<p>Don’t forget the tens of thousands of dollars that transferring saves you from having to pay back in loans.</p>
<p>I am experiencing this; I have had low grades in high school, I graduated last month, and now I am planning my applications, but to schools that might accept me, but after 4 semesters I plan on transferring for the purpose of getting a most recognized/better education, because although my grades don’t reflect it I know I can be capable and motivated. I am wondering if for transferring do you have to submit any SAT or ACT grades or do they just acknowledge your college GPA/ current progress?</p>
<p>Oooh and I forgot: do you guys think that in this case it would be better for me to go to a community college instead and then apply to my desired school? Does this change my chances of being accepted in my dream collegea after?</p>
<p>I am in the same situation here. I just graduated HS last month and I am planning on attending a 3rd or 4th tier private institution. I have a 2.9 HS GPA and I am going to try transferring to a top school after a year or two later. By the way, do any of you guys know if 1570 SAT is too low for any level of admissions to well-prestigious institutions? Regaurdless, I’m retesting in November.</p>
<p>Seachai86442, we are on the same boat. I have 1580 in my SAT and I hope to get a higher score, but I think I will be retesting in October.
I think that it is easier to get accepted in a in state school, maybe you should look if there is any good schools in your state, unfortunately for me I am international. Good luck!</p>
<p>Seachai and importantindeed:</p>
<p>Given that your HS stats are subpar for top schools, you will have much better chances by applying as junior transfers. You will have to work hard, but it is not impossible. Good Luck!! And depending on where you’re applying, you might not need to retake SAT.</p>
<p>I’m in a relatively unique situation compared to many of you. I graduated high school in the top 6% of my class (32/495) with a 3.94 UW GPA. However, I only took 1 AP class and 9 honors classes (10/32 of my classes). Of the thirty-two classes I had in high school, I only had 2 Bs, compared to 30 As. Also, I scored a 29 on my ACT, exemplifying my ability to succeed, regardless of the circumstances. This fall I will be going to DePaul, which is a pretty good school but it’s not quite where I want to be. My question is, if I’m able to keep a 3.7+ GPA at DePaul (in the honors program), what are my chances of transferring into a top school, say NU or UChicago? Also, does it help that I’d be applying from a local university (I know some schools favor instate transfers but I’m not sure about NU or UChicago)?</p>
<p>what is a GT?</p>
<p>i am an incoming freshman at the University of Michigan. the school is very expensive and i really dont like thinking about being in 80 grand debt after i graduate. therefore i was considering transferring to stony brook after my freshman year at U.M. i really dont know anything about stony brook but i live on Long Island and my hope is to get into NYU Stern as a graduate student. what do you think about stony brook and my chances of getting into Stern if i graduate from there instead of U.M?</p>
<p>Why even start at Michigan? 80k is crazy and I’m guessing you’re borrowing $20k for the first year?</p>
<p>ronaldo - stony brook blows times a thousand. at least michigan is a GOOD school. and you’d be better off going from mich to stern</p>
<p>$80K debt to become an Electrical Engineering major from a top 10 engineering program and start at $65-75K or a Pharmacy major and start at $80K is not that bad. To be a history major who wants to go to law school, another $150K at a private or $100K at a public is too much debt.</p>
<p>ronaldo - you’re going to regret it if you go to stony business school. If you absolutely must transfer out of michigan don’t move that far down the food chain :p</p>
<p>BTW I think that 4-years are better than Cc’s for transferring. I don’t see much luck for CC students for top schools since CC classes are often so much easier in comparison</p>
<p>Hi, I’m starting college in a week. I’m going to Kean University (public school in NJ). I got in with a 2.3 GPA (after flunking almost all my classes freshman year), and 1040/1600 SAT score.</p>
<p>My goal is to work hard, and to get a high enough GPA at Kean, to eventually transfer out to either Rutgers, NYU, and if I do really good, Cornell (I may become the Ivy Leaguer with the lowest HS GPA…ever!)</p>
<p>I really hope you are right that H.S. GPA won’t matter. I’m going to try really hard to get all perfect scores in college. I want to go to Nard-Dog’s Alma Mater!</p>
<p>I’m in kind of a strange situation, but similar to yours:
I went to a boring old public high school freshman year and got a 3.5 gpa, I was totally and utterly bored out of my mind, sophomore year I decided it wasn’t worth it, said screw it, got around a 2.0 gpa and took the California High school Proficiency Exam (it’s the equivalent of a high school diploma within the state.)
I started up at the local JC, Santa Rosa Junior College is one of the top community colleges in the nation, and it’s the #1 funded, based on my need I can get full federal student aid, covers tuition fees and books. I’m quite interested in a CS degree, I’ve taught myself front end web development as well as digital video post production, visual effects, and motion graphics. Unfortunately this semester I was only able to get into two classes due to my non-existent priority level, but I placed into college level math and English, and I’m able to take most of the CS classes credit by exam, which will add up to about 15 units.
I like the prospect of being able to get my lower division GE out of the way without paying thousands of dollars for it, and some lower division CS classes as well. However, my dream is to go to Caltech.
It seems quite far-fetched to me, but from what I’m hearing transferring to a university is easier than applying as a freshman.
Does anyone have suggestions on what I might do or where I might go for advice?</p>
<p>I had a 3.1 overall in high school when I graduated, got 1530/2400 out of the SAT’s, took 4 I.B. classes and mainly earned B’s in them, took the SAT Subject just to see if I could get into any UC’s and only ended up with acceptance from UC Merced, SF State, and NYU Polytechnic (free application, applied for fun lol). Needless to say I didn’t want to go to any of those schools and knew I had to “start fresh” in CCC. Right now about 2 semesters and 1 summer session I have a 3.62 GPA, it’s a little weak for my “dream” school (UC Berkeley) but I’m going to work hard this semester and see what happens. I’ve started the TAG with Davis and San Diego as backup. I apply this fall, so please wish me luck y’all.</p>
<p>I think if you have the drive, transferring is a good option. It is a lot of work at times but I agree, it’s worth it in the end.</p>
<p>awesome post man, this really put the nail in my coffin about wanting to transfer.</p>
<p>i had a 3.4 gpa in highschool and am at a decent (state) university right now but I know i can do better and my freshman year of college has definitely shown it.</p>
<p>Highschool GPA=3.4 (5.0 scale)
College Freshman GPA= 3.84 (29 credits)
Summer CC Classes= 4.0 (6 credits)
Potential College Choices: Georgetown, Boston College, UNC, NYU …</p>
<p>I really hope my future worked out as nicely as yours did.</p>
<p>I am just gonna ask here. I have a 3.7 for my first semester at George Mason and I am trying to transfer to UVA. i work 20 hours a week and im taking 14 credits this semester and im signed up for 16 next semester. Im taking Chemistry 101, Econ 103, Composition 103, IT 103 and University 100 this semester. The might not be high level classes but they are still difficult. I had a 3.4 gpa in high school and a 28 act 1870 sat. any idea of my chances?</p>