Big Ten in reach?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hey. I'm a fresh-more at a community college and I really want to transfer after my sophmore year to a Big Ten school. Umich preferably. I really need help deciding what to do to make myself more desirable to schools (and if I have any shot in hell of making it into a good school). </p>

<p>H.S. GPA - 3.0 (horrible, I know) I took an extremely easy courseload too.
SAT/ACT - didn't take them. I did homestudy for the last two years of high school because I got sick and never got around to it. blah.
H.S. Extracurriculars - I played cello in a group that performs numerous times nationwide (4years). I was also section leader for one year.</p>

<p>So yep, I was an unmotivated slacker in H.S. :(</p>

<p>College GPA - 4.0 + heavy(ish) course load - (16-19credits per semester & 12 during the spring/summer semester)
Sex - female
Recs - Excellent. Not because I participate, but because I'm a charmer. (kidding)
Extracurriculars - U.S. Army Reserves (MOS: healthcare specialist), involved in church activities, work part-time at hospital (I need ideas of things to get involved in!)
Intended Major - Either Nursing or Kinesiology</p>

<p>Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>yep........</p>

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<p>Big Ten as in USNews top 10 or some other listing/ranking? Without SATs, the Ivies are out of your reach.</p>

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<p>"Big Ten as in USNews top 10"</p>

<p>The Big Ten is an athletic conference (which doesn't have ten schools any more, but...anyway, that's what it is).</p>

<p>The OP should have a very good shot at most of the Big Ten. You need to check with individual schools to see whether any of them require standardized testing of transfers. Are you in-state at any of these schools, or in the alternative, are you attending community college in a Big Ten state? I'll be stunned if Iowa or Penn State (for example) would reject an in-state CC grad with a 4.0 absent some kind of problem in the application.</p>

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<p>Umich or UIUC or WISC
They are all good.</p>

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<p>If you are interested in Nursing at UMich then I'm sure you've seen this: <a href="http://www.nursing.umich.edu/admissions/bsn/transfer/apply/checklist.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.nursing.umich.edu/admissions/bsn/transfer/apply/checklist.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>It looks like you have to take the SAT even if you are transferring and they have some very specific courses they are looking for.</p>

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<p>If you're going to U-M, I suggest you take the SAT / ACT just to have it there. I've heard from different people that it will count and it will not depending on how many credits. </p>

<p>My opinion? Do them like if you were applying to U-M for your freshmen year. They will look at them, is my guess.</p>

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<p>As the other posters mentioned, UMich transfer applicant requirements depend on your major:</p>

<p><a href="http://www.admissions.umich.edu/prospective/transfers/admissionreq.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissions.umich.edu/prospective/transfers/admissionreq.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Good Luck!</p>