Wisconsin Madison chances

Hi everyone,

This is my first ever post to this website, so try and be easy on me haha.

Anyways I am currently a Junior standing. I attended a community college in Illinois for 2 year and graduate in 2014 with a GPA of 3.00/4.00. After attending a community college, I moved on and transferred to The University of Iowa. However, my time in Iowa wasn’t great and my academic performance was the worst of my life with only a semester of acedemic probation to show for it. I’m not one to make excuses and Iadmit that my performance during my time at Iowa was pathetic.
So, here I am back at a community college. I’m taking 3 courses to get myself on ‘good-standing’ and hopefully perform well enough to transfer to a respected university.

With this all being said, are my chances for enrollment at The University of Wisconsin-Madison unlikely? If I absolutely killed the essay (which I will), do I stand a chance? I just hope one terrible semester doesn’t ruin my future.

Thank you and I appreciate your responses!

What draws you to UW-Madison?