<p>So I finished high school with a 4.4 weighted, 4.0 unweighted, too many extra-curriculars to name, and a 32 ACT. I’m currently a freshman at New York University, undecided in the College of Arts and Sciences, looking to transfer for my sophomore year. Problem: my unhappiness this semester resulted in a 3.0 gpa.
So my requests for a new school:
- Must have a campus
- Access to a major city
- More academically selective than Fordham university (applied 2nd semester, got in, turned them down)
- Night life: house parties.
- More straight men.
- around 10,000 students (want a community feel)
- Car not necessary</p>
<p>going somewhere warm/with a beach would be nice, but I’m not too picky about that.</p>
<p>Please help! Even if you can’t get all 7, all suggestions are welcome</p>
<p>The 3.0 is a problem. For more selective schools you need to transfer as a junior with 2 good terms to show.</p>
<p>UPenn is perfect for you, according to your criteria.
It has a campus feeling, and is situated in Philadelphia.
It should be relatively safe.
UPenn is definitely more academically selective than Fordham. It is an Ivy League institution with renowned professors, and though rankings are not everything, it places #5 in the nation, tied with Stanford and several other schools.
There are probably more straight men at UPenn, though I can’t be too sure.
Penn has 10,301 full-time undergraduatae students. [Penn:</a> Penn Facts](<a href=“http://www.upenn.edu/about/facts.php]Penn:”>http://www.upenn.edu/about/facts.php)
I don’t believe cars are necessary in Philly. Public transportation is widely available. I believe you can take a train to D.C. or N.Y.C.</p>
<p>Columbia is similar in that it has a campus and has access to a major city, but not too many “house parties” from what I’ve heard.</p>
<p>Boston College is a pretty good option, as is Boston University.</p>
<p>Try George Washington University in D.C. or Georgetown.</p>
<p>University of Miami came to mind, since it fits everything and is warm and near the best beaches in the continental US. Of course, I don’t know how well the 3.0 would fare there.</p>
<p>From what I understand, once you have even a semester of college coursework behind you your High School GPA becomes much more irrelevant; at least that is what I hear from my roommate who is considering a transfer to a private school closer to his home. Luckily your university has good prestige behind it, your 3.0 probably looks a lot better then an applicant with the same GPA from your average state school.</p>
<p>@MidwestExpress
Really? I thought that when applying for a sophomore transfer, your high school GPA is still the most important factor along with your SAT/ACT scores, due to the fact your high school career, encompasses 4 years while your college performance is only determined by one semester.</p>
<p>@Rain202
That is the way my roommate describes it, of course I have no first hand knowledge and it could just be my RM is an isolated case…it very well could vary by school. Perhaps somebody with more knowledge could elaborate?</p>
<p>Midwest express is incorrect, HS still matters a great deal and is more important than a single college term. BUT, you will not be able to trade up with a 3.0. It tells other colleges you did not have a smooth transition and they’ll want a couple of term of solid performance.</p>
<p>Northwestern and Johns Hopkins check most of your boxes (not sure about the number of straight men…) JHU has only 5,000 undergraduates, but there is a sense of community. Northwestern is not particularly warm, but it does have a beach. You might also want to take a look at USC, Tufts, WUSTL, and Rice.</p>
<p>I can’t speak to how likely you are to get into any of these schools.</p>