<p>I have always wondered, if one applies to a college after already possessing an undergraduate degree, are the acceptance standards any different???</p>
<p>is the SAT still considered relevant? And I wonder how certain college GPA's are viewed in comparison to high schools.</p>
<p>If you succeeded at your previous college and if that college was a well recognized one. I would have to think that is a huge advantage since undergraduate admissions is about predicting what students will be successful...</p>
<p>You will need to take your question to the individual schools that you are interested in. Some schools flat-out do not accept students who already have a full undergraduate degree into another undergraduate program. Some will only accept you if you want to pursue a completely unrelated program. Some will give you junior or senior status which means you have priority in selecting classes even though you will still be expected to earn more than two years worth of credits because of the specific course series required for the new degree.</p>
<p>Three true stories for you from the last century. At the home state public where I did this, we called ourselves "Re-treads". All of the second degree work was done at home state public universities. Admission requirements at those institutions at those times were minimal for in-state residents. Things may have changed by now.</p>
<p>Case 1: Liberal Arts degree from Famous-Name-College was earned before my friend decided that she wanted an advanced degree in Agriculture. Her science background wasn't particularly strong, and she thought it would be better to complete a full undergraduate degree. She was admitted to her home state public U with a boatload of transfer credits and spent three years completing a B.S. in Agriculture before enrolling in the Ph.D. program of her dreams.</p>
<p>Case 2: Undergraduate degree from Home-State-U in nutrition lead to a job in the hospitality industry, then transition into marketing, and clear into an unrelated industry in the marketing field. Along the way my cousin was taking job-related business classes at Home-State-U, and then one day she realized that if she completed a couple more she'd qualify for a B.S. in business. She did just that and now has two diplomas hanging in her home office.</p>
<p>Case 3: Liberal Arts degree from Famous-Name-College with a decent (unrelated to degree) science/math series. Admitted as a "Senior Transfer" at my home state public U, where I took a year of undergraduate courses in agriculture. Then I did a semester as a "non-degree grad student", and applied to the grad programs that interested me.</p>
<p>So all these examples are of people who went to a state school for the 2nd degree. In general are those larger schools the only ones that will allow this? </p>
<p>that would make sense, since i don't imagine many 23/24 year olds are allowed to enroll in a small private university and join a class of 1000-1500 19 year old kids.
that would seems odd, but maybe it's more common than I think...</p>
<p>Well, two of us transitioned into Agriculture from the liberal arts, and there are very few small schools offering Ag. programs. Both of us chose our home state public Us (two different states) because we could claim state residence and not pay tuition at the rate we had at our old private college. She was several years ahead of me, and I actually met her when she was doing her Ph.D. and I was doing my undergrad ag. coursework at the same university. A professor introduced us saying "Hey, you ought to meet so-and-so since you both graduated from the same place."</p>
<p>From what I've heard elsewhere, it also appears relatively easy to complete a second bachelor's degree where ever it was that you did your first one because usually it is like a double major not done at the same time. That is essentially what my cousin did.</p>
<p>But if you are serious about a second bachelor's degree, you will really have to think long and hard about finances. Once you have that fancy LAC degree in hand, and all of the debt that goes with it, your cheap home state public U (and even community college for basics that you might need) looks better and better.</p>