i had a 3.1 gpa my first semester of college, then in the second semester and took much harder classes and got a 2..4. now through my freshman year of college i have a 2.771 gpa. i want to transfer to a university out of my state as a compuer science major…here are my options
university of north carolina @ wilmington
university of maryland
university of pittsburgh
university of tennessee
west virginia university
university of indiana
university of texas @ austin
university of massachusetts
university of southern california
ohio state university
syracuse university
university of florida
arizona state university
virginia tech
university of kentucky
university of south carolina
i dont plan on applying to all of these colleges but they’re ranked among the top 100 computer science schools on greguide.com and i plan on applying to a large school
None are really top notch so should get in with no problem
Yeah that souldn’t be a problem as long as it’s not under 2.0
It depends on the program that you want to enter. Most that I have known about require a 3.0 to enter and you need to maintain a 3.0 to stay within the program. If you can’t get in these school with your current gpa, try going to a junior college for a semester to get that gpa up and also to complete general ed. classes. It’s cheaper and you can concentrate on taking classes that deal with your major once you get to the 4 year university.
nope…stay another year and bring up your gpa above a 3 if u want to get in….u could try but thats up to you
I transfered to University of Pittsburgh with a 3.1. However, I transfered Spring semester of my freshman year, not in the fall. Pitt is such a great school and in an incredible area. They have great admissions counselors so get ahold of them.
You will also definitly be able to transfer to Ohio State and West Virgina with that GPA. I applied to both of those schools in high school and I’m familiar w/ their admission standards.
If you want a BIG school then definitly OSU. It’s huge!!! It’s also a great school in general. I’m from Ohio so I know a bunch of people who go there and everyone I know LOVES it.
You can transfer any GPA or do an academic restart.
I can tell you now that UF will most likely not accept you – but don’t let that stop you! They take many other things into consideration, not just GPA. Also, I transferred to a state university with a 2.69 and actually got accepted there twice before I finally went. You’ll do just fine.
Arizona State will take you, I think.
WVU will take anybody [over 90%]. I hear bad things from the students there about the engineering and comp sci departments. 10% transfer out of that school, and only 55% actually graduate. Their math department has had endless complaints….You WILL struggle in your math courses there, and to no fault of your own. I wouldn’t recommend that school.
UMass might accept you.
U of Indiana might accept you.
If I remember correctly, you cannot get into a Cali school if you are not a resident of California.
Pitt will NOT take you.
Maryland will probably not take you.
Syracuse will NOT take you.
Va Tech will more than likely not take you.
Not sure about the other ones.
Go and buy “Barron’s Profiles of America College’s Northeast 17th edition 2007″. They’ll have transfer GPA’s required by each school up North. They probably have SouthEast and other regional area’s published, too.
I have the same GPA, and I just transferred to U of Hartford…They give everybody grants, I got a $4000 annual grant from them w/ the same GPA. I don’t know how good their comp sci department is, though.
Some schools will want you to have a higher GPA b/c you are not far along in your education. Be sure to ask if transfer GPA standards are different for someone who’s taken less credits. They’ll often want to see high school GPA if you have less than 25 credits or something, and as a result they may heavily base their decision on those old grades….Oh, and be prepared to find your SAT scores too!
DON’T forget to check individual GPA requirement within the comp sci and/or engineering departments at each school! That’s what really matters, afterall.
Well, State colleges require at least a 2.0 and the fact that you have fulfilled their minimum requirements (i.e. basic G.E. classes with a C or above)
…but the majority of Universities can still turn you down even with something higher than 3.0 (in fact, a friend of mine had a 4.0 and applied for University of California and still didn’t get into her top choice, but other factors may have been involved there).
Anyways, what I have done is I found a transfer agreement between my school and the college I wanted to go to. Now that I have finished as many undergraduate courses as I could at a community college(DVC), I am transferring to a four-year university (SJSU) as a junior with about half of my classes done. By going on this route, I was practically guaranteed a spot.
This way of earning your degree has become very popular since it’s the same college credit for a fraction of the cost. I’m not saying this is what you should do, but it’s worth considering. You could talk to your college’s academic counselor and call up the undergraduate adviser of the colleges you want to go to and see if there is an academic agreement between the two (usually it has to be within the same state…but worth a shot).
For example, here is a site that offers an agreement between the community colleges and 4-year universities in Maryland:
http://www.acaff.usmh.usmd.edu/artweb/chgri.cgi
Hope this helps!