<p>I am a little new to this board so sorry if my questions have already been answered.</p>
<p>Thanks for the help in advance!</p>
<p>So heres where im at.
I didn't do too well in highschool.
3.77 grad GPA
all AP classes
4 on Chem
4 on Bio
3.5+ Average AP scores (ap scholar)
24 on the ACT (took it my sophomore year and missed my date to retake it, had to apply with it)
went to state in some sports.
White and in State!
got rejected for freshman admissions at UW last year.
Applied and got into UWB. </p>
<p>My goal is to transfer over to UW for chem/biochem with an emphasis on Pre Pharmacy.</p>
<p>So far ive done very well at UWB with a 3.8 gpa, lowest grade is a 3.7, taking harder math classes up to calc 2, and I finished the first chem series.
im up to 65 credits and have started doing research for a professor at UWB.</p>
<p>My question is, honestly, do I have a shot at making it in at UW as a transfer when I apply for my junior year as a chem/biochem major.
I will be out of classes to take at UWB that will go towards my degree/focus, and If i dont get in Ill have to transfer to WSU (oh god no).</p>
<p>Im hoping to get my gpa up a little bit higher before I do apply, but it should be around 3.8
Do I have to send them my garbage ACT score if i have 83 credits at the time I apply?
Should I retake it with accommodations and such for my learning disabilities and score higher?</p>
<p>Sorry for my post being so long but I am very appreciative for your help / constructive opinion.</p>
<p>You have very good stats, but take into account one important thing - the UW Seattle accepts only 10% of transfers (in and out of state) from 4-year universities (the rest are from CCs). You aren’t going to receive any special treatment because you are from a different campus of the same university. </p>
<p>They won’t care about your high school GPA at all, so don’t worry. </p>
<p>Don’t send them your “garbage” ACT score - it’s not required. And if you can get a higher score on the ACT - I would send it (it might just slightly affect your chances).</p>
<p>Your chances of being accepted should be higher since UWB doesn’t have your major, as I understand.</p>
<p>Just do your best and outcompete all other applicants. Keep your GPA very high and write a great essay, without forgetting to include your learning disabilities.</p>
<p>wow thank you so much for your quick reply.</p>
<p>Thanks and Ill do what I can. Its nice to finally have some answers.</p>
<p>As for the accommodations, they are only recommended by a clinical physiologist who is extremely expensive to meet with and have write reports. I don’t think it would be applicable to have them write me something for pharmacy school preparation.</p>
<p>Try looking up the Inclusion Act and Affirmative Action.
Recently there have been court cases that made it to the supreme court about colleges denying better applicants due to diversity standards. My roommate made it into UWB with a 1.7 high school GPA and is not pale…</p>
<p>WA state voters passed a law in 1998 that prohibits affirmative action. I believe there is not yet a single federal law that preempts our state law.</p>
<p>The fact that your roommate made it doesn’t mean that her race was the deciding factor. It might be that she had some very special circumstances that not everyone faces.</p>
<p>I was homeless and living out of my car my senior year of highschool and when I applied to UW. I told them that. Maybe I should have applied to Harvard instead?</p>
<p>I’m in the same situation as you, rejected from Freshman Admissions with a 2000 on the SAT and 3.6 GPA in Full IB, over 50 hours of Community Service, 2 years in DECA, 2 years in Varsity Chess Team, placement in regional and state chess tournaments, and rejected from Transfer Admission with a 3.7 GPA with the entire Math 124-126 done, and the only classes bringing down my grade are low 3.0s in CSE 142 and 143. Unfortunately, I live at home and I’m Asian, and my parents are both highly educated in college and we’re pretty well off. I think that my “common background”, at least in this area of Washington, is the main thing holding me back, which I find ridiculous because I study with friends of mine that go to UW Seattle, as well as take some classes there for cross-campus enrollment, and I do better than them and even help them with their homework. On top of all that, I have a job and I baby-sit while my parents work, and I have 5 hours of commuting a day because I live 2 and a half hours away from UW Bothell. Sent a petition, still rejected. Go figure, I’m starting to believe it doesn’t matter if you’re qualified or not, they just want out of state people to make more money because I hear public universities are starting to get less funding now.</p>