Transfering to Bing after being admitted a year before

Take3
Tue, 25 Aug 2009 01:32:54 +0000

What Perfectedxchaos suggests is definitely worth a shot. It probably doesn’t hurt to at least apply.

The potential problem is that with any meaningful amount of university coursework, adcoms are generally going to weigh that more heavily than your high school record. They will hopefully consider extenuating circumstances, but they still want proof that you can succeed at the university level.

All is not lost if you don’t get in on the first shot. You only have one year of college. If you had to, you could do your second year at a community college and get your GPA up and then apply again. Then, between your second year of university and your high school record, your year at Northeastern would hopefully look like a fluke. This would also be much cheaper than staying at Northeastern. Why pay huge amounts of money to go to a school you don’t even like?

Do you feel that your family problems are really resolved and that you’re ready to go back to university and do well? If not, you might consider taking some time off until you’re really ready to go back and excel. It would look better to take some time off than to continue to add C’s (or worse) to your transcript. Your situation isn’t hopeless, but you don’t have any more room for error here.

Community colleges are also generally better places to step back and regroup than four-year universities. Community colleges tend to be supportive, flexible environments.