Transfering to a top ranked university.

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello all!</p>

<p>I am a freshman getting ready to begin by second semester at a small private college in Iowa. (St. Ambrose University) I have always wanted to transfer to a "great", "well-though of" dream school in an awesome location but I feared my HS stats would have handicapped that dream.</p>

<p>In my first semester, I am a Philosophy/English major with a 3.6 GPA and I made the Dean's List. </p>

<p>My HS stats were really poor, 2.8 GPA, 21 ACT, 7 AP credits (but I never took the tests)</p>

<p>I would like to transfer to the school I intend to graduate from for Fall 2011. If my GPA remains consistent, or better, what kind of schools can I realistically gain admission to? (Money isn't really a factor.)</p>

<p>I'm looking at:</p>

<p>University of Iowa (In-State)
CAL (the ones i could realistically get into like SD or SC)
UCONN
Boston University
Virginia Tech
Penn State
Michigan (Probably a HUGE reach)
Virginia (HUGE reach)
UNC (HUGE reach)</p>

<p>I'm not evaluating the schools on their pros and cons but their overall reputation. Any thoughts, or other suggestions? Thank you so much for your time.</p>

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<p>If you continue this grade trend until fall 2011, you have a good chance of getting into any of the schools you listed for spring 2012. Once you have 30+ credits, colleges don’t care about your high school record. Some colleges however, still require SAT scores even after 4 semesters of college(out of your list, I believe only BU and Michigan)</p>

<p>Keep up the good work.</p>