<p>Well, I guess I'll make my own thread. I am applying for Sophomore transfer, here are my stats:</p>
<p>At another UNC system University, highly ranked. 3.79 GPA (Dean's list for Fall 2008)
Great extracurriculars and service activities in college.
In my opinion great essays, and two strong letters of recommendation.</p>
<p>High school: sub-par GPA (~3.5)
A few extracurriculars, nothing special.
Worked ~25 hours per week 9th through 12th grade though high school
Class rank: top 27% (horrible, I know.)</p>
<p>I really need some advice for transferring to UNC. I am a freshman at a community college now and I have 4.0 GPA for my first semester fall 08 15 hours and I am taking 18 hours currently spring 09. I plan to maintain that 4.0 and have 33 transferable credits. I have all the requirements but I had low low grades in high school and a low SAT score. I have tons of extra curricular activity and job experience. What should I do to get into UNC???</p>
<p>hs stats will matter more than one semester of college, lennon. if you couldnt have gotten in for freshman admissions, chances are you won't get in for soph. xfer. </p>
<p>i assume you are a resident of nc jake? if so you should have a decent enough shot although your sat scores are low</p>
<p>I disagree dufflebag. This is exactly what I did. Transferred in as a Soph. I was barely deferred as a HS graduate, but had over-average SAT scores and a pretty solid GPA. I just kept up the good work in my 1st year of college and I was accepted.It is SO much easier to gain admission as a transfer regardless of what year you are transferring.</p>
<p>the claim that it is "SO much easier" to gain admission for xfer than for freshman admissions is, as a general claim, flatly false</p>
<p>and note, i never said that you won't get in for soph. admissions if you werent accepted for freshman admissions, just that the chances were against you. if you were right on the fence for freshman admissions but rejected and followed this up with a very solid second semester as a hs senior and first semester as a college freshman, it is certainly possible to get in. but if you weren't at least competitive out of college your chances are slim for sophmore xfer</p>
<p>Actually, after talking w/ admissions counselors at UNC-CH, UNC-W, and UNC-A, getting in is MUCH less rigorous here. Period.Fact. May not be the case elsewhere, but it is at Chapel Hill.Also, It's a common knowledge that colleges want like transfers because they bring a certain perspective on campus from already experiencing college</p>
<p>You made the general claim, and persist in doing so, that it is much easier to transfer in to a school than to get in for freshman admissions and then you made the claim that it was easier to transfer into three specific state schools was easier than getting in for freshman admissions.</p>
<p>perhaps it is for those specific schools, but again, like i said, as a general claim i dont see any evidence for it.</p>
<p>If you have evidence to support the general claim that it is "SO much easier" to transfer into schools than to get into them for freshman admissions I suggest you provide evidence for it or cease making baseless comments which may mislead others on the board</p>
<p>You can't get more in-depth than actually talking w/ UNC-CH admissions counselors and I say again, it IS a lot easier getting in as a transfer than a HS grad. Worked for me and many of my friends. Even a friend of mine was accepted into Brown after 1 year at Community College, so that's pretty significant. Don't be childish and claim I am lying unless I taped a conversation and put it on youtube.</p>
<p>You couldn't be more wrong TarHeel, the admissions rates for transfers are lower than for freshman applicants. This applies for every single, respectable school. By the way, take some english courses as you are lacking in that department.</p>
<p>Sorry RonPaul2012 but you couldn't be more wrong. The UNC acceptance rate for transfers is approximately 43%. The freshman acceptance rate overall is definitely less than that, and is considerably less than that for out of state students.</p>
<p>haha. Thanks for the backup db9golf. What a clueless poster that kid is. I could think of at least 5 friends of mine who were denied straight out of HS, but accepted after only 1 semester of college. Get your facts staright ronniepaulie. I think you are just confusing yourself.haha</p>