<p>Right now I have a 3.61 weighted GPA and a SAT score of 1960. I should be able to bump these up to 3.72 and 2100 by the time I start applying (do they consider my first semester senior grades?)
Even after raising my numbers I don't feel like I have a good chance of getting in. I'm looking at transferring in from UGA or GSU as backup. Is it easy to transfer in for my sophomore year for comp sci? For reference I'm in state and Asian. </p>
<p>I don’t think it’s easy to transfer in for any major… the only way to be sure you can transfer in is to go to a college that has REPT. If you plan on transferring from UGA just make sure you take the required transfer classes and you get really good grades freshman year.</p>
<p>Hmm I don’t think computer science fits in REPT and don’t think they’d allow switching majors right after transferring. </p>
<p>opps. sorry about that. I was thinking you could come in as an undeclared engineering student and then switch to CS. But it looks like you would have to declare first so that wouldn’t work.</p>
<p>Go to a two year school like Georgia Perimeter. It is basically a feeder school for Georgia Tech if you take STEM classes. A lot of Georgia Tech students take classes over there also b/c it is less expensive, smaller classes, and not quite as difficult. In my differential equations class last semester there were three Tech students.</p>
<p>They have a transfer admittance guarantee (TAG). Look it up for more info. The computer science department at GPC is supposedly finished with a transfer guarantee program. We were told that the only thing left before it went into effect were signature from the deans. I don’t know if it is in effect yet or not, but it should be by the time you got there.</p>
<p>Or you can just straight up transfer if you have competitive grades and take the required classes.</p>
<p>One more thing. Do NOT waste your time at UGA. Especially if you want to do CS at tech.</p>
<p>@homeSickFungus What’s wrong with transferring from UGA?</p>
<p>@Vorter Nothing is really wrong with transferring from UGA. UGA is a good school. I used to live in Athens for many years, and I did attend one semester there as a transient student.</p>
<p>I don’t know where the OP lives, but if his goal is to get into Tech and do computer science there are much better routes to achieve this than going to UGA. </p>
<p>I would recommend anyone who is trying to transfer to tech to go to a two year school like Perimeter. The programs at these schools are specifically designed for students transferring to Tech. It is cheaper. There are a lot of other factors. My experience at Perimeter was excellent. The instructors were excellent, The classes were small. The fellow students are just like you. They are trying to transfer in also.</p>
<p>If your goal is to transfer to Tech don’t go to one of the major universities in Georgia unless:
- you live near one and it is the most convenient alternative
- you are primarily interested in the social scene </p>
<p>This is just my opinion BTW</p>
<p>@homeSickFungus GPC’s TAG program seems like a good option but I just don’t like the idea of going to a 2-yr community college where I’ll miss out on the college experience. I’m torn between that and transferring from a school like SPSU or GSU. The benefit of transferring normally is I can transfer in just one year (I have 24 credit hours from APs) and I still get the whole experience, but the downside is that I don’t get the guarantee of TAG. Perhaps I could try transferring from SPSU/GSU end of freshman year and if that doesn’t work I can transfer to GPC for TAG then transfer by end of sophomore year?</p>
<p>@Vorter: you already know what you wanna do. Your original question was “is it easy to transfer?”. No, it is not, as @MichiganGeorgia said. </p>
<p>“The benefit of transferring normally is I can transfer in just one year (I have 24 credit hours from APs) and I still get the whole experience” — > One thing to keep in mind, if you go to GPC and enroll in their TAG program, you will still be able to apply to transfer regularly after your freshman year. You just have to go through the process by yourself. Importantly, Georgia Tech do not care where you transfer from.</p>
<p>I agree that you will have more experience going to one of those bigger (than GPC) universities if you know how to take advantages of what the school offer (Job Fairs, Professional Organizations, Networking with those Computer Science major upperclassmen). </p>
<p>But on the other hand, you can save your money and eventually get admitted to Tech as guaranteed (if you meet the transfer requirement) if you go to GPC. You see the trade-off, now?</p>
<p>I’m an electrical engineering major and went to Georgia Southern for only one year. Yes, I could have gone to GPC and paid less for school but I didn’t since Georgia Southern offer RERP program. I graduated high school with 23 credit hours from AP courses like you too. That’s why I can transfer earlier than all of my RETP friends.</p>
<p>It’s all about the trade-off and your preference. </p>
<p>Good Luck.</p>
<p>Forgot to mention.</p>
<p>If you have 24 credit hours from AP. It depends on what AP classes you took. You may be able to transfer out through the guaranteed path as early as I did too . I’m not 100% sure though.</p>
<p>Is one of those AP CHEM? If not then you should take the SAT subject test in CHEM if you can get a high enough score you will get credit for chem. </p>
<p>If I dont make it into Tech out of HS, I’ll probably go to GSU/SPSU and transfer after a year there and if I don’t make the transfer, then I’ll transfer to GPC for TAG and enter my Junior year.</p>