<p>How many of you have actually transferred after one year or semester at a university? Does it hurt your chances considerably in comparison to the more traditional two year transfer?</p>
<p>Trust me, I was in your same shoes my freshman year in college. I applied to Cornell and Notredame and got rejected. After waiting 2 years in college and accumulating a 3.7 GPA, I applied again to top schools and this time, got accepted. Right now, I'm transferring to the Cooper Union which is in Manhatten, this school is even more selective than both Notredame and Cornell. </p>
<p>The point is - colleges want to see progress. A one year or semester is just not enough to cover up for 4 years of your high school life. They want at least 2 years (well 1.5 considering you'll be applying after your third semester). What I'm saying counts if your interested in getting into top notch schools. If your trying to transfer into a place like UC Boulder or Michigan State, apply after a year and you'll shoe in (provided you get a decent GPA). </p>
<p>However, if your trying to go IVY or somewhere big like I was, wait for 2 years, and study hard and do well. Colleges like that in transfer students. E-mail me if you want okay? My e-mail is <a href="mailto:jarugumi@colorado.edu">jarugumi@colorado.edu</a>. My aol sn is nofear8923</p>
<p>What if your high school stats are very respectable?</p>
<p>you have a very good chance. there is a large group of freshmen transfers accepted every year alongside sophomore transfers. I was accepted to nyu for sophomore year. don't worry. good luck and try your best.</p>
<p>This was actually my girlfriend posting this.</p>
<p>So, supposing her 1st semester grades at the local university (Florida Atlantic University) are good, does she have a shot at transferring first year to schools like..</p>
<p>American U.
UMASS - Boston
BU
etc....?</p>
<p>Thank you all for your advice. If it helps, my high school record ended with a 3.3 GPA unweighted/ 3.6 GPA weighted; SATs were 1270 (540 math, 730 verbal). I'm hoping it won't hinder my chances, since I've been told that high school transcripts are weighed more heavily in proportion to the ammount of time it's been since you completed high school (if that makes any sense).</p>
<p>if your girlfriend had the stats to get in for freshman year, then i dont think it would really matter that she only has one semester of progess so long as it is somewhat good (3.4+). </p>
<p>if she probably wouldn't have gotten in for freshman year, then she probably needs more than one semester to get into the schools. now that i write this...it seems pretty obvious.</p>
<p>^ Thanks, that's what I was hoping, and had assumed, but it's always nice to have a second oppinion</p>
<p>Does thos qualify me for freshman admission to Georgetown? 3.5 4.3 weighted, 12 college courses, 1330 SATs, 500+ hours of volunteer work, IB diploma ( in my case) nationally acclaimed high school (for producing extremely apt IB graduates)?</p>
<p>It's all about what you do in your freshman year. I did a host of activities and took some initiatives and it got me into Bates as a transfer (sub-14% acceptance rate) after one year at St. Joseph's College of Maine. Give some good reasons why you want to transfer as well and you'll be set.</p>
<p>i don't think it really matters if your a freshman or a sophmore transfer. If you want my advice, apply as soon as you can, you have nothing to lose. I was planning to transfer to Vanderbilt after two yrs, but i went ahead and applied my freshman year and got in. Write good essays and get good recommendations; with that and a good gpa, you'll definatley be competitive. If you don't get in, then try again later, you have nothing to lose.</p>