<p>to entomom:</p>
<p>yes, I will only be taking 3 semesters at this current school. I am transferring out no matter what, whether to Yale or not. After these 3 semesters I am taking a couple years off to work and support my family. </p>
<p>I called up transfer admissions and I was informed that if I am over 5 years out of HS, I also qualify for the Eli Whitney program for Nontrads. If I apply right now I will not qualify, but two years from now I will… I was also told that the transfer program will only consider grades so if say, I had bad grades and non-impressive ECs because I was disadvantaged, they wouldn’t care. Has anyone here successfully transferred in despite bad HS grades?</p>
<p>I was hoping if I can prove that I’m making the best of college and all it has to offer, I could still have a chance, but I’m not sure now. Should I just take those years off and wait, or take my chances with transfer? </p>
<p>Also, I read the the link you gave, thank you, but it maintains that anyone marking “Alaskan Native” must have “tribal affiliation” but doesn’t have to be registered, so everyone is contradicting each other. So I will take your advice and call up yale. Thank you for your help.</p>