canyonbrad

I've heard people refer to staying two years at a college so that you can "prove yourself" able to do well in college...but from my personal experience in the honors program at U. Delaware, lots of very bright freshman do poorly first semester since they were unfamiliar with college work and "fell hard,'' so to speak, when it came to earning good grades first semester. will the fact that I earned a 3.933 first semester show that I was able to quickly adjust to college despite the fact that it was unfamiliar? I hope that I am not at a disadvantage since I want to transfer after freshman year.

dearsiryes

Dude, this is like the TENTH BAJILLION MILLION post you have made on the topic of applying after your freshman year from the honors program at Delaware which doesn't meet your needs because it does not offer a medieval studies program.

Finish your apps, wait for the result and go with it. YOU ALREADY applied. You have a great GPA and I believe were waitlisted at G'town as a HS applicant so you have pretty decent other numbers.

Go away and focus on your coursework.

canyonbrad

hey hey hey...every question i ask is different. And like everybody else on here, I am very concerned with my future and I'm nervour/apprehensive about what will happen with me. I've never asked the above question- and nobody has forced you to reply. So if anybody else has anything constructive to say, I'd love to hear it.

Grant15

Heres my opinion however, its souly based on conjecture -- take it with a grain of salt because it is only guess work. First I'd say, to get such a high GPA first semester your in great shape and as you have stated many people do poorly while ajusting to their first semester so, your ahead of the curve. As you have eluded to, it seems that most would agree that transfering junior year is more advantagous (assuming comparable GPA) and I would tend to agree. However, this in itself doesnt mean your dont have a solid shot because you do. You have high college and HS marks (im assuming this based on the honors program + what dearsir said about georgetown ). Just to show you why I'd think a junior transfer is better off I'll quickly analyze my though process. To have a 3.9 is great for your first semester but there will be some people applying with a junior status with a 3.9 who have more credits than yourself and have also done equally well their first semester -- which as you stated is generally deamed the hardest portion of college . So, if an adcom views a person who has mantained a 3.9 for 3 semesters they have, just as you have done, performed well in their first semester but additionally, have more courses under their belt, which shows a continual trend. This to me would give some added assurance that this person will continue to work at such a high standard.
This being said to how much Soph vs Junior Matters I dont know. Personally, I would think it depends alot on the situation (ex. is there a huge decrepancy between HS and college?) Given your circumstances I would say you should throw some app's out because your chances are very strong and although, your Soph status may hinder you a bit I still think you have a great oppurtunity to get into some exceptional schools. Also, I read one of your other posts about how you want to major in midevil studies (or something like that) and I would say that it because it is an uncommon major it is likely to have a weaker applicant pool, which will benefit you.

canyonbrad

Thank you for your honest thoughts. I've applied to a few places and I hope things turn out ok, since I'm really not in love with my current school in any way.

starcatch

i agree - I would apply now, definitely don't wait. If you were as strong of a HS student as you are a college student (i.e., if there are no dramatic upward changes), then waiting wouldn't help you. Waiting DOES help those who do much better in college than they did in high school, because the farther you get away from high school, the less it counts.

I would also suggest waiting if it were for a financial reason. My mother really wanted me to wait an extra semester/year (I transferred after my freshman year), because I was receiving an extremely generous merit scholarship at my old school. However, I was too miserable to even consider that! Furthermore, I wanted to be able to establish myself at another school. Had I stayed an extra year, i would have been splitting my time evenly between two schools, and for me at least, that is not preferable. Furthermore, who wants to spend an extra semester/year at a school they know they aren't going to stay at??

Anyways, I hope everything works out for you! good luck!

canyonbrad

Thanks very much!