Transferring to UMass Amherst from Dartmouth?

Colleges & Universities University of Massachusetts - Amherst
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Hey guys, so I am currently enrolled in UMD as a first year and I really want to get into UMA, I applied back in HS but got rejected because my stats were poor, I had abouta 1400 on SAT’s (out of 2400) and i had about a 2.8 for my final GPA, at UMD, I got deans list by getting a 3.308 which is fairly high from what people are telling me but I am still a bit worried. I was gonna do engineering but the admission lady practiaclly told me I was gonna get declined for not having the pre-req classes met (Calc,Chem & Phy) so i switched to Poli Sci, I don’t think it will be that hard. I am active in the band and a Hatian club on campus here but i am still worried. Anyone have some tips? I would not like to stay here at UMD another year or semester, what do you guys think? Hopefully I can keep a strong Gpa this semester.

Thanks!

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I don’t think you should go into Political Science unless you really want to. Transferring schools is not a good reason to give up your major, and UMA will see this. You need to have a solid reason for applying Political Science to another school even though the one you are at now is fine. In other words, you need a reason why you don’t want to do engineering and why you want to leave UMD.

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I’m not even engineering at my school, I’m Accounting in fact, and it isn’t for me. I like Poli Sci but maybe I’ll stay with something in Lib Arts I’m just so lost in everything :confused: