<p>My daughter is currently in the honors program at University of Missouri, studying political science. She tried to transfer to U of I after her freshman year, but the program was closed to those with less than 60 credits. </p>
<p>She has a 3.75 GPA in the honors program, and is a vice chairman in the student government. She also has a leadership position in her sorority, and they have her sorority at U of I. ( Don't know if that matters).</p>
<p>High school stats : National merit commended, ACT 31, lots of ECs.</p>
<p>She is studying abroad in Scotland 2nd semester of this year.</p>
<p>Will her chances of being accepted as a transfer be better this year?</p>
<p>certain colleges will be harder than others, but she's in if 60 credits transfer.</p>
<p>the university has a transfer guidelines brochure in the admissions office, if you're interested in viewing the cutoffs for your daughter's major and college i'd call the admissions office and see if they can't send one your way. I'll tell you right now though, 3.75 is well above all the published cutoffs from last year.</p>
<p>Nothing is definite. The GPA gives her a shot. Most programs at UIUC prefer junior transfer (those who will have at least 60 semester credit hours when they transfer). The colleges and departments generally publish minimum GPA needed and minimum course requirements needed to transfer and you must meet those to even be considered. High school record and SAT or ACT score are not considered for junior transfers. </p>
<p>The minimum GPA's they publish for transfer do not equal being accepted and in fact the actual GPA needed can be much higher depending on circumstances at the time, including how many seats they actually have open at the time and how many apply for transfer. UIUC's transfer acceptance rate is significantly lower than its freshman acceptance rate. Moreover, unlike freshman candidates, UIUC follows a preference for in-state residents when considering transfers into it. Also be aware that Poli Sci can be a major difficult to transfer into because it is a popular major into which many "undecideds" at UIUC float into and thus lower the number of seats available to transfers.</p>
<p>Drusba, thanks for your reply. Would it be better to apply as a Philosophy or Sociology major? She has enough credits in those subjects to make that work.</p>
<p>^No they don't. I dunno where you got that, but for transfer students it's exactly the opposite. They prefer in-state. I'd guess that's so it's easier to figure out what transfers to what using the course applicability system at transfer.org.</p>