Autumn 2013 Transfer Applicants

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Fri, 18 Jan 2013 19:19:12 +0000

Hi! I’m glad this thread got started. It’s early still but the wait is already killing me.

For me, I’m an in-state student at BC with a 3.8 GPA there, taking a full load while working full time. I’ll be done this Spring with 105 credits since I changed intended majors halfway through. I graduated HS over a decade ago, went to a giant University in my home state and dropped out after a year and some trauma with the awful grades to show for it. Then I completed a technical Associate’s and have been working in the tech sector ever since. I started feeling burnt out a few years ago and decided to go back to school with the intent of completely changing careers. I still haven’t completely decided what to do after I graduate, but I’m planning on doing a dual degree in Anthropology with an Archaeology concentration, and Astronomy/Physics.

I’m working on completing the physics sequence which should be done in spring, along with the last prereq for Anthropology. It’s pretty obvious from my transcript that I changed tracks so I’m a little worried they’re going to think I just can’t make up my mind. Plus I was sick for all of last year (have documentation) so I’m finishing three quarters later than intended. Hopefully an explanation of all this in my personal statement, plus other good points (PTK member, volunteered at the Humane Society, older but wiser etc) will help make up for it.

Like @psychguy I picked UW because of the research opportunities. They have one of the leaders in my favorite area of Astronomy research and the others things going on all sound pretty interesting, too. While it may be putting all my eggs in one basket, they’re the only school I’m applying to. I love this area and it just so happens that UW is strong in my desired fields so it works out. Well, if I get in.

@shaemus
I feel you on the studying thing. I spent most of high school bored out of my mind (A’s in classes I liked, B’s and C’s everywhere else) but I tend to do extremely well on standardized tests (34 ACT on the first try) so my records are kind of inconsistent. When I went back to school I had to seriously rethink the way I looked at learning. Glad to hear I’m not the only one.