24 July 2010, 8:31 am
So I recently graduated high school this summer, finished with a 3.4 GPA. All A's my junior and senior year but I was a C student my first two years. Turned down by some tier 1 schools, accepted to one that was out of state but it was way too expensive. Had poor guidance and came to the US at the age of 10, but my parents didn't go to college here so we weren't able to get the best help. Anyways here is my plan: 1. Attend the tier 4 university in my area, the one whose honors program I have made it into. 2. Put in some serious work and focus, maintain above a 3.8 or higher GPA (I went to a magnet school and the kids from my school who have gone to this university have maintained GPAs in that range and they graduated with a GPA lower than mines). Goal is a 4.0. 3. Do volunteer work, join clubs and other things like write for the school newspaper. 4. During my second year at my current university, I plan on applying to 8-10 schools as a transfer student (having some safeties, two reaches and some matches). If I do maintain that 4.0, build that good resume and apply to some of the top schools (outside the Ivies, though may try for Columbia and Cornell) as a transfer, will be able to get in or at least go a place better than the university I will be attending? A vast majority of the people from my school that went there transferred to UGA or Georgia Tech, I just wanna go to a tier 1 university outside of GA and one hopefully in the Northeast, Midwest or the upper south (North Carolina and Virginia).... Read More »
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