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<p>What about the Instructor Evaluation (recommendation) form?</p>
<p>How much does anyone know about transferring to SPPD?</p>
<p>And the mid-year evaluation form? Thanks! :)</p>
<p>I know that Letters of Recommendation for transfers are either optional or by major. So check your major to see if they’re required. For example, CLAS doesn’t require any, but SCA requires, like, three i think.</p>
<p>i have had a crappy hs gpa (2.8) but in college i am expecting a 3.8+. so if i get 30 transferable units they won’t take my hs into consideration? my major is SCA film. and also my counselors keep telling me that EC don’t matter as much but i just cant believe them. can anyone confirm this?</p>
<p>Transferring from Fordham</p>
<p>HS GPA: 91 UW
SAT: 2220 (1490 MR)
HS ECs: National leadership position in a debate organization, president of school debate club, vice president of Rotary chapter, involved in local Republican causes.</p>
<p>College GPA: Will be between 3.3 and 3.7 (One W, though, taken in the first week of the year due to being placed in a course that did not go towards my core or major)
In Fordham’s Honors program (we also have grade deflation, not sure Vandy factors that in)
College ECs: President of my freshman class, member of the academic dean’s council, involved in conservative club and school newspaper.</p>
<p>Currently holding an internship at MetLife’s finance division, will be taking my Series 7 and 63 license exams soon. </p>
<p>Chances for USC Marshall?</p>
<p>@andr3w: they will always look at your high school record, the more transferrable units you have, the less they will take it into consideration. They say that about 30 should show them that you’ve had enough college experience for them to reasonably judge you on your college performance over your high school performance, but they will still see it. It’s not a direct cutoff, it fluctuates. Just make sure the courses are transferrable and not just credit-earning in your school because that can sneak up on you (ie. I’m going to have 35 credits in general by the end of 2nd sem., but only 24 trans. creds.) keep in mind they also take your college course load into account, regardless of anything else. </p>
<p>The EC question has been debated, I think they generally WILL consider EC’s if you have them, but it’s not as impediment that you have them as it is in high school. So if you have none, you could still have a chance. Just hope whoever else they’re evaluating doesn’t have really impressive ones.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell what’s the order of importance for considerations for transfer students?</p>
<p>I’m guessing it would look something like:</p>
<p>Very Important: GPA; prerequisites
Important: GEs
Considered: ECs</p>
<p>Would USC like to see the diversity requirement completed before transfer, or is it really a non-consideration?</p>
<p>Currently I have a GPA of 3.52 and am wondering if it’s even worth applying. I plan on taking four of the GEs in Spring just to have shot, but wonder if I might just be wasting my time because of my relatively low GPA and lack of any ECs. Is there any way I can gauge where I stand?</p>
<p>@paragon24: If you are applying to a relatively competitive school (i.e. Marshall, Annenburg, or SCA), I would strongly suggest waiting until next year to apply and focus on raising your GPA. However, if your prospective major is outside of these schools, and you have a strong high school record or a compelling explanation for your college GPA, I think you should give it a shot! You never know what specifically schools like SC look for, we just have to prep ourselves to be the best possible candidates we can be and hope for the best. :)</p>
<p>@gousc92: do you think a 3.9-4.0 GPA would outweigh a high school GPA of like 3.3, with 24 transferrable units??</p>
<p>@teddygrams: We are in the same boat, lol. I think we’ll most likely end up getting SGR’ed because SC will still take our high school records into consideration because we didn’t meet the 30 unit cap. It’s a bit annoying, but hopefully, it’ll work out for the best.</p>
<p>@gousc92: Thanks, lets try to think positive! Also, I spoke with an admissions counselor a while ago, and he said the 30-unit requirement is not really a “cap”, it’s more like a general guideline. He said being “around” 30 should be alright (when I asked about 28). But lo and behold, I’m now at 24 (damn you, D first semester of Algebra freshman year!) so I’m not sure how they’ll evaluate that. He just said that they “always” look at and consider, to some degree, your high school record. The only difference for <30 might be that we have to send SAT scores/have our records more heavily weighed than >30. Do you have less than 30 at the time of application or by the end of spring semester?</p>
<p>i don’t understand how some of you are taking such few units? 24 units after the spring semester so 12 units per semester? it’s going to be very very tough to get in with 24 units in my opinion.</p>
<p>@jamesbball911: Well, it’s 24 transferrable, not 24 in general. According to the school, I have 35, and with AP credit, about 50. I had to take 2 required courses to my current school that don’t transfer, one of my courses that I was given at the start isn’t transferrable, and my AP credits got me out of the first-semester writing course. I’m taking 21 units this next semester to make up for it. There is a chance I think if it’s Dornsife maybe. I say 24 because it’s what I KNOW will transfer.</p>
<p>@teddygrams: I will have 25 transferable at the end of this semester and if I am lucky enough to take winter session, it’ll be 27. It sucks because I tested into a remedial math and my school capped my overall units at 12, 9 of which were transferable last year. But I am debating on an overload for spring, it depends. </p>
<p>At the end of Spring, I imagine it’ll be around 41.</p>
<p>The 30-credit thing is 30 transferrable credits right?
I just counted, I would have like 144 credits (Will graduating with a Diploma in May). But I’m quite afraid that none of them will transfer since they’re quite niche. It’s a fixed curriculum so I didn’t get to choose my classes, don’t even know if they’re equivalent to the US college credits. I spent three years in my institution though, do you think they’ll still look at my sec sch records and SAT?</p>
<p>How long does your admission counsellors take to reply you? I’ve emailed mine a couple of times but have yet to receive replies. Maybe they don’t want me… :(</p>
<p>@Cminor: Yes, just transferable credits.</p>
<p>Since your counselor has yet to reply, I would say do a little bit of your own investigation work.</p>
<p><a href=“https://camel2.usc.edu/articagrmt/artic_hist_range.aspx[/url]”>Error; </p>
<p>Use that site to see what has transferred in the past from your school and what didn’t. I can imagine with 144 credits it can be time consuming, but for now it’ll probably be a good just to get a general idea of where you are at.</p>
<p>And perhaps you could email another admissions counselor? Or call your current one directly? I’m sorry I’m not being too helpful, but I’ve always had my counselor reply to me, so it has never been an issue. :.</p>
<p>so i’m thinking about transferring from uci as a sophomore or junior transfer as an accounting major, but don’t really know which option to take. i had a 4.1 gpa, but a 1920 sat. so if the scenario arises where i get a 3.7-3.8 after my first quarter, should i apply as a sophomore or junior? thanks for any help. God bless.</p>
<p>@bostonbryan: Wow, your high school stats are extremely impressive! I would definitely say apply for sophomore standing for this year. A strong high school record as well as a strong college record can only supplement your application. =]</p>
<p>@Cminor: Yeah, it’s only transferrable, although I’d think with 144 credits, you could probably muster up 30 that you’ll find transfer. Plus, I’m not sure what @jamesbball911’s goal is here other than to be negative and dissuade us from applying…? (BTW, I checked his stats, he was admitted with a 3.4 GPA–an accomplishment to be admitted, but definitely not putting him in the position to tell others their likely status). So if the only thing you can do is apply with less than 30, then just do it, I’d say. If it works out it’s great, if it doesn’t, at least they’ll see definite improvement. And also remember, they’re looking at a whole package. I’ve heard of them admitting students and telling them to take summer courses, or admitting for spring, etc. So I wouldn’t go about the app like I have a doomsday ahead of me, cause then you’ll definitely lower your chances more than any GPA/credits could.</p>