<p>Hello I have started at a community college (very good one, mind you), I slacked off a bit and had employment hours that were hard for me to steady with my coursework. Overall, I have a 2.2 GPA Cumulative for about 20 credit hours. What do you think my chances are for transferring to University of Memphis? Should I include my employment history? Will that give me a better shot?</p>
<p>Also, I forgot to add I have an upward trend in my grades. Don’t know if that makes a difference or not.</p>
<p>Try to bring your grades up to 2.5 and you’re good to go :)</p>
<p>Why University of Memphis though? </p>
<p>In a good town, affordable, I want to be out-of-state. And seems relatively easy to get into, stay in, and maintain a good GPA. Any other alternatives that you feel would match this criteria?</p>
<p>What would your major be? What state do you live in? What’s your budget?
With these three elements, the CollegeConfidential community would be able to suggest possibilities :)</p>
<p>Major would be computer science or economics. No budget really, I come from a good home. I currently live in Maryland.</p>
<p>“no budget really” doesn’t work - you need to talk with your parents, see if they’ve saved for you, how much they can divert from their income, whether they can meet their EFC or whether you’ll need merit aid…
Do apply to a few in-state options - University of Baltimore, Towson, University of Maryland -Baltimore County.
You probably have a shot at the PASSHE schools, too (Millersville, Shippensburg, Lock Haven…) anf if money truly is no issue, you’d be admitted to some Penn State branch campuses such as Abington or Greater Allegheny, then could move on to the 4-year campuses for a Penn State degree. </p>
<p>No budget meaning they have saved for my college fund, all the way up to an Ivy League and Graduate School, if I had the credentials to go right now. Since I don’t, I am trying to find a happy medium which I can grow from to the best graduate school I can. Since I have some luxuries to work with I would ideally want to move from this area, and find a cheap, worth the money “best bang for your buck” undergrad before staying and getting a diploma or transferring out if i can excel. Having that under consideration, I like Memphis as it is relatively affordable (only 12,000 out of state) and I have a shot of getting in. Also, it has good sports teams and a nightlife and greek life, all which are important to me as I would appreciate and grow from the full college experience. I do like your idea of applying to Maryland schools though, I will definitely put some in when filling out my transfer applications.</p>
<p>Okay, that’s better. (There are thousands of kids for whom that means “we’ll talk about it later” 
… and you DON’T want to be that kid when admission time comes.)</p>
<p>Best bang for your buck, if you’re full pay and want to go on to grad school, may be a LAC that emphasizes the type of further studies you’re looking into (ie., med school/preprofessional/PHD.) For instance, for med school, you have Juniata, Albion, Hope (Hope is serious about being Christian, but great for premed; Juniata is a Health Science Powerhouse while being good at business and other general subjects; Albion is big on Greek Life). For prelaw, you have Washington&Jefferson or Hiram or McDaniel or Drew. For PHD, you have Allegheny or Wooster or Hendrix (although they may be tough to get into any college that emphasizes undergraduate research with your GPA, even with being full pay). If you want a better school than UMemphis that’s also larger than the previous schools and that offers the “full college experience”, check out Appalachian State. You can of course attend most of the Penn State Branch campuses, hoping to bring your GPA up to a level that would let you go to Penn State Main Campus.</p>