<p>I am a freshman at the University of North Carolina. I am looking to transfer after this year because I am not happy here and it's just not the right place for me. I have been doing some research and I want to transfer to the College of Charleston. As far as college, I am doing alright with my grades, struggling in some classes. I have about a 3.0 GPA, maybe a little lower. In high school I had a 4.65 GPA, top 5% of my class, 1280 SAT, All Conference in Basketball and cross country. multiple community activities.I know I would have been acepted to CofC if I would of applied there for my freshman year. What are my chances of being accepted as a transfer to the College of Charleston even though I am stuggling at UNC? Are there any other colleges I should consider (pref. smaller than UNC).</p>
<p>Throw away such a good school with such a well established name for a college in South Carolina? SC is the worst state in the union to pursue college. I understand you aren't happy at UNC. But consider other options in the state before throwing away your residency to one of the greatest academic states in the union! I presume you like smaller school? I have the perfect option. Consider UNC Asheville. It is still in the state, save you a whole lot of money, and it is the 4th best liberal arts school in the country(according to the Princeton Review), while capping student body populace at a whole 4000 students! Asheville is a thriving community and growing like crazy. The relationships with your professors are almost one on one; it is common to ask a prosfessor for a cup of coffee while helping you with homework at Barnes and Nobile. They are there to help you. And the campus is booming so fast. The city of Asheville is alot bigger then Chapel Hill so gives you more options. UNCA runs parallel to it's bigger brother, UCLA in liberal arts. Consider this, I promise you it is worth it.</p>
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<p>what don't you like about UNC. Your gpa is pretty good, a lot better than my 2.7 and a lot of my friends in the 2.0-2.9 range. I know UNC is hard but I wouldn't transfer because of that and If you had a lot of large classes you know that most classes aren't that big and as you get more and more into your major you're going to get into classes with smaller class sizes. If you were an athlete in high school then join some of the sports clubs at Carolina for your sophmore year, such as the Carolina Track and Cross country club.</p>
<p>o and if you do decide to transfer, then I don't see any problem, you don't have a bad gpa like you think.</p>
<p>Isn't the average gpa around 3.0 (2.9 for science majors)? I thought I read that somewhere. Just wanted to verify.</p>
<p>average gpa for Comm majors is 3.0, i don't know about science majors. If you are talking about chemistry majors then there is no way its 2.9. Every science department though does have a huge curve. if they didn't everyone would be failing. If your a science major with a 3.0 then thats pretty good. Especially coming out of your first year.
I was a biology premed major my first year and it killed my gpa, but i fixed that to a major that I enjoy and do a lot better in. I have high hopes for my sophmore year of getting my gpa to a 3.0.</p>
<p>Eaglemax, I've heard similar rumblings about UNC-Asheville, including their strength in offering undergrad research opportunities. Do you know someone that has attended?</p>