Hey you all! Starting this thread for the upcoming year.
Excited!!!
I know its a bit early, but I really want to know my chances.
High school GPA: IB school with 3.6 comulative GPA
Highschool involvement:
ER Hospital Volunteer
Immigrant Tutor in English
Friends of Islam Club
LGBTQ Club
Harry Potter Alliance
National Honor Society
German Honor Society
College:
Marquette University (top private undergraduate school)
GPA: hopefully at least a 3.7 by end of semester.
Involvement:
Minority Enrichment Program at the Medical College of Wisconsin (4 year program thats very selective)
Hospital Volunteer once a week
Neuroscience Lab Research with biomedical sciences professor (cocaine addiction with testing on rats. My position is lab surgeon.
Major: Biomedical sciences (pre-med track)
ACT: 29
Job: Care provider for my mom’s disability.
@manaralrubaye Where are you trying to transfer to?
School: CCC
Major: Political Science
GPA: 3.50
Major GPA: 4
AA-T in Political Science (done in spring 19’)
EC: Law Pathway Program, Phi Theta Kappa Member, Scholars Program, Young Democratic Socialist of America Member
Applying to: USC, UCLA, UCB, UCI, UCSB(Tag), Loyola Marymount, Chapman, NYU, Connecticut College, Skidmore College, Union College, George Washington U, American U, Syracuse, Fordham
School: Local State University (Not a flagship, not prestigious) 1st Year
Major: Political Science
High School GPA: 96 weighted
High School ECs: NHS, Tri-M, Drum Major, Drama Club Secretary, Retail Job
GPA: ???
Major GPA: ???
EC: Honors College, Intern With State Representative, Community Theatre, Retail Job, Wind Symphony (Bassoon), K Club
Applying to: UMass, University of Hartford, Suffolk, Bennington, Mount Holyoke, Simmons, Bryn Mawr, Smith, American University, George Washington University, St. Olaf and Wesleyan
@Dogsshouldvote Bennington is beautiful and tends to take a decent amount of transfer student each year. As a political science major I would recommend American U or GWU, both very good schools and in the heart of DC!
@hillarydufflebag as a current Union student who knows people who’ve transferred in from CCs, I wouldn’t recommend it as a good transfer option. The school is extremely stingy about what credits they accept and most advisors are not at all prepared to handle transfer students - one student I know just got his graduation delayed by almost a year because his advisor told him to take a prereq another term, but it turns out to only be available fall term. Now he can’t take a number of other required classes, meaning his graduation will be delayed even further. If you’re willing to do the hard work of sorting through the catalog it’s fine, but be warned that you won’t get a lot of help planning your courses.
@hillarydufflebag Good to hear! I didn’t do a lot of good research when applying as a first year which is why I have such a large variety now. I haven’t been able to visit yet but will soon! I would really love to go to a women’s SLAC, but I know the ones I have are pretty competitive for transfer spots.
@Dogsshouldvote If you are looking for a women’s LAC I would look into Smith and Holyoke, they are both relatively transfer friendly compared to the other women colleges (Barnard, Wellesley, Scripps)
@akhipstertrash Thank you for the insight, I dont know much about Union, one of my counselors recommended it to me and it seemed like a pretty good choice. Im sure transferring credits must be hard at a small school like that I would imagine them to be pretty stingy. Overall how has ur experience been there if you don’t mind sharing?
@hillarydufflebag not great (I am in the transfer forum after all), but that is partly a product of who I am - a gay (male), nerdy but also somewhat artsy engineer from the west coast. If you’re looking for a fratty school, Union would be a good fit; it just isn’t for me.
@akhipstertrash I am also from the west coast, sorry things aren’t working out for you at Union. Have you looked into to other LAC’s in ny like Bard, some of my friends from high school went there and love it.
Northwestern University