How to make a 3.0 in order to transfer?

Transfer Students
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<p>Anyone have any helpful tips on how to make a 3.0 in order to transfer after the fall semester?</p>

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<li><p>take easy classes </p></li>
<li><p>use pickaprof.com and/or ratemyprofessors.com to see which teachers are the easiest for the easy classes.</p></li>
<li><p>study and do the homework</p></li>
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<p>Be wary of taking classes that are obviously easy. Transfer admissions committees definitely take into account the relative difficultly of applicants’ workloads. For example, if you happen to know that the organic chemistry teacher’s class for next semester is an easy A (unlikely, but you never know), then it would probably be to your advantange to take the class. However, if all your classes are film studies or intro to mass communications… it’s not quite as impressive.</p>

<p>A 3.0 is definitely doable even without heed to the relative difficultly of your courseload as long as you study and really stay on top of things.</p>

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<p>a 3.0? Im assuming you want to transfer to Yale, seeing your user name. Im sorry that I have to be blatant, but you wont have a chance at Yale with a 3.0. If you are thinking of a 3.0 because on the transfer websites of most universities it says “A GPA of a 3.0 is considered competitive”, then ignore that message. Shoot higher! go for a 3.3, which is the cutoff point for most transfer acceptances at most competitive schools. BUt for yale, you’re talking about a whole different league. For Ivy’s a 4.0 is almost a given.
Im sorry if this sounded so mean, but im just stating the facts. good luck.</p>

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<p>Listen to, and write down everything the teacher says. Then act upon what you have just written once class is over. This is the best advice you can get (not to sound cocky), everything lies within you…we can’t help you get a GPA of any value.</p>

<p>FYI: I have a 4.0 GPA after taking 26 units per semester. The classes I took were very renowned in the sense of academia. —>I will most likely not be accepted to transfer to any Ivy. Take note of this.</p>

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<p>Yeah. Assuming you want to transfer to Yale… a 3.0 definitely will not cut it. Shoot for a 3.8 for that caliber of school.</p>

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<p>Show up to class occasionally. Maybe take an exam or two if you feel like it.</p>

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<p>okay, thx to everyone above for your posts!
i come up with a question. what kind of courses could be defined as tough courses? for example, 1014 Principles Of Microeconomics, 1015 Principles Of Macroeconomics, 1024 Fundamentals Of Microeconomics, 1051 General Economics, does it means the 1051 course is the toughest one among all the courses above? Thx!</p>