Terrible College GPA, Good High School GPA- Umass Amherst Transfer Chances?!?!!!?

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Hi!! So I am a freshmen in my second term at a small liberal arts college. I am planning on transferring but I just have a problem with my GPA! My school does trimesters so in the first term, I only took 3 classes (only 3 credits) but I received a C in 2 of them and an A in 1 of them. This makes my current GPA a 2.66 and it is solely based on those 3 classes!!! I have never had a GPA this low and my high school GPA is a 3.6 and my SAT score is a 1270. Can you please chance me? Do you think my college GPA will affect my chances a lot?!

On the Umass website, it says they want transfers to have a 2.7 GPA at least!!! But they do a holistic approach.

I’m in my second term right now and I know I will get better grades but the fall 2020 transfer deadline is before my grades come out! Please help!!!

Can someone reply? I’m freaking out

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I was in the same boat at you my freshman year. I’m at a small liberal arts college and had a 2.7 my freshman year as well. I worked my grades up to a 3.19 and applied to UMass a few weeks ago and got in. I’d recommend trying to get up to at least a 3.0 before applying and suffering through as much as you can. It’ll give you some time to build your resume too!

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I would still apply to UMass especially if there is a reason for your low GPA (personal circumstance, etc.), but I also know a lot of people transfer to UMass in the spring so you could work on getting your grades up this semester so you can get in for spring 2021. Good luck!