<p>After my first two years at Rutgers, can I transfer to MIT?
What GPA would I need to be accepted? Do they still look at the SATs?</p>
<p>Fewer than 10 people have been accepted as transfer applicants for each of the past few years: only about 2% of those who apply to transfer are granted admission. (Sometimes it's more realistic to think about the fact that 98% of those who apply are denied.) Transfer admissions to MIT are beyond "highly competitive". Visit the "About the Transfer Process" pages on the MIT Admissions website for answers to your questions above. They do look at your SATs in the transfer process.</p>
<p>And given that your single other post on CC at this time reads:
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I did terrible in tenth grade and I had no EC's no clubs, no sports, no community service, no nothing.<br>
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i finish top 21% in my class. and my GPA is around a 3.0
my SAT scores were 570 Reading 530 Math 490 Writing 7 Essay
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it is highly unlikely you would be considered a competitive candidate (which the Transfer website lists as college GPA >3.5, SATs all 700+).</p>
<p>So let's say that instead of transferring I go to MIT for my graduate work. What GPA at Rutgers do I have to get?</p>
<p>Each graduate department admits separately, so it really depends on which department to which you'd be applying.</p>
<p>All are very competitive, however, and suffice to say that the higher the GPA, the better. Research experience and professor recommendations are extremely important as well.</p>
<p>But you're a senior, right? I think two years is plenty of time to make a decent turnaround. I'd think a few terms of college coursework and lots of drive can drastically improve those SAT scores. You start college with a clean slate -- earning a high enough GPA is within your power.</p>
<p>Hey, I took the Sats three times and my highest was an 1100. You think if I take it a fourth time and get around a 1200 my chances will increase. Or is three times just it?</p>
<p>Oh, and read this <a href="http://www.njit.edu/publicinfo/press_releases/release_496.php%5B/url%5D">http://www.njit.edu/publicinfo/press_releases/release_496.php</a>
Could I be this guy one day? I'm also hispanic.
And I'm thinking about maybe going to NJIT.</p>
<p>Don't take it a fourth time if all you're expecting is a 1200. Take it when you have a reasonable shot at 750 on every section. SATs are one of those things that you can do as well as you want to, if you want it badly enough.</p>
<p>Wow is it possible to increase my 1100 to a 1500 in just three months and a half?</p>
<p>Why do you only have 3.5 months?</p>
<p>I'm a senior...unless i can take the sats again in the future???</p>
<p>Yes, you can take the SATs even when you're out of high school. Plenty of students who decide to take a gap year or such work on SATs in the extra year. There are also students who attend prep schools for a year 13 of high school, who take SATs then.</p>
<p>So is everyone saying that I need a 4.0 at NJIT or Rutgers the first two years. And in two years or less achieve a 2250 on my sats and I'll have a shot at it?</p>
<p>As close to 4.0 as you can get, and serious extracurriculars. You wil also need to demonstrate how you have developed personally in those two years.</p>
<p>So I basically always have to be doing something that MIT would like to see for the next two and a half years!</p>
<p>Again, it's not impossible if you want it badly enough. ;)</p>
<p>What kind of extracurriuclas do they like to see? I can't do sports. I'm out of shape.</p>
<p>No, you alway have to be doing something in which you are taking initiative in your own life, and that doesn't just apply to the next two years. You need to be doing something in which you are an active, productive member in your community -- wherever that is -- and that should be a goal to strive for anywhere.</p>
<p>lol that's true. Thanks for giving me some serious advice.</p>
<p>Do what you enjoy doing, always. If you've always wanted to do sports but have never gotten up the courage to try it, then trying club sports or just getting in shape could be a good demonstration of personal development -- constant self-improvement, self-reliance, improved self-image, and so forth.</p>
<p>If you really would not enjoy sports anyway, then demonstrate your passions. Being on your own in college gives you a great deal of freedom -- what are you going to do with it?</p>