GPAs of Junior Transfers

[KDCat]

I was a junior transfer when I pledged. It was not easy. My grades were okay, but not great. I had the lowest GPA in my pledge class. (3.01 - Looking back that's not that bad, but I was really embarrassed to get anything less than a 3.5.)

I had a great GPA when I transferred, but I struggled at my new school. I did my prereqs at a less demanding school and then transferred. When I got to my new school, I immediately started taking upper level classes that were very demanding, without the "warm-up" of having taken lower level classes at the same school. Professors cut freshman slack and help them get ready for the demands of upper level classes. Transfer students don't get any slack. (Nor should they.) No one at my chapter thought to give me advice on study skills or time management, because I was a junior. I should already know all that stuff, right? I probably would not have listened, either, because I thought I already knew all that stuff. I wish somebody had kicked me in the butt a little.

[carnation]

I wonder if it's any different in Florida and California, where a lot of transfers come in from community colleges.

[Mevara]

Originally Posted by carnation

I wonder if it's any different in Florida and California, where a lot of transfers come in from community colleges.

I would almost say in California ALL transfers come from a community college. It is VERY difficult to transfer between UCs/state schools. Many of the UC campuses have agreements with community colleges to make it easier to transfer in.

At my UC campus 25% (2010) of the new students are transfer students. Roughly 20% of those who sign up for recruitment are Juniors.