Help: Should I transfer twice?

chriskerouac
Sun, 17 Nov 2013 19:58:56 +0000

Hi there, I’m an international student from China and I’m currently studying at a top 70 public university.

Here is the thing. I transferred to US after Fall 2012, which is the first semester of my junior year in China. I started at my current college with 33 credit hours (makes me a sophomore) although none of them count for gpa. My GPA of Spring 2013 is 3.93, and I probably could pull off a 4.0 this semester with 18 credit hours. Recently I’ve been thinking about transferring again because I really want to be academically challenged and to be surrounded by people who care more about knowledge (I hate big classes as well). However, my gpa in the first college is horrendous (different grading system but approximately 2.6-3.0), and I also want to pursue a PhD in the future.

So my question is, will my previous gpa reduce my chances of getting into colleges like U Michigan or Cornell, and is it a bad thing to have 3 transcripts when applying to grad school?

PS: I could get 2 strong R of L, but I barely have ECs. I don’t have SAT as well but planning on taking one.