Chances at penn transfer next year

imran
Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:23:01 +0000

Hey all,
gonna be a freshman at UCI this fall, which follows the quarter system. i’m so far lined up to take a humanities lecture + discussion, general chem lec +dis, intro bio and intro history.i did terrible in hs gpa wise (3.2) though having taken a lot of ap/honors classes, but i had decent SAT scores (2200) and good ECs. i’d like to go to penn next year, so i’ll probably have to retake my SAT I. I have pretty compelling reasons for transfer, as penn offer a particular major (near eastern languages and civilizations or just middle eastern studies in general) that uci doens’t have. question is, is my courseload enough, granted that i can keep a high 3.9 or maybe 4.0 gpa to get me into penn? i made the mistake of not having really worked on my esssays last time, which is something i wo’nt do now. anyone care to give me feedback?