<p>I'm going to attempt to transfer from community college after 1 year starting in the fall of 2013.. My first semester I had a gpa of 3.7 with 13 credits, this semester I'm taking 16 credits and plan on having somewhat of the same gpa.. The only problem are my high school grades sucked :( in high school I did terrible I don't even want to talk about it. But other than that everything is fine I was just young and immature back then. So now I am about to take my sat because I know that's what schools look at. The only class I wouldn't have taken this year is a math course which I hear is really important to some colleges but other than that I will have everything else needed.. I'm going to apply everywhere and would like to know my chances of getting accepted</p>
<p>Radford
Jmu
Odu
VCu
Ecu
Wvu
Uva</p>
<p>Jmu's website specifically says math is important so I'm guessing that's a no go but what are the possibilities of the other ones? I really really really want to go to jmu so if there's any advice please share :)</p>
<p>Hey you are in the same boat as me. I did very poorly in high school little bit less than 3.0.</p>
<p>I went to cc and I’m in my 2nd year with around 55 credits and a 3.8. I know how you feel in that you want to transfer after one year. I didn’t take sat or act and most colleges don’t require you to send them as long as you have like 30 credits. That being said if you went another year and keep up those grades i would give you a great shot at all the schools (uva requires act or sat even with my credits). </p>
<p>I would say odu vcu radford are all very very realistic. </p>
<p>I don’t really know about ECU or WVU but i have heard its easy to get into WVU. </p>
<p>I would say JMU is a maybe. They seem to be very weird about freshman applications I’m sure they take a hard look at high school for freshman. That being said your college gpa is better than a lot of people i know who have gotten in. I would say you have a good shot but not definite. </p>
<p>I would say UVA is a no go. They really look into high school as much as college coursework. It wouldn’t hurt to use this as a reach school as you have a shot.</p>
<p>Just a theory, but I think you should look at the retention rates for freshman at these universities. Meaning, what number of freshman return as sophomores.</p>
<p>UVA is 97%, so I would assume they have very few spots for Sophomores.</p>
<p>JMU is 92%, so there are more spots for Sophomores?</p>
<p>Radford is 74%, which seems pretty bad, but would lead me to believe there are a lot of open Sophomore spaces.</p>
<p>You can look at all of the schools using the Common Data Set. The retention rate is in the “Enrollment and Persistence” section.</p>
<p>But, this whole notion could be wrong, and somewhere like Radford just plans for only 75% of students to return and size their classes and faculty accordingly.</p>
<p>bullahboy, I would say you have a great shot. You have 60 credits at the end of this semester which is good. College gpa seems right in the range. I’ve talked to an admissions rep there; he told me that they like a lot of credits and mostly look at the grades in your English, math, science with a lab, and social science (all being college level).</p>