<p>I am considering applying to BU as a junior transfer student. I attended the University of Washington for one year and now am at a California community college. It is easier to get into the UC system from a california community college.</p>
<p>My GPA at Washington was 3.51 (deans list)
GPA at CC is currently 3.8
SAT 1200</p>
<p>I am looking at the Communications program at BU.</p>
<p>I don’t know about what the transfer average is at BU but if anyone could help that would be awesome.</p>
<p>Boston University is a private school, so for anything other than “geographic diversity”, out of state status is irrelevant.</p>
<p>You should have no problem getting in.</p>
<p>The fact that BU would be his 3rd school in 3 years may be a bit of a problem, but you should be okay.</p>
<p>Not sure how transfer students stack up but the average GPA for 4 yr colleges is 1333 and Com may be a little higher so your lower SAT and transfering twice will make it a challenge. When you apply be sure to explain how that happened and why.Your GPA will help a lot. Have you visited BU?</p>
<p>average transfer sat is a 1270 with a 3.5 gpa</p>
<p>I didnt like Seattle it rained all the time and was just flat out boring. The UC system (ucla, cal, ucsb) gives priority to students who transfer out of a california community college. So as crazy as it sounds I have a much higher chance out of a CC then a out of state 4 year.</p>
<p>I have never been to Boston. I mean I live in San Diego, I spending most of my time surfing or at school so it would be a total culture change. But I like what I have saw of the school so far on their website. The main thing I like about BU so far is the Broadcast Journalism major. I want to get into sports radio.</p>
<p>Going to travel to Boston in January to check it out, my friend from here goes to Lasell and hates it though. Transfering to BU.</p>
<p>Don’t let your friend’s experience with Lasell color your impressions of BU. Lasell is a small LAC in a western suburb of Boston (Newton), with a lovely little campus. BU is a much bigger research university, has barely any campus at all, and it’s definitely an urban school. Very different feelings and experiences.</p>
<p>The NE weather will be a shock compared to San Diego, especially in Jan., but Boston is a cool city and will give you a very different life experience. Maybe you could try sbowboarding.LOL What other schools are you considering?
Skinnyfists–is the 3.5 GPA left over from HS or is that the average college GPA from the school from which they transfer?</p>
<p>I emailed them about a month ago, they said that’s 3.5 GPA average college GPA. I’d imagine that’s slightly above the high school average, but I’m not sure.</p>
<p>That may also be a CAS gpa for transfers. The COM reqs may differ.</p>
<p>That’s all the colleges–I would imagine that the COM acceptances are a bit above that and that CAS is a bit below.</p>
<p>It’s also a function of size. COM is a pretty large college, about 2,000. CAS is bigger. But if you want to go into SHA - hospitality - that’s a small college.</p>
<p>I’ve noticed people often want to transfer to COM from other schools. I think they start to focus on their field of interest and realize that COM is a very good place.</p>