<p>I'm thinking of transferring to the Liberal Arts school from an out of state college as an Economics major (General Studies second choice major). I have, at this point in time, 53 quarter hours (which converts down to about 35 semester hours), some of which may not transfer. I intend on taking 15 quarter hours fall term (10 semester hours). </p>
<p>I currently have a 3.41 cumulative GPA which I know is considered to be plenty competitive to get in. I am also applying for the Spring Semester of 2010. </p>
<p>A couple of things concern me. First of all, is my High School GPA, which is a 3.40 (with a D I got 2nd semester of senior year because of senioritis). </p>
<p>Secondly is my college GPA trend. I started off fall quarter strong, with a 3.85 GPA. I then got a lower GPA winter quarter with a 3.57 GPA. Then, during spring semester, I don't know what happened, but I ended up only getting a 2.76 GPA. </p>
<p>My cumulative GPA is still high enough to be competitive, but will this downward trend likely hurt me enough to deny me admittance?</p>
<p>I just transferred into Econ with a 3.1 gpa and 56 hrs, but they told me as long as I have at least a 3.0 gpa and 24 hrs I would be accepted. I would say you have an extremely good chance and they don’t care about high school. If you want to read my older posts they may answer your questions better since they almost all relate to transfering into Econ. You can PM me if you have any other questions</p>
<p>Oh noes, I forgot about some of the courses I got credit for back in High School (dual credit courses) and a course I got a B in during a summer term in Community College.</p>
<p>With these factored in, my GPA drops to a 3.26. The 3.41 was purely based off of the courses taken at the University :(</p>
<p>I know this hurts my chances, but do I still have a shot?</p>
<p>When I applied for Fall 2009 the assistant dean for the LA college told me “as long as you have at least a 3.0 with at least 24 hours you’ll be accepted”, so I can’t imagine it being any different if you apply for Spring 2010…</p>
<p>The admissions guy I called said that a 3.3+ where’d I want to be, but I know that they probably tend to be more conservative with their estimates.</p>
<p>I had a 3.0 with 44 hours when I applied, then sent my spring grades in which changed it to a 3.1 with 56 hours and I was accepted no problem. If you click my name and find my other posts I have explained everyone I talked to and what they told me in another thread. But it was Don Curtis who is the assistant dean for LA who told me that when I applied so you might want to contact him.</p>
<p>I was in state, but I don’t think it would matter if you’re out if state as long as most of your classes transfer. If I were you I would contact an advisor in the Econ department to see how many classes will actually transfer in, then contact Don Curtis about transfer admissions and just let him know your gpa and number of hours and see what he recommends. Let me know if you need help finding their contact info and I can try to look it up whenever I have free time tomorrow.</p>
<p>Alright, I emailed Don Curtis and he said that my GPA is plenty, so you were right about that :)</p>
<p>However, I apparently need Math 141 and Econ 202 finished with at least Cs, but he said he can admit me if I take them fall term and make good grades in both. </p>
<p>I guess those classes are a new requirement since I was accepted before I took Econ 202, but they’re not too hard. And just a warning the admission process may take a while (it took almost 5 months before I found out) but hopefully they’re faster for the spring admissions. I’m glad you heard good news, good luck!</p>