<p>Note that many [top] universities require your HS transcript if you’re a transfer student.</p>
<p>Hey what do you mean by the hardest classes in college, most Ivy’s, just saying, don’t have honour programs. </p>
<p>What would one suggest at Cornell?</p>
<p>I slacked off pretty bad in HS and by the time I was a senior and realized it was time to apply for colleges, my GPA was like a 3.1. I wanted to go to a college in the mainland so bad. I took the SAT 4 times and only pulled off a 1440 as my highest (yeah i know). I applied to Boston University, LMU, UCIrvine, Northeastern(what was i thinking?) and my last and safety school, University of Hawaii, which i did NOT want to stay home. Well, my dreams were pretty much over when i received four rejections, and one acceptance from my home institution. </p>
<p>It was so sad watching my friends go off to college, i have to admit, i was very envious. I was in this sad and depressed phase for a couple months lol. I knew i wanted to transfer and my first semester of college i worked my butt off like never before and pulled off a 3.86. I worked on my applications from August-february, perfecting my essays, joining clubs, getting involved, getting interns. I took the SAT’s again and only got a 1550. I applied to Pepperdine, LMU (again), and Chapman. </p>
<p>So when mid-march rolled around, Pepperdine’s decision came out and i got rejected. I was kinda expecting it anyway. I felt like i was reliving my senior year. But two weeks ago from today, i got accepted to LMU, and yesterday, I was accepted to Chapman’s PR program within Dodge College!! I was so shocked…that they accepted someone with a 3.1 HS gpa and a 1550 SAT. They said they recommend students who have low HS stats to apply for Junior year. I think it was my essays though, i was really proud of them haha. I know LMU and Chapman aren’t top schools but I’m just really grateful for even getting into those. So now…i’m trying to decide where to go :] Probably Chapman, haha. </p>
<p>So don’t let a rejection letter discourage you guys! theres always a chance, you just have to give it 200%. Apply for sophomore standing if you want. Who knows, you could be accepted like what happened to me!</p>
<p>What kind of GPA do I need at UChicago to transfer to Columbia or Harvard?</p>
<p>^ definitely a high one (but you’d have to work extra hard since im sure the academics there are very challenging) i’m guessing…but make sure you have the whole package.</p>
<p>may i ask why you’d want to transfer from uchig? it’s a great school!</p>
<p>I would also recommend becoming a transfer student to those who simply don’t know what the do or where to go after high school. Forcing yourself to go to a university after high school when you aren’t 100% certain can sometimes be a sure road toward future failure. I did just fine in high school and had a very good GPA but I didn’t entirely know what I wanted to do. After a talk with a teacher (which, if you need some outside help, I highly recommend) I decided on community college. Instead of putting my parents through the financial stresses of a UC and putting my uncertain self into a school and major that I wasn’t super crazy about, I gave myself time to think by applying to a commuter school nearby. I’m now in my second year of community college and I’m transferring to UCLA in the fall. I’m really glad I got all of my GED out of the way at a very low price and it honestly wasn’t bad at all.</p>
<p>yea i agree transferring is wonderful. I was rejected from NYU, cornell, and columbia on the same day and felt toren apart. My hs transcript wasnt that outstanding (95.3 avg) and I was rarely involved in anything. However I will be attending stony brook this fall as its my only best choice left. I had a few questions. How hard will it be transferring from a suny state school to an ivy such as yale or columbia? and a top private such as nyu?</p>
<p>also im trying to land an internship this summer, If I do or do not receive one, will that significantly affect my chances?</p>
<p>I actually found a great site to help with transfers. The mods of this site answer any emails that are sent to them. Its a great step to the research part of transferring.
------> [The</a> Transfer Book – Transfer to the college of your choice](<a href=“http://thetransferbook.com/blog/]The”>Articles - Transferweb)</p>
<p>So, here’s my situation. I’m a senior in H.S, with normal stats. A 3.9 W and a measly 1500 for SAT ( with a 26 in ACT). My ec’s records are abnormal though, since they were really really good, so I relied on them quite heavily. As it turns out, I was rejected to my Low Reach school, my dream school, and got 2 acceptance to my State schools.
