are my chances gone?

vdogboss
Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:01:59 +0000

I now go to a high school/university program, where I take all undergraduate courses and am a full time student at a university in DC. Before I transferred to the program, I was top ten at my old school (very competitive), published a paper in physics and was a primary author, was a siemens regional semifinalist. However, after I transferred, my grades dropped due to the sudden change to a university setting (18 hours of class) and I got a 3.0 first semester. Stanford came to visit my school, and the rep said that Stanford does not even look at freshmen grades, as they are seen as a “transitioning period.” Do you think, that if I get a near 4.0 gpa this semester and next, that I have a shot considering all my other stats are good? Would they see this as a transitioning period?