Will a bad first-semester GPA ruin my chances of transferring?

Transfer Students
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<p>I attend NYU Stern as a freshman and I have a 3.2 GPA. I want to transfer into either Wharton or another Ivy League (not really satisfied with NYU). If I get around 3.7-4.0 second semester, would that balance out my bad first semester GPA? Would it even get considered? Should I just wait another year to transfer as a junior?</p>

<p>I was very active and got great grades in high school, and I wouldn't want those to go to waste, either.</p>

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<p>The most a school will see is your midterm grades for sp sem when they make a decision for fall 2013 transfers, so your fall grades are important.</p>

<p>Did you apply to those schools as a fr admit? If you did and were denied/WLed, and your gpa was not high first sem of fr year at a lower school, how do you think higher ranking colleges will see this?</p>

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<p>10% chance

See [Transfer</a> Admission - Penn Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/transfer-admission]Transfer”>Transfer Admission | Penn Admissions)
Also, [Wharton</a> School | Transfer - Penn Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/transfer-admission/wharton-school]Wharton”>Curricular Requirements | Penn Admissions)</p>

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<p>^

  1. The OP is talking about Warton, not Penn in general.</p>

<ol>
<li>Although 10% of transfers were admitted overall, that doesn’t mean each candidate had the same odds of being accepted.</li>
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<p>So I’m kind of screwed until I get my GPA up, which might take me til the end of sophomore year?</p>