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swimmer33

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Post by swimmer33 » Thu Jun 09, 2011 8:37 pm

I want to make a lateral transfer from a school in the 50s to be back home where my family is. My grades from first semester were around top 1/3. This semester, my grades put my somewhere in between top third and top half. Going to schools in Illinois, what should I target? Is a move even possible?
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Re: Help.

Post by rdcws000 » Fri Jun 10, 2011 11:57 am

swimmer33 wrote:I want to make a lateral transfer from a school in the 50s to be back home where my family is. My grades from first semester were around top 1/3. This semester, my grades put my somewhere in between top third and top half. Going to schools in Illinois, what should I target? Is a move even possible?
This equation is impossible to solve without the missing variable: [where is your home you are striving to get back to]. Answer this and you may get some feedback.

That is unless by "Going to school in Illinois" you meant "My family is in Illinois and that's where I want to go".
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Re: Help.

Post by Wholigan » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:13 pm

rdcws000 wrote:
swimmer33 wrote:I want to make a lateral transfer from a school in the 50s to be back home where my family is. My grades from first semester were around top 1/3. This semester, my grades put my somewhere in between top third and top half. Going to schools in Illinois, what should I target? Is a move even possible?
This equation is impossible to solve without the missing variable: [where is your home you are striving to get back to]. Answer this and you may get some feedback.

That is unless by "Going to school in Illinois" you meant "My family is in Illinois and that's where I want to go".
I think the latter is what OP meant. There are no schools in the 50's in Illinois. I would think OP would have to target Kent, Loyola and DePaul. All lateral/downward transfers, of which OP would probably get one or more with grades just outside top 1/3 for the year and a compelling reason to be in the area. Might as well try UIUC, but I'd think it's unlikely.
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Post by swimmer33 » Fri Jun 10, 2011 3:04 pm

thank you. sorry, i should have made that more clear. so you think that sort of transfer, right outside top 1/3, will be sufficient? any schools known to be tougher/more lenient towards transfers in my shoes (loyola/kent/depaul)?
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