s I would get would factor in as a 3.7 instead of a 4.0! I ended my first semester with a 3.53 and it looks like my second semester will probably be the same. Not horrible, but definitely not what I was expecting.
I REALLY want to transfer out. I am applying to Barnard College from a Top 20 University and I am just hoping they will take my heavy courseload/top school into consideration. :[</p>
<p>I don’t have nearly as tough and dramatic of a situation a lot of you have. But in 8th grade I almost got expelled from my school. I was acting out due to a tough family situation. This carried over into high school and my freshman year I ended up with a gpa around 2.4. Then my sophmore year I did slightly better around a 2.8. Then I decided to really stop feeling bad for myself take my life into my own hands. I did so well my junior and senior year I finished with a total cumulative gpa of 3.4 and I studied my ass off for the act and got a 31. I have been at a state school for 3 semesters and have a 3.85 and just applied for transfer at upenn, yale, nyu, washu, and northwestern. Hopefully I get that happy ending.</p>