YOLO, I plane on transferring to ucf as a sophomore with a with 29 credits this upcoming fall. But, my gpa is absolutely horrific- 1.66. I got 3 Ds in two of my 4 credits class and a 3 credit class. Now, if I keep my grades good next semester it might come up to a 2.77. But, I was planning on applying during this December break, but do yall think it would be better to apply maybe during mid February. so, that I can push in my spring gpa/course. I’m in a private college rn, and the tuition is a lot. Even with scholarships and aid, I’m paying 32000. So, I really don’t want to spend more than 1 semester here. Do yall think submitting my application then would be too late? Or do yall think maybe I should transfer spring of 2026? Like with a better scoop?
Didn’t you want to go to UCF initially? Why do you think the school will accept you now?
Why not transfer to a community college first?
I only got waitlisted. So, I went to a different school that I got in. Now, I plan on transferring.
While I do want lower tuition, I also want to go to a good college.
Most colleges will require you to have a 2.0 and be in good standing, so with a 1.66 you can’t apply and transfer only with these grades. You’ll need to retake the courses where you got less than a C and get the highest possible grades and in order to do that you will need to think about why you got such low grades (lack of autonomy? Not attending office hours/review sessions/writing center? Too much partying? Turning things on time? Reading comprehension? Etc.) and work on correcting the problem immediately, so that you have enough practice come Spring to actually be able to enact the change with a positive effect.
If your current college is too expensive, a CC sounds like a good option.
Wrt CCs, they’re a sure way for you to get into UCF.
Everything you said is correct. But I’m asking if I should submit my application with my next year’s grade or try next year’s spring. Or do you think that’s too much of a stretch? If I don’t get it in the fall 2025, I might take two of the bad grade classes during the summer for a better grade.
At this point I do not think that transferring should be your primary concern. Your primary concern needs to be to improve your grades.
Do you know what went wrong? Were you not well prepared for the classes that you took? Did you take classes that were two difficult or that had prerequisites that you did not fully understand? Did you miss some classes or fail to complete your homework?
I do not think that you should take any additional university or college course unless you are fully determined to do better. You need to attend every class, pay attention, keep well ahead in your homework, seek out help when you need it, and generally improve your grades.
Switching to community college is one potential way to reduce the cost. It also has the advantage that you do not need to be a fully time student. You could take a small number of classes at once, possibly just one or two, until you are sure that you are ready. Life is not a race.
Good luck with this. I know that this is not easy.
You were not accepted at UCF last year and your academic performance thus far at college has not been strong. You need to focus on improving your grades before looking to transfer.
This! And agree, you need to know what went wrong so you don’t repeat it.
With those grades, if you have financial aid, it’s likely you won’t meet satisfactory academic progress, and your aid could be suspended as well.
Were you put on academic probation after your poor semester!
I know, I just did really bad on the last one/two exams of these subjects, and it fluctuated my grades to a D. I just didn’t have enough time to recover from it and now final exam is here. I just didn’t expect the classes to run at such a fast pace. They were getting over with a whole clapters in 1 week, and a test every 2 weeks. I was doing fine the first 2-3 test, then everything just went down as I couldn’t keep up. But, I did always plan transferring from here. So, I’m asking what are my chances for fall.
No, my college doesn’t consider D a failing grade. So, I’ll be fine with aid. And I talked with my advisor on talking a forgiveness class that my college allow when students get D’s to improve there Gpa. She said I could do that for two of my classes. I plan on doing so during the summer, if I get rejected from ucf.
Your chances of transferring to another school with such a poor gpa are very very slim. If you need to save $$, you will not do so by transferring to UCR - they will not accept you. Instead, switch to a community college. That will allow you to save $$ and regroup on classes. You may need to take fewer classes and really focus on creating study habits that will allow you to do well. You can worry about UCR once you have 2-3 successful semesters under your belt at community college.
Will FA help cover the summer retake of 2 classes? I don’t think so.
I believe this student wants to transfer to UCF, not UCR.
Regardless…UCF waitlisted this student last year. The current college record, in my opinion, would not be something that would make UCF consider this student now.
@Sshuusho you have below a 2.0 GPA now. My opinion…either transfer to a CC to save money, OR stay put and see IF your grades actually improve second semester, and then next fall semester. If they are sufficiently strong, then maybe consider a transfer for junior year.
Right now, your GPA is not really one that would encourage a college to accept you as a transfer, and I think you know that.
If money is an issue…go to a community college starting in January.
Choose a CC with a direct agreement (see link above) and take classes there this Spring, Summer (1 class only), and Fall, to bring up your GPA.
Do your best with your finals - go to office hours this week, meet with tutors (book them TODAY if you need to book, during finals is their busiest period), go to all review sessions, ask for help and admit to your tutor/professor you’re in over your head and want to do better. Saving that first semester will go a long way toward making your transfer to UCF more likely: the fewer classes you need to make up, the more actual pre reqs you can take. (You will only be able to transfer to UCF for your major if you have specific classes with a C and some majors require higher grades. Any class that you come in with a D you need to retake hence pushing the date of transfer since when you take that class you’re not taking another pre-req.)
First things first: No class below a C will transfer so even if your college considers a D passing, you need to bring those grades up this semester.
You don’t meet the 2.0 GPA requirement to transfer to UCF, see graphic below. I encourage you to do everything myos1634 is saying in their posts above.
I talked with the finance department and my advisor, and they said it would.
I will probably be doing this. Thank you.