<p>I am a senior in high school going into college next year and hoping to transfer into a different college for my sophomore year in college. </p>
<p>Should I retake my SAT (for a higher score) as a college freshman to be more competitive because the college I want to transfer into is extremely competitive in their transfer admissions process?
I know that as a transfer student that your college GPA is more important but if my SAT scores are not even in the threshold for getting in, does that mean I should take it again?</p>
<p>Also any other advice on my freshman year course selection, volunteering, extracurriculars, and ways to get good rec. letters from professors in order to stand out more in the transfer admissions process would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>No. Never. The SAT is a measure of a student’s readiness for college. It is to be taken before college.</p>
<p>If you’ve already been in college for a year or two, and have great grades, the schools you apply to will know that you apparently were/are ready for college.</p>
<p>Don’t sweat it. High school grades and SAT scores are small factors when it comes to transfer admissions.</p>
<p>As a transfer student, I would advise you to select as many general education courses as possible. For example, take English, College Algebra (or higher), Biology, Sociology, and a foreign language. These classes are universal, and will transfer over to any college unlike courses like “underwater basket weaving”.</p>
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<li><p>Whether or not the school you want to transfer to permits you to retake the SAT in college, some don’t.</p></li>
<li><p>What your current score is.</p></li>
<li><p>What college(s) you want to transfer to; for some schools it will matter little if at all, for others it will still carry weight.</p></li>
<li><p>What year you will transfer (since you want to transfer as a soph, it is more important than if you were applying as a jr transfer).</p></li>
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<p>However, be aware that:</p>
<p>As a soph transfer, schools will only see 1 semester of college grades plus at most a mid-term report. So thinking that you are going to transfer ‘up’ to a school substantially more selective than you were a competitive candidate for as a fr applicant is unrealistic.</p>
<p>Advice about fr year: give your school a chance, make friends, work hard at your classes, enjoy the ony fr year you’ll ever have.</p>
<p>As for transferring as a sophomore; a lot more complex question. entomom points out some of the considerations; I will point out one more. While I think it is best to complete the basics in one school, the caveat would be that the grades would have to transfer. If they don’t, you have wasted a lot of money. The transfer decision is complex and requires that you do a lot of research and ask a lot of questions before making the decision. Do your homework first.</p>
<p>I am in the SAME situation as you! And yes, I have decided to take it. My GPA in college and in high school was pretty competitive but my SAT scores just aren’t up to par. My reason for taking them again is to be more competitive for scholarships and admission. I only have ONE for chance to get into the college i really want to so I’m definetly going to try as hard as possible to do that. But I’d recommend taking them ONLY if you think your score will increase. Take a couple of practice tests and see if you see a substantial improvement… otherwise, why waste your time? Also, a lot of people think that transferring to a top school is impossible as a transfer but i’ve seen evidence to the contrary. My friend got rejected from Northwestern the first time around but when she applied as a transfer she got in!! I’m hopeful as well anyways good luck!</p>
anyways good luck!</p>