<p>I've been doing some serious thinking lately about college and life. For all my life, I have wanted to live in California and in fact that is where I plan on establishing my business and raising my family. Currently, I'm a transfer student at the University of Miami. I have a 3.5 GPA cumulative GPA (UMD and UMiami) combined and 3.75 GPA at Miami. For the first half of my freshmen year, I went to the University of Maryland, College Park. However, I decided that the north was not the right place for me. I'm very happy at the University of Miami but realize that it's more well-known in the north and southeastern portion of the U.S. and I probably would not get the same job opportunities in the West for this reason. I would most likely want to transfer in Fall 2009. I have listed certain statistics below.</p>
<p>High School Resume:
UW GPA: 3.7
W GPA: 4.2
Rank: 99/540 (certain reasons)
Top 15% of graduating class
Location: south Florida
High School type: Most competitive public, "A" rated school and nationally ranked in US News (130s/1000)
Senior year courseload: highly competitive (2 APs/4 Honors)
Extracurriculars: NHS, Jewish Forum, Key Club, Kiwanis Club, peer counselor, numerous other clubs, two years of Vocal Ensemble IV(advanced choral unit).</p>
<p>First semester of college:
College: University of Maryland, College Park
Major: Undecided (was going to transfer into Smith School of Business)
Courses: Introduction to Shakespeare, The Student Experience, College Algebra, Microeconomics, Psychology(introductory level).
GPA: 3.3
Reasons for transfer: weather, surrounding areas and campus were unsafe, did not adjust well to big campus and large classes.</p>
<p>Second semester of College
College: University of Miami
Major: International Finance and Marketing
Courses: Business Calculus, English (writing intro), Biology (environmental), Macroeconomics, Political Science.
GPA: 3.75
Overall: Very happy at Miami, just thinking about my future.</p>