Transfer student

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Florida
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<p>Hello Forum, </p>

<p>I was declined from UF for the Fall 2013 semester cause of my super low GPA of 2.8. My SAT score was 1860 which is probably a bit below average for UF. I wasn't able to perform well in high school because of health issues. </p>

<p>Everything's a lot better now health wise and I'll be able to finally focus on school. I'll now be attending FAU but I want to transfer to UF as soon as possible. I'm majoring in computer science and I will have 60 credits finished by next summer but the application deadline for transfer students is March 1st. So will they only count my grades from the fall semester? Or will they look at high school grades too for better judgement?</p>

<p>Please help,
Lisa S.</p>

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<p>Lots of previous transfer students post on this forum, so I’m sure they can give you a more definitive answer. However, my understanding is that you have to complete 60 credit hours (and have your AA if you’re transferring from a CC or college…but not from an university) before UF will process the transfer. This means they will be taking into account your spring classes (and Summer). </p>

<p>You’ll be transferring into one of the colleges (unlike a Freshman who’s accepted into the “university”). Each college has it’s own requirements for transfer students. This usually includes a minimum GPA and several core classes. Some of the colleges are very competitive, so your GPA will need to be far higher than the minimum. Below is the requirements for CISE</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.cise.ufl.edu/admissions/undergrad/CSE-Transfer.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cise.ufl.edu/admissions/undergrad/CSE-Transfer.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>After reading the above document, you should contact a CISE undergraduate advisor at <a href=“mailto:ugadvisors@cise.ufl.edu”>ugadvisors@cise.ufl.edu</a> or call 352-392-1090 with any other questions.</p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>

<p>FYI. There is also a Computer Science program in the College of Liberal Arts (CLAS), it has slightly different requirements from the program that’s within the Engineering College.</p>

<p><a href=“http://advising.ufl.edu/prospective/transfer.html#ComputerScience[/url]”>http://advising.ufl.edu/prospective/transfer.html#ComputerScience&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.clas.ufl.edu/majors/computer-sciences.html[/url]”>http://www.clas.ufl.edu/majors/computer-sciences.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Hey Lisa695,</p>

<p>They will only be able to see your fall grades by the time you apply and send in your transcripts. They will not be looking at your high school work because it won’t be relevant now that you are a college student completing courses. </p>

<p><a href=“http://cise.ufl.edu/academics/undergrad/admission/CSE-Transfer.pdf[/url]”>http://cise.ufl.edu/academics/undergrad/admission/CSE-Transfer.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>These are the outlined transfer requirements which state that you should have 6 of the 7 required courses done by the time of application. Therefore you should aim to have at least 6 required courses done by the end of fall semester before you apply. Admissions will be looking at your grades for these courses and take out a combined GPA from them. This is what you’ll be judged on and from the looks of it the minimum you need is a 2.5 overall in these classes. Definitely shoot for a higher average as it will make you more competitive.</p>

<p>It won’t matter if at the time of application you have other general education courses you will be taking in the spring and summer semesters as long as you finish those before the time you would be enrolling at UF, just once again make sure you have grades for at least 6 of those 7 pre-requisite courses before you send in your transcripts and application. </p>

<p>Hope this helped.</p>

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<p>Thanks so much guys!! That answered pretty much everything:) I appreciate it <3</p>

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<p>What if I only have 5 of the 7 classes?
If I have everything but calc 3 & differential equations, they won’t consider me?</p>

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<p>From the looks of the conditions it seems like they won’t consider you for admission until you have at least 6 done at the time of application but there might be exceptions. I would call the advisors for your department to ask and make sure.</p>