<p>I’ll be transferring to a much better University in the upcoming fall semester and I was wondering how much harder it is to succeed at a top 40 U.S. University compared to an unranked 4 year College?. My current GPA is a 3.6. How much of a drop should I expect (if any)?</p>
<p>Too many variables to know for sure.
-what type of student are you
-what type of professors have you had
-what type of professors will you have
-are you going from fresh/soph classes to all junior/senior classes immediately?
-are you switching from a light load to heavy load at the new college?
-how did you feel at your previous school (were some classes challenging, others easy, etc)</p>
<p>Personally I have found that rigor is based almost entirely on the instructor, not the ranking of the school as a whole. For large lecture intro courses, sometimes that specific department will come up with standards via some form of consensus. That isn’t to say various schools and departments don’t have distinct cultures, but I’ve had easy courses at a top ten private and challenging courses at a community college. </p>
<p>My GPA hasn’t dropped post transfer, but my department advisor said the average transfer gpa attained first semester is 0.4 lower than what they came in with (our department only) school wide it is a 0.03 drop on average (that stat is from the college dean)</p>
<p>I think there may be an adjustment period just because it is a different school. The adjustment may or may
not result in a slightly lower GPA. I agree with the points made by da6onet. </p>