Whether to transfer now or later

<p>I'm a freshmen in college and I was planing on transferring from my current university to Northeastern for my junior year for their criminal justice program. I was going to stick to that plan until I noticed that they postponed the deadline until the end of this month. I do not have any college recommendation letters or transfer records ready at this time. I received a 2.9 GPA last semester but with my current grades it should balance out to be 3.1 GPA by the end of this semester. I feel like I most likely will not be accepted but there might be a chance. Should I just wait it out until my sophomore year so that I can get my GPA up and my recommendations ready? If I get rejected this year and I apply my sophomore year. Will the admissions board's decision be effected in a negative way by my attempts to get into the school?</p>

<p>If I were you I'd wait until next year. This late they're going to have admitted a good number of transfers already so they're going to be more selective than before about who to put in the remaining positions. And you want to make sure your GPA is as high as possible and you have good, strong recs to send.</p>

<p>1 more year
boost GPA
-> better schools</p>

<p>I also would wait another year. I think your GPA is improving, but still a bit of a disadvantage. I think you would be better off to keep improving (make that a Must Do on your list). Then the first termGPA can be chalked up to adjustment. Now it's too likely to look like it is the "real you." You want to really get up as high into the 3.4/3.5+ range as possible for next term.</p>

<p>It's not your attempts to get into the school that might hurt you if you're not successful this year; it's more that you will have created a First Impression that you may not be able to overcome.</p>

<p>Just opinions, but we all seem to have the same gut reaction.</p>

<p>Yea I'm gonna wait and apply next year and try to get my GPA as high as possible. Thanks for the responses.</p>