Transfer | Chance Me

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HS Stats:
1890 SAT
-610 MATH
-580 CR
-700 WR
3.72 UGPA
Very active in multiple clubs (NHS, Key Club, etc.), lead my own fundraiser for Sandy Hook, was a captain for Relay for Life and the Out of the Darkness Walk, have had a part time job since i was 12 years old and had an internship for junior and senior year.

College Stats:
Fall Semester - 2.23 GPA
Spring Semester - 3.61 GPA
Active in fundraising for THON
Had an Anatomy Lab TA for my recommendation, and I know she’ll write a good one as I was one of the top in the class as a freshman next to people who would going to med school/graduate school next semester.
There were a lot of reasons for how low my GPA was fall semester, but as you can see it isn’t representative. Unfortunately, I don’t think they’re really going to take that into consideration, regardless of the reasons.

I was waitlisted then accepted when I applied for my Freshman year, ended up choosing Penn State and now I regret it. I really think Pitt is where I’m supposed to be, but I’m very doubtful of my chances since my fall semester grades were so poor.

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I transferred from Temple to Pitt-Johnstown and then to Pitt main. That’s kind of how you have to do it with a lower GPA, which I had! So I paid my dues at UPJ for a semester and really brought my grades up, which isn’t difficult to do because there is literally nothing to do at that campus except study. I got quite a bit of resistance moving from UPJ to Main, since it’s more selective, but I straight up told them that if I didn’t get into Main the next semester I would take my college business elsewhere. TLDR: Transfer to a satellite, study your butt off for a semester, argue into Main.

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daniellefulwider, did you hear back? Is it hard to transfer if your GPA is a 2.5 (or above)? I thought the requirement for transfer is a 2.5 for Arts and Sciences. If you were at one point accepted and maintained a 2.5, it seems like that would be acceptable still. But I don’t know.

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@Pbrain I was accepted to my first choice major (bio with a pre-OT concentration)!