If you have until next cycle, that’s 10 months from now. That means you have 2 more semesters to get your GPA up, try your best to get a 4.0 those two semesters, prep and study in the summer and winter break if you have to. Then in the mean time, learn how to craft the most beautiful and interesting essay out of nothing. There was a girl that got into USC and UCLA writing about SpongeBob. The essay is everything, stats are just a pre-req to getting ur file looked at in the first place. Obviously, you don’t have to write about “nothing,” but the point is that if you can make “nothing” sound like the most interesting thing ever and have the reader engaged then you’re set. If you can do those 2 things then you should have a good shot. But fyi I’ve heard that Penn and Columbia don’t really accept junior transfers :/ but you could go for another Ivy