Transfer Help - My UMaryland Dilemna

TerraPinWannabe
Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:51:17 +0000

I’m currently in my second semester at a college in VA. My plan was always to transfer to College Park. But I have a dilemma concerning my transcript.

My first semester I did pretty poorly(2B+s and 2Ds); The Ds brought my GPA to below 2.5. Now in my second semester I’m taking just twelve credits and half of them are Pass/Fail. So while I’m on track to get a GPA at 3.7 or thereabouts, it’s not going to make the impact I need for my transfer application. So I plan on redoing the two subjects I got a D in next semester and then getting an A. In that event, the previous D’s will then no longer be factored into the calculation of my overall GPA.

But here’s the thing. The transfer deadline is March 1st. And by the time, my newly calculated GPA comes out, it’ll be at least May 10. Should I send in the application first without the transcript and then send it when its come out?