As the final cycle for this wraps (I think), I just wanted to make this for any prospective transfers that end up on this thread looking for advice. I’m no expert, but what I feel like helped me was reading online that in your essays, you write your story. You write like no other person could about your life, your challenges/struggles you overcame, your passions, the dreams that keep you up at night, the hobbies you do, everything that brought you to where you are today, and have it some how match the prompt in the end. Don’t try to overly fit the prompts if you feel like that’s holding you back, and no you don’t need to have a 4.0 in high school as well especially if you had extenuating circumstances you can add in your additional information. As an incoming non-TO FGLI student I would’ve never dreamed the day I would wake up and be enrolled in a school number one for my field of study globally for both undergrad and grad school. In this incoming transfer class, there are students coming from so many different backgrounds and with so many different identities. For all reading this, regardless if you got in or not, or if you’re a prospective, I’m proud of you. You came all this way, carried all of your stories, pain, memories, dreams, I promise you will do amazing wherever you go if you make it your home. You got this!!! <3