I’m going to Umass next year, but I have this gut feeling that my liking for this school might not adjust too well. I find it a great institution, but when I visited/Open House/over night stay something about the school felt wrong, to me. I feel like transfer is another option for me to shoot for my dream school, but when I was reading their transfer site I felt a little discouraged. I happen to fall under the low income bracket( 1 st gen! ) and Wesleyan U. states that financial background effects the transfer decision. </p>
<p>So, does money affect the chances of a transfer going into a great school? I would like to go to a school that would not leave me poor. If it does, I’ll just grit my teeth, pull up the boot straps and suffer through my state school.
Also, when is the ideal year to start as a transfer student? Sophomore year or Junior year? Thanks!</p>
<p>@eastafrobeauty,</p>
<p>Good question. I’m curious why you’re often having to stay up late to work on assignments. Are you working long hours? Are you spending a lot of time on things other than school and work? If not, and you really do need to stay up late to work on projects, could an adult at your school explain to your parents that you need to stay up to finish the work?</p>
<p>Medical problems are a valid explanation for your sophomore year grades. However, the fact that your grades didn’t improve junior year after the problem was resolved makes this explanation less plausible to adcoms. That said, you might be a better case for admission than you realize. If you’re an immigrant, you might have an interesting story to tell to the adcoms. If you happen to be a refugee, that’s probably a full-blown hook.</p>
<p>Don’t feel bad if you have to start at a community college or lower-tier state university before transferring to a university you’re really interested in. A lot of people have to do this. I started at a community college and found it to be a very positive experience. Note also that when you intend to transfer, senior grades in HS can be important. They’ll exist when you apply to transfer. So they might be considered, especially if you want to transfer after only one year.</p>
<p>But if you really can’t study at home, going away to a lower-tier state university might be a better move. Wherever you start, you need solid grades to transfer to a stronger school.</p>
<p>Another option is to move out of your parents’ house into a shared apartment while attending community college. If you’d have to pay for residence halls at a lower-tier state university anyway, the housing costs are a wash. If you’re willing to cook, a shared apartment will probably be cheaper than residence halls and a meal plan. Moreover, the community college will still probably have lower tuition than any four-year university.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Thank you so much for giving me a true story to base my hopes on. I’ve got an okay GPA (3.2 with AP courses in junior/senior english, Government, Psychology, and Environmental Sci) but I know the chances of it making the cut for some of the competitive schools I’ve got my sights set on are slim. So I’m betting on going to a state school and getting some semesters done (quite cheaply I might add) and going for a transfer. Now I know that my plan isn’t a pipe dream!</p>
<p>hi all,
so my son didn’t get into any of his choice of college and has to go to his safely school in NJ Rutgers University, however he wants to transfer next yr.
so can someone help out as we’re totally blank about what he should be doing to transfer -like get high GPA thru easy classes or take hard classes ,what activities and other things.
