wondering about transferring

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<p>I was wondering what you guys thought my transfer chances are.
after high school, in 2010, I went to the community college in my town, and did pretty badly.
I didn't have any direction and was basically only going cause my parents made me. My overall GPA for 19 credits over 3 semesters was 2.66</p>

<p>now, I actually give a damn about finishing school, and am in my 2nd semester at LCC. last semester, I took 12 credits and had a 4.0 GPA. This semester, I'm taking 16 credits, and pretty confident I will have a 4.0 also.</p>

<p>I want to transfer into the accounting program and MSU, and i know its pretty hard to get into. I want to get as many credits as I can done at LCC, but I'm getting close to finishing everything I need.</p>

<p>I am wondering what you guys think my chances are, and what you think I should do to ensure I get in? I am thinking of applying for spring 2014, but wanted to hear your guys opinions!</p>

<p>thanks !!!</p>

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<p>What is your LCC GPA, overall? You need a 3.5 to get accepted as an accounting major.</p>

<p>[Limited</a> Enrollment Majors - Admission | Michigan State University Office of Admissions](<a href=“http://admissions.msu.edu/admission/transfer_limitedEnrollment.asp#business]Limited”>http://admissions.msu.edu/admission/transfer_limitedEnrollment.asp#business)</p>

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<p>Awesome you’re interested in MSU. I’m kind of nearly in the same bucket as you, though my GPA was bad in my 3rd semester when my family divorced and my best friend ended his life within the same year and I never fully recovered from that (TMI, but oh well).</p>

<p>Anyway, what matters for transferring is your credit amount. If you achieve more than 56 transferrable credits you’ll be forced to meet requirements for transfer. These transfer requirements are terrible in that the credit limit can really impact people if you’re not careful, I know they did for me.</p>

<p>Applicants with more than 56 transferable credits must have equivalent course work to:
Financial Accounting (ACC 201)
Managerial Accounting (ACC 202)
Microeconomics (EC 201)
Macroeconomics (EC 202)
Computing Concepts (CSE 101)</p>

<p>Additionally, all transfer students are required to have English credits comparable to WRA 110 and Math credits comparable to MTH 1825 with 103 preferred and these must be completed a semester before the desired term. There may also be integrative study requirements.</p>

<p>So if you don’t have those all with a grade higher than a C+ (doesn’t matter if you redo, the C or lower will count and hinder you like nothing else) you really have no chance to transfer in barring extenuating circumstances.</p>

<p>I was missing the computing concepts and I had a C in my first economics, and while everything else was an A, it didn’t matter when I tried to get into the business school specifically. Instead what you might have to do, which is what I’ve had to do, is transfer in to economics by changing your major, taking a full semester of classes to earn a new GPA, and then transfer in with your new GPA to the business school.</p>

<p>It sounds like your current GPA is around a 3.3 or 3.4, though we’d have to see what would actually transfer and not transfer from your courses, as not caring about classes your first semester probably gave you some instances. To be honest though, since you didn’t have to withdraw or outright fail any classes, I doubt you had it as bad as me.</p>

<p>If you have a good extra-curricular report and essay statement, I imagine things will go well for you, however; scholarship opportunities will likely be minimal.</p>