<p>I kind of messed up my first year in school. I got a couple of so-so grades, and one really bad grade. I’ve gotten my GPA back up with the help of summer classes, but I want to transfer schools. Right now I’m at GSU, but I want to go to UGA. </p>
<p>UGA’s policy for transfering students is that if you have 30-59 credits, you have to have a 3.2 (I’m just under that). If you have 60+, you have to have a 2.5.</p>
<p>Now, what I want to do is transfer at the end of this year, but I won’t have 60 hours. What I wanted to do was take a semester or two and re-take the couple of classes I messed up. I could retake all of them in one semester and my GPA would be where it needs to be. </p>
<p>Now, from a financial standpoint, I’m straight because where I work offers tuition reimbursement. So I wouldn’t be out of money, per se, if I did this. </p>
<p>If you really want to transfer and it’s not going to cost you anything but time, sure, why not? Make sure that you can actually replace your old grades by repeating the classes, though.</p>
<p>On the other hand, how many hours will you have by the end of this year? If it’s only a semester or two different, maybe it’d be more efficient use of your time to take new classes…</p>
<p>Well, by the end of this year, if I took all new classes, I’d have about 45 credits. I plan on going to summer school as well, but I’d like to just retake these classes so my GPA will go up.</p>
<p>So basically, it’d take more time then you’d like to gather up 60 credits… in that case, sure, why not take the classes over, since it seems like that’s what you want to do. I’d talk to an advisor or someone first, but if you want to do it, go for it.</p>