And also which college is easiest to transfer to ? Is geogetown easy- he wants to go to a law school later.</p>
<p>okay so i just found out that i have been denied by csun</p>
<p>this does not make any sense because i met all of their requirements as a transfer student. i have to have at least 2.0 GPA, 60 transferable units, and complete certain required courses.</p>
<p>my transcript has stated that i do have 2.7, 63 units (60 transferable), and got at least Cs in all of the required courses.</p>
<p>however, it says exactly like this
“Your admission to CSUN has been denied. There are several reasons that contributed to the denial. Upper division transfer students have to meet all of the following requirements: (1) College grade point average 2.00 (2.40 non-residents). (2) In good standing at last school of attendance. (3) Have completed or work in progress English Composition, College Mathematics, Critical Thinking, and Oral Communication. Upon receipt of additional courses, your eligibility will be reviewed.”</p>
<p>look at the last sentence! does it mean it is not a final response and i just have to prove that i did, in fact, meet all of those requirements?</p>
<p>what do you all think? CSUN is well known for accepting almost ANYONE!</p>
<p>Hey if you have individual questions please PM me, but I’ll just say this:</p>
<p>First of all, my predicament changed a bit. I’m actually going to Vanderbilt because they gave me a ridiculously huge grant that I can’t possibly turn down! I love both schools dearly, but I have to say Vanderbilt truly won me over with that.</p>
<p>Secondly, I feel that it’s a good idea to NOT pad your GPA, and to take a fairly broad spectrum of classes. You want to prove to your prospective transfer college that you’re going to learn and contribute to their school even though you won’t be there all four years. Don’t pad your GPA and neglect doing extra things outside of classes. My best academic semester was the most recent one they saw on my transcript. I did the following:</p>
<p>Cancer Biology A-
Organic Chemistry I A-
The Second World War (history) A
“Technological Trends in Society” A
Principles of Economics A</p>
<p>Stony brook sciences are quite difficult I’d say. That semester was not easy.</p>
<p>So that semester was a 3.9. I also worked in a lab, volunteered in the hospital for a bit, and this semester I’m a chemistry TA. Don’t ask “how hard is it to transfer to a top school?” - just try as hard as you possibly can. After a few semesters you can see where you stand then. </p>
<p>Stony brook is not an enjoyable school for a wide variety of reasons. In my time here I’ve developed many theories. It seems that many students have their own unique reasons for hating the school, but overall it’s just a negative commuter school environment that permeates the air that drives everyone nuts. For the record, I have only met one person who truly enjoys the school, and it’s probably because he comes from an abusive home. There were two others who enjoyed the school because they are obsessed with asian girls haha. </p>
<p>I have to give stony brook at least SOME credit because I’ve had success with transferring out. The school let me build a pretty good transcript and resume. Still, I’d go insane if I had to spend another two years here.</p>
<p>If you ever meet a stony brook student, 9/10 times they attended for financial reasons or were a bad HS student like myself. Stony brook is best utilized by local long islanders who want to commute and take tough science classes for a nearly community college price. The exception to this is an international student (from asia) because he/she will find a strong cultural presence of his or her home country here. For a residential american like me, it’s pretty horrible. I can rant for ages and provide countless reasons as to why stony brook has its reputation. PM with any additional questions though!</p>
<p>Malibebe - give them a call and talk with a person. That sounds weird. *** is CSUN anyway? hehe</p>
<p>And one thing I didn’t talk about - how difficult it is so transfer into certain schools. Theres no certain way of knowing, but certain schools have lower retention rates and thus offer more slots for incoming transfers. Stony brook for example is not difficult to transfer into. A lot of us transfer out, myself included!</p>
<p>I agree that transferring is a great option for some students.</p>
<p>I had a pretty bad HS GPA (82 on a 100-scale), terrible SAT scores, and overall low motivation in high school. I was luckily able to graduate early since I was in an accelerated program since 7th grade.</p>
<p>I had no choice but to attend SUNY Farmingdale- it was the best I could do. My experience there has been nothing short of amazing. It was the fresh start that I needed. I discovered a deep intellectual curiousity, and realized that I am much brighter than I thought. I got a 3.53 my first semester, 3.76 my second, a 4.0 my third, and will likely have another 4.0 this semester. The instructors at Farmingdale are remarkable, and I owe my success to them. At Farmingdale I was able to get 3 different academic excellence awards and I was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. I have gotten to know a majority of my professors, two of whom wrote me recommendation letters. Plus, I was able to get the position as the President of my school’s Psychology Club.</p>
