<p>Hey, well, out of high school, I attended a Top 5 school. I had been class valedictorian, over 4.0 GPA, 2200 SATs, 3 800s and a 700 on SAT IIs, and countless extracurriculars. During the spring semester of my freshman year, I placed on disciplinary suspension for a year for being arrested for buying alcohol with a fake ID. I was maintaining a 3.2 GPA while I was there. </p>
<p>After being suspended, I took classes during the summer at another Ivy league school and achieved a 4.0 while I was there. Now I'm currently studying at an international university and will most likely be able to maintain a 4.0 while I am here. I am taking 7 classes here, each 4 hours, and also working 20 hours a week. </p>
<p>What I want to know is what are my chances for spring transfer (I hated it at the school, and can't see myself going back) at schools like Boston College, BU, or Northeastern University. (I'm basically trying to transfer to a school in Boston) How badly does the suspension hurt me, and how would I be able to accentuate what I've learned from my mistakes and show that I've changed. In addition, I've also done alcohol counseling and will probably write my main essay on how my situation changed my entire view on alcohol and the law. </p>
<p>Any comments or input would be much appreciated. </p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Being familiar with BU Admissions’ goals, I think that you have a very good chance of getting in as a transfer. The university has been trying very hard to attract quality students over the past decade. If you can distance yourself from that arrest somewhat, it shouldn’t affect your candidacy too much. Just make sure the committee knows that you have a) learned from the experience b) grown from it and c) higher expectations of yourself than that incident would indicate. If you pitch a maturing person with great academic credentials and a defined direction, you’ll be in a great position, at least for BU. I can’t speak to the other schools though. Hope that helps!</p>
<p>You really should be fine for all of the schools. Getting caught for a fake ID is bad, but its really not going to kill your chances. If you explain yourself, it’ll probably be a very small dent and not a huge obstacle.</p>
<p>That said, you attend a top 5 school thats an Ivy by the sound of it and I think that would be of heavy weight in the admissions, since that would explain the lower grades in the beginning. Though, I think you could probably try for schools like MIT, Harvard, or Tufts, that are not in Boston, but very close to it (just a suggestion) because of your improvements in summer classes and at your international university.</p>
<p>You should be okay at NU and BU if you explain the situation and how you learned from your mistakes. Might need a little more umph for the BC application though.</p>
<p>thanks for the responses, really assuring
@TheMan777-well i would probably attempt to transfer to some of those schools if i decide to spend another semester at my current university, I’m basically just trying to keep my options open so I can have other options to finish my studies in the US, and my experiences with the ivies have shown me that the top schools really take any blemish on your college record really seriously and thats what worries me</p>
<p>if i were you, i’d stay at your current school. suffer through for two more years and be set for life.</p>
<p>hahah yeaa a lot of people would say that, I just dont see a point at suffering for a couple more years, and i actually feel like i could get an equally good education elsewhere and enjoy it a lot more</p>