<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I am a 24 white male from northern Jersey who would like some guidance. Below are my stats.</p>
<p>High School
-I am not exactly sure what my GPA was in high school, but for the sake of this posting Ill say 1.5.<br>
-never took the SATs or ACT
-I played soccer freshman and sophomore year
-Received the turn-around award my senior year
-Excelled at partying and is basically the reason for the above. However, it should be noted that I have since changed my lifestyle dramatically. </p>
<p>After high school:
-Started up a lucrative real estate investment company. The reason why I am pursuing college is because I would rather dedicate my life to physics, then to the unpredictable real estate market.</p>
<p>College:
-I am currently attending Thomas Edison State College
-Completed 24 credits
-3.87 GPA. </p>
<p>Without traveling back in time, I am wondering what my chances are at transferring to Rutgers School of arts and sciences, Montclair State, Cornell, USC, UC Berkeley, Penn State, or any other colleges with a decent physics program. If there are any colleges with a decent physics program that you believe are within my reach, then please feel free to list them. Also, any comments regarding how my high school transcript will weighted and how I should approach the application process would be much appreciated. </p>
<p>Thanks in advance</p>
<p>47 people have viewed my thread and nobody has any advice? I am aware that the majority of the colleges that I listed are stretches, or just impossible, but please try and help me figure out some realistic options.</p>
<p>take the SATs, do well, sit down your computer and pour over CDS, find schools accepting of transfers where you think your stats are in ragee, apply and see what happens</p>
<p>How and where do I find stats that colleges look for in their admission process?</p>
<p>You're going to have to do a little more research on this. I have no idea which schools are strong in their physics programs and are good matches for you. Go to a good library with up to date stuff or a Barnes and Noble and look at just about any of those gigantic college books that are partitioned by Majors. Find Physics and then begin to look at the schools admission stats. See if they are in line with your current scores. That is the only way to build a decent list of schools to apply to. </p>
<p>You may or may not need to take the SAT since you've been out of high school for over five years and already have some college credit. That will be a policy that varies from school to school though. You might want to complete another semester at your current school and shoot for a 4.0 - keep your GPA high. Look for extracurriculars that deal with physics. </p>
<p>Just off the top of my head I would say that Penn State, Berkley and Cornell are definitely reaches. Super big reaches.</p>
<p>How about my chances at getting accepted at Rutgers New Brunswick with my current stats?</p>
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<p>How about my chances at getting accepted at Rutgers New Brunswick with my current stats?</p>