Transferring to Georgetown

Transfer Students
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<p>Hi,</p>

<p>I am trying to decide between two ways of transferring into georgetown university. I just finished my freshman year at the university of mary washington with a 2.3 gpa... i know. Which of the two options would give me a better chance at getting into georgetown?</p>

<p>1) Transfer to VCU for the spring 2011 semester with a clean slate, and get very good grades. Then try to transfer to Georgetown for either the fall 2011 semester or the summer 2012 semester.</p>

<p>2)Stay at Mary Washington, try to boost my gpa, and then transfer to georgetown. the reason for my low gpa was due to being completely lazy and immature my first semester... i failed a class. If i retake the class, my new grade trumps the old one, but the F still shows up on my transcript... it just doesn't count towards my cumulative gpa.</p>

<p>So what's the better option? Start over at VCU with a brand new gpa, or stay at mary washington and try to fix the mess i made?</p>

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<p>stay where you are, retake that class. doesnt matter if you go to vcu “with a clean slate”, you still have to forward all of your transcripts so they would still see your 2.3 and F.
Keep in mind that grades are only half of the transfer process, EC’s, recs and essays all hold equal merit in the evaluation process.</p>