<p>Hey everyone, I just discovered these informative forums. I am fairly interested in what people think my chances are at these universities.</p>
<p>This fall quarter of '08 I am taking my last 15 credits at community college and I am applying to all three of the previous mentioned universities for Winter quarter/semester.</p>
<p>I am transferring 90 credits and receiving a 'DTA' or Direct-Transfer agreement Arts & Science associates degree at the end of this final quarter. According to these Washington schools all of the general requirements are taken care of with this degree.</p>
<p>I was a mediocre student for a long while but from summer '07 to present my grades raised dramatically. Used to be average gpa of 2.00-2.4 also with an absolute terribly quarter or two but changed to average of 3.3-3.6 per quarter (summer '07 on). My cumulative gpa now is 2.99 and fall quarter I will get at least a 3.7 but I'm pretty sure this wont matter since I'm applying now to within a couple weeks (again for winter).</p>
<p>I am wondering if anyone has experience with these things or better these universities and can tell me if I stand a chance at all. I also spent a LOT of time on my essay and I feel it gives a very personal look on who I am. A huge chunk of it was my 'awakening' so to speak.</p>
<p>First of all I am not sure if 1 year of better grades is good enough for these schools but its all I have. Western Washington U is my reach school. Washington state is my hopeful and Central Washington U is my backup. Also if it will help I am Iranian and visit Iran every couple years so I put that down as my EC thing. Good Idea or no? Anyway thank you for reading this, especially if you read the whole thing and big thanks for a reply.</p>
<p>Hey Ballscity,
Unless the WSU advisors I talked to last week were lying to me, any student with a 2.5 cumulative GPA and at least 40 quarter credit hours is guaranteed admission to WSU, although some programs are more selective about their admissions. But you will definitely be admitted to the school if not the selective program. (If what the advisor last week told me is true.)
(I'm looking but cannot find this written explicitly on their website. But I do remember asking them if thats what they really meant when they said that, and they said yes... but this is what I found online: Transfer</a> info - Admission - Future Students - WSU)</p>
<p>My Washington State community college has a resident WSU representative who works in the advising dpt. There may be representatives for Western or Central also. I would advise you to call and ask your CC advising center if there is someone who you could make an appointment with to discuss your prospects for admission to the schools you are interested in.</p>
<p>Honestly, I have no idea how selective Western is, but if they offered my major, and if I had a 2.99 GPA, I would certainly not hesitate to apply there! Good luck!</p>
<p>(That GPA is so close to 3... have you calculated how many more credits you would have to take this fall and get A's in to push it over the top? It may be fun to try!)</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies Uuu and Bandnerd88. Interesting system that they have...very informative post.</p>
<p>Yea 2.99 is pretty annoying, I will be able to push it over the edge for fall but unfortunately I am stillin the 2.5-2.99 bracket for admissions.</p>
<p>Well, if you only need a 2.5 to be accepted, then I think the 2.99 is just fine for now.</p>
<p>Don't let the "good enough" stop you from acing this term though- that "3+" is going to feel so nice when you look at your final transcript from the CC!</p>
<p>Have you picked a major? You might want to make sure with an adviser that your intended major is not one which requires a higher minimum GPA, and that you are taking the correct pre-requisites.</p>