<p>Although SUNY Farmingdale offers 4 year degrees, I am getting my Associates there. I will be graduating in a week and a half! Being a commuter was never what I envisioned for my college experience, so I decided to transfer elsewhere for my BA. I have applied to SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY Binghamton, Hampshire College, Amherst College, UNC Chapel Hill, Barnard College, Baruch, Columbia University, Tulane, NYU, GWU, and my beloved Brown University. I have gotten responses from Stony Brook, Binghamton, Hampshire, Tulane, and UNC so far, and I have been admitted to all 5. </p>
<p>The moral of my story is that attending a CC or a small school is nothing to be ashamed of. In fact, it can get you to places you never pictured yourself. If someone would have told me as I was graduating high school that I would end up applying to Ivys and other well known schools, I would have never believed them. Work hard in college and you can get anywhere!</p>
<p>Im stuck in a quandry here. Im from India. I got into Wooster and OWU and got waitlisted by Brown n Colby (So you know im not bad and everything, I was the class president here). Now Wooster and OWU, i cudnt afford without any aid, so they were bumped off… Im relyin on Brown or Colby’s waitlist now.</p>
<p>But thing is, if the waitlist doesnt work out, i hav an option, i cn either defer for a year, and then apply next yr, or enroll at a uni here and then transfer. But I heard in transfering, you hardly ever get any financial aid, specially if ur an international student… </p>
<p>Any clues and advice.</p>
<p>Reading all of these comments has been very useful and i really thank everyone. I am currently a senior in highschool in Stamford, Connecticut and one word to sum up my highschool career is regret. By the end of my junior year i had a 2.4 gpa (i had serious issues freshmen year and failed 3 classes). I felt hopeless and didn’t think i could get in anywhere, i challenged myself senior year by taking 5 AP courses and currently have a 3.4 for my senior year. I took the sats and scored an 1850. I had a good resume, Vice President of Habitat for Humanity, secretary for my schools Latino Ambassadors and was involved in school plays and such. When my admission letters rolled in i had been rejected by SUNY New Paltz and Uconn, waitlisted at Fordham and BU, and got into SUNY Albany, and Temple University. As the time came and went to choose a school i was indecisive, i visited temple and albany and just couldn’t see myself at either school and thinking about a long term educational experience i didnt want to waste all of my parents money on a place i did not want to do. I don’t have a dream school but am probably going to go to a Community College however Uconn did offer me a place at their Stamford Campus, however i am worried that if i go to uconn stamford i would not be able to take my core classes and it would be harder to transfer from there. HELPPP i don’t know which courses to take or how to make myself a strong transfer applicant</p>
<p>thanks again</p>
<p>Hey, I have been thinking about doing this transfer deal for college too, but I feel kind of uneasy about the idea. I have a 3.4 UW GPA, 3.9 W GPA, 25 on ACT (I know, bad, sick too, nerves). I am planning on going to UNLV for architecture and transfering to U of Oregon, U of Washington, or Cal Poly. Does anyone know if this is plausible for being an architecture major? Thanks.</p>
<p>PS… I am only going to be doing this idea to save money, Nevada economy = BLEH</p>
<p>Hey everyone.</p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone had any advice for me. I’m going to have an Associates in the Arts coming out of high school with about 60 credits. I’ll be starting at an Honors Program at a relatively small LAC that is more or less unknown. I’ve got a 4.0 GPA so far, and I was planning on taking pretty rigorous courses. I mean the courses I’ve taken so far have been pretty hard, and to mitigate for the fact that they’re coming from a community college, I took 20 credits per semester — while still in high school.</p>
<p>My high school GPA is around a 3.6ish. If I maintain a 4.0 GPA, do I have a chance at any of these schools?</p>
<ul>
<li>William and Mary</li>
<li>Vanderbilt</li>
<li>American University</li>
<li>George Washington University</li>
<li>NYU</li>
<li>Brown</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Fordham</li>
<li>UVA</li>
<li>Georgetown</li>
<li>Villanova</li>
<li>UNC-Chapel Hill</li>
<li>UM-Ann Arbor</li>
<li>UT Austin</li>
<li>Wake Forest</li>
<li>Boston College</li>
<li>Vassar</li>
</ul>
<p>My full thread is here: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/935621-need-some-maaaajor-transfer-advice-am-i-track.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/935621-need-some-maaaajor-transfer-advice-am-i-track.html</a></p>
<p>Honestly, any help is appreciated.</p>
<p>Thank You.</p>
<p>hey everyone…so i applied to schools in nyc and i cant afford them right now.
my hs gpa is very low(i dropped A LOT of classes), and it should be a two point-somehting. my act is 19 but i plan to retake it.
right now my plan is to go to community college here(AZ)and transfer somewhere in nyc(or nearby) for my 2nd semester. do you guys think it’s possible? where could i transfer to?:/</p>