Hello, I’m a freshman at Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA in my second semester. I have been increasingly disappointed with my decision to come here and would like to transfer when possible. Unfortunately college was a huge adjustment for me in a variety of ways and ended up earning a very low gpa of 1.75. On the bright side, I’m doing significantly better this semester and have B’s at least in all my classes. I’m interested in the business/economics field and have a huge interest in transferring to Richmond, SMU, Bucknell, Lehigh, Villanova, Colgate, Wake Forest, Emory, and possible other schools that are similar. Please give me feedback on what to do and my chances at schools. Thanks
I cannot speak to SMU but with under a 3.0 gpa as a freshman you are not a likely admit at any of the other schools you listed as a freshman transfer. The schools you identified are likely looking for a 3.3 to 3.5 min. gpa for transfer applicants. If you have extraordinary SAT scores and SAT II scores it would help some but you would still be a stretch in all likelihood. If I were in your shoes I would stay and F & M for an additional year and bring up my gpa before applying to transfer.
This thread is from last spring – OP may have either transferred, or gotten traction @ F&M.