Transferring from UW-River Falls to UW-Madison

Transfer Students
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<p>I am a 2nd-semester Computer Science major Freshman attending UW-River Falls looking to transfer to UW-Madison my Junior year. </p>

<p>I have created an excel-based PDF 2 year schedule that details my plan conveniently and simply: <a href="http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/721838/2_Year_Plan.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/721838/2_Year_Plan.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Unfortunately, I did quite poorly in High School. I received a GPA of 2.350, and a Rank of 334/ 441. I was caught up on the drama, the environment, and the attitude towards my education. After sliding-by my senior year, I received a 28 on my ACT and enrolled into the University of River Falls-Wisconsin.</p>

<p>I didn't mix well with high school, but I am doing quite well at River Falls. I have changed my work ethic due to my changes of lifestyle and environment. I can handle 19 credits and can balance academic life and social life comfortably.</p>

<p>I now have a speculated 3.9 GPA, and I am quite certain I can maintain this GPA for the next two years at River Falls.</p>

<p>I have registered (and soon to be accepted) on a study abroad traveling classroom in the Spring of 2010. The brief information can be found here: <a href="http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/721838/ITCFlier.jpg%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/721838/ITCFlier.jpg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>I didn't have any major extra curricular activities (besides many self-motivated ones) in High School. Now, in college, I work for the IT department and participate in the Chess Club.</p>

<p>[Questions]
1) How realistic are my goals for attending madison?<br>
2) What preparations or modifications to my plan should be done?
3) Would I need to retake certain programming courses (Such as Programming III or Data Structures) at Madison due to their more theoretic approach to programming?</p>

<p>Any other comments or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.</p>

<p>Thanks much,</p>

<p>Napkin</p>

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<p>I would say you have a pretty good chance, Napkin. I’m a freshman at UW-Eau Claire, and I’m trying to transfer to Madison this fall as a sophomore. I didn’t do well in high school, either (~2.9), but it seems that Madison doesn’t consider the high school record quite as much as some other schools. I’ve talked to them, and they say I have I good chance of getting in even after only one year of college if I do well enough. (I got about a 3.9 last semester.) I got a 34 on my ACT, but that’s about the only part of my high school record that’s good. Even so, they seem much more interested in the college record, so I don’t think your high school transcript will hold you back, especially after doing so well at River Falls. Good luck!</p>