My school is not giving me opportunity.

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I need advice, some help, suggestions something to figure out what i can do. </p>

<p>I came from Europe in 2012 and basically i want abble to apply direcly to my universities due to different dates of finishing my high school and deadline for application. What i did then i went to community collage. I was following all classes that are under Guarantee Admission Program - what gives to student who got 3.3 guarantee admision in my univesity on specific major - i was following for School of Buisness. </p>

<p>However, since i really wanted to go to my university i made transfer after one year (2 semesters). Basically all finance classes as well as macro and micro which are requirements for my major and to apply to shool of buisness I have made in CC. In first semester in my university i took just classes which are nessesary to graduate as well as 2 which are important for my major so that was Psychology, History, English and Math. </p>

<p>Since im ESL english want that great, psychology and history was pretty Okay math A’ced. </p>

<p>At the begining of spring 2014 it was time to apply to school of bisness. I was pretty confident where im standing since my gpa with all clases which got transferred from CC was over 3.3 , and this year SoB was accepting form 3.2. HOWEVER, i got rejected. As they told me, they only consider classes taken in thiers institution and they did not even look at Community Collage grades and GPA - in that case form 4 classes i got 2.94GPA.</p>

<p>So basically I’m realy suprised that School Of Buisness is ABLE to tell me that im good person to study Finance according to my History, Psychology, Math and English - since they should rather require classes like finance, macro, micro, buisness which are under requirements. </p>

<p>Right now i feel a bit cheated, why? Its simple, if i would know that my university would do like that i would stay in Community Collage and be on right track to gruaduate after 4 years - sice i do have currently gpa of 3.3 ( since they do have Guarantee Admission Program). However in this case even though my GPA is OKAY, they are telling me that i have to reapply on fall for the spring 2015 and they wont give me respond that fast, they will wait till end of fall - so basically i have to take no idea what classes during fall, as well i have to take something for spring since all classes getting loaded on the begining of november. </p>

<p>They are saying that each student is equal and each is treated same way - is he? - Somebody who got accepted as a freshman got about 15 classes finished and is considered with 45 credits - 15 grades - me ? - Just 12 credits, 4 Grades - is it fair? </p>

<p>Second thing, since they do have a agreement with Community Collage, why they do care about grade when i transfer after one year? I guess ts better for them that i got transferd since they earning money not CC in that case. </p>

<p>I;m really disappointed and im kind of stuck with my future, Advaisor from SoB in the begining told me to change major for Economics and she acted like she dont care what im trying to prove. I asked her even that soetimes grade is not the point since u do have a place to write why you should be considered to get a position in SoB - she said, yeah… but um… GPA is important - should i understand it - okay we do not care about that ? </p>

<p>I mean im on finance im doin well on classes connected with my major, i wont like History wont be needed for me for finding a job in the future so i do not take that much attention if i would be perfect in other fields i would chose other major i think its obvious? </p>

<p>Can anybody give me any suggestions what i can do in that case? Is there any chances for me to get in or im just the only one person who thinks its totally not fair how they treat me? </p>

<p>*Sorry for my english mistakes I’m just nervous right now and trying to explain everything as fast and best as possible. </p>

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<p>Colleges generally like seeing how students preform in THEIR institutions; added to that CC isn’t considered rigorous or hard by most universities. So being evaluated on a psychology class at your Uni instead of a economics class at your old CC might seem unfair but it’s common practice. </p>

<p>American universities operate under the belief that their job is to enrich to the student, to broader their mind. That means having students take General Education courses that aren’t necessary related to their major. For people that want technical training for an actual job their are trade schools and vocational programs. </p>

<p>“im just the only one person who thinks its totally not fair how they treat me?” Well here in America it’s your job to know what you are signing up for. That is just the way it works over here. </p>

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<p>Sorry, I am having a little trouble following this. </p>

<p>The key to me though, is that it sounds like you hadn’t met ALL of the guaranteed admissions requirements prior to transferring. I’m guessing you would have had to take all of your core classes at the CC and earn an AA degree, along with meeting the GPA requirement and possibly other things as well. So, since you transferred early, you broke that agreement. There is no longer any guarantee on behalf of the University! Therefore, when you applied for a transfer to the SoB, you were considered to be an Internal transfer. You were evaluated against those admissions standards and those rules, and compared to all other internal transfers. You were given the same look as any one of them. That is fair! </p>

<p>Yes, is stinks for you that you didn’t get in. Especially since, had you stayed at CC and finished up there and met all of the guaranteed transfer requirements, you would have. But that is a risk you took when you transferred prior to finishing up your end of that agreement.</p>

<p>So, what do you do now? Possibly you could make an appointment with someone in your career resources area that could help you narrow down and evaluate your options. They should also be able to help with choosing a major. If you go Econ or some Lib arts major, possibly you could get a Business minor without too much trouble. Or, you could try again for SoB. But, as you know now, there are risks that you may not get in. And, this may delay when you are able to graduate. </p>

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>Thanks for responding. </p>

<p>Basically my ACES advaisor was telling me that in 99% they will hold with decision till the end of Spring 2014 semester to see how i did, beacuse 4 grades should be not enought to make a decision is someone is good for position or not. Lets take a different scenario, If i would transfer to my university after 3 semesters and i would be enrolled just in one class now as a part time student and on the Fall i would apply to SoB with one grade - as an exaple A - then what? I would be accepted beacuse my GPA is 4.0? </p>

<p>I do get it that they look just at grades from thier institution but how can they say that it is fair? Since they compering me to student who was able to be in university form the begining and got 15 grades and GPA from that. </p>

<p>According to Guarantee Admission Program, I was just following classes beacuse that just like a copy of program in my university but changed due to different number / names in CC. Worst part is also that on application it says that you have t finish at least 40 credits to apply to SoB, and basically no body told me that grades form CC wont be taken for consideration - i was pretty sure that 40 credits means 40 credits not 12. </p>

<p>I also cant understand how the lady who is sitting in SoB may tell me in first place - change the major - no body was even trying to help and figure something out. </p>

<p>I do understand that general pgoram is required and its okay with me - sometimes you do not know what knowledge you would need, however isnt that funny that they count each grade equal? I still cant get it how they can tell me if im going to good at finance seeing my psycho or history grade? SoB is 2 years and 90% of classes are connected with buisness, not psychology, history or other field. </p>

<p>I feel a bit like they just cant just fill other majors and they are just thinking that by pusshing me back ill just fill the gap.</p>