<p>OP – don’t know exactly how to respond…</p>
<p>You are now comparing yourself to students who primarily occupied the top 1-3% of their high school graduating classes. As a poster above noted, it is MUCH easier to get in as Junior Transfer, and the quality of this cohort is SIGNIFICANTLY lower than the originally admitted freshmen – probably top 15-20% rather than top 5%.</p>
<p>I don’t really know what would have been a better choice… a nationally ranked university wherein you struggle to stay eligible, or a lesser ranked school where you could get mostly As for the same effort…</p>
<p>That’s really a psychological question… which environment brings out the best in you? High performer among good students, or average performing among superlative students?</p>