<p>I know it's a little early in the game, but for personal reasons, I would like to transfer to the north. I'm going to throw you my high school stats, SATs, and what I plan on achieving during my first two semesters (this is entirely hypothetical, so save the "you can't plan on a certain GPA speech) :)</p>
<p>High school:
2.8 GPA
SATs: 710 verbal, 720 writing, 680 math</p>
<p>Suppose I pull a 3.8-4.0 GPA at my current school (Loyola University New Orleans) my first two semesters. What are my chances at the schools listed below?</p>
<p>UNC-Chapel Hill
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
New York University
Fordham
American University
University of Virginia
William and Mary</p>
<p>The thing is, if you plan on transferring after your first year, they will look into your high school records, and that 2.8 will put you out of contention at all of these schools, despite your outstanding test scores and good college work. I think most schools weigh it though, so it could vary and I could be giving you bad advice. I remember someone making a post a while back saying that about 40% was College GPA, 20% HS GPA, 10% SATs, and other factors weighing into the rest of the application. You will have a great chance if you pull a 3.8-4.0 and transfer after 2 years.</p>
<p>What if you are in the same situation - 3.8-4.0 after a year, but with something like a 3.5 high school GPA (my school actually does them on a 100 scale, I had a ~94) ... respectable, but just not up to the level the top schools are expecting. Is a HS GPA of that level still going to draw too much attention away from a stellar college record?</p>
<p>It's not going to hurt too much, the college GPA is the most important factor, but if you're applying for sophomore status, they will have one semester of college grades to review for your application. They will have to look into other factors. </p>
<p>For the top schools, they rarely take transfers. I've seen kids with 3.8's at Ivies get rejected from top schools. You transfer to schools that have space for transfers.</p>
<p>Is there any good place to get transfer statistics for multiple schools? Does the common data set have transfer information or do any websites/books have it? Or is it more of a situation where you have to go on every school's site individually...</p>