jackboyjon

First off, im a transfer student with a detailed school history. I started with community college for a couple years with the major of Forensics. I ended there with a GPA of 3.0-3.25. The school year of 2010 I transferred to a four year university (Bradley University, Peoria, IL) under a chemistry major. The increase in funding needed was significant and caused me to get a full time job. Due to working all the time, and the obvious mistake to major in Chemistry my grades slipped at this school. I ended the year with a 2.0 average and decided to take a year off to save money, rather than being kicked out. I've done a lot of research and University of MN seems like a much better option for want i want to do. I also have an internship with the NyPD Manhattan South Homicide Unit/Manhattan South Homicide under my belt, as well as a vast work experience in the general field I want to go into. The job I mentioned above to help pay for Bradley was a scribe position in an ER, which required a 3.0 and various other learned medical information. I still have that job, and the opportunity to transfer to MN if accepted. What do you think my chances are? I don't want to apply if there's not point, but I didn't know if they'd take into account my financial situation, which caused my grades to slip in the first place. U of MN is much cheaper as well, so it wouldn't be hard showing I could easily afford it. Let me know! Thank so much!

UMTYMP student

I'm not too familiar with transfer admissions although your relatively low GPA could be a problem. What school and major are you trying to transfer into?

jackboyjon

The College of Biological Sciences most likely, or the college of nursing.

UMTYMP student

Unfortunately those are some of the more competitive schools to transfer into Transfer Academic Profile. I'm not an expert on transfer admissions but your GPA even while at the community college is far lower than for most transfer students.

idk9777

I say apply, don't worry so much about your chances and what other people think. Colleges put emphasis on life experiences and you just never know if you will be one of the people accepted on the lower end of the spectrum. People can sit on here for hours every day asking what their chances are, but in the end it is just impossible to know. Apply, get your applications out to some backups and just hope for the best. We all make mistakes and the ones who grow up and learn from it are the ones who succeed.