Spring-Semester college help?!

Question

I've kind of come to terms with the fact that I will not be getting into a 4 year university next fall, given my very low GPA (from freshmen year! ugh!) By the end of my senior year I will have a 2.3 GPA and I am hoping to attend Virginia Commonwealth University. Is there any possible chance I will get accepted into the Spring semester?

Answer 1

I dont think.  Firstly, although I'm not familiar with that school, I know that most schools require you to have 30 hours (2 semesters) of course work before they let you transfer, and seconldy, if you apply for Spring admissions, they would have to have your application before the end of the fall sememster.  Therefore, you would not have any grades for them to judge the quality of your academic work.

I advise that you contact the school and ask them, because they will have a set policy and will be glad to explain that to you.  What will probably happen is you will transfer at the begining of your Sophomore year (next fall).

Good luck!

Answer 2

Like the person above me, you should go to a community college first and if you do good then the university will maybe admit you. If you are really desperate for a 4 year university then maybe you can try a lower ranked university,but I wouldn't recommend that.

Answer 3

Why don't you spend this first year at a community college and take classes that transfer to VCU?  Not only can you get things like English Comp 1 & 2 out of the way, but you can also get rid of Psychology, Sociology, Western History, Non-western history, Music or Art Appreciation .... all out of the way.  Then when you apply to VCU, you're coming in as a transfer student with a proven record of being able to handle college-level work.

That's one option.

Another option is to go ahead and apply to VCU.  Many colleges will admit students who don't have such great GPAs.  You could be admitted as a full, regular student, in which case, congratulations!  Or, you could be admitted as a restricted-status student.  Colleges have different names for it but the goal is the same - to allow a borderline student to enter college, take a reduced course load for a semester or two, and prove that you can handle the work.  

Never say never.  There are all kinds of options in front of you.

Good luck!