<p>I want to transfer after my fresh/soph year. I'm currently a senior who just got pwned by college admissions. I think I was a good candidate, but my family doesn't have a green card, which killed everything. But proly will get a green card within the next 1-2 years.</p>
<p>LEADERSHIP: And I want to get some leadership positions on my resume, but I don't know where to start. I mean it's relatively easy to start something in HS (I did that, but then it kinda died), but in college, it's a new ball game. Any advice?</p>
<p>GRADES: Also, how much does senior year grades affect transfer application? I got senioritis and ended up with a D+ in Theoretical Linear Algebra (btchy class... VERY btchy). Now, I'm still struggling with my college courses based on various reasons other than laziness.</p>
<p>SCORES: Also, I screwed up my SATs in HS. If i take it again after graduation, would colleges look at that? I heard that they let you choose which SATs to send now.</p>
<p>Anyhting else I'm missing, please point them out
THANKS!!!</p>
<p>xmas - if you are looking to transfer your freshmen year then you’re going to have to put in a lot of effort. Seeing that you have not done well your senior year and SAT’s were not so spectacular then it will make an impact on decisions (depending on school you wish to transfer to) since 1 year of college coursework is not enough to review upon.</p>
<p>Leadership advice: go ahead and join/start some club(s), work, manage a fundraiser, and etc.</p>
<p>also, at the college where I’m currently taking classes and where I’ll be going next year, if I do really bad in a class, I can amend it by taking it again, in which case the older grade won’t show up at all. FYI.</p>
<p>So what I’m thinking right now is to take theoretical linear algebra again freshmen year, but not go to the classes because I will probably know everything (I’m currently in regular linear algebra… long story). And if necessary, I will do the same with the other college classes that I’m currently taking. This way, I will inflate my schedule as much as I can, which looks good, right?</p>
<p>Outside that, I’ll find work. Maybe a paper route along with some math tutoring or something along side that. I don’t know about where I can volunteer though (and I genuinely do love to help people).</p>
<p>In a nutshell, I’m going to work so hard that … <em>Can’t think of anything extreme enough</em>, but I will need some help allocating my energy so that they will all come out positively and contribute the best they can in my application</p>
<p>Well retaking college courses doesn’t help depending on which university you are hoping to transfer to. I know for a fact if you are looking to transfer to a private university then they do not accept academic forgiveness (retaking courses) in which they’ll average the two grades received.</p>
<p>For taking more classes, it depends on how you are willing to handle the workload. Taking more units is great but how you do in them is what really matters. Just be sure to take your major prereqs for which ever college you are intending to transfer to. Taking too many unnecessary classes that cannot transfer over is just a waste of time, unless it’s one of your hobbies you like to do.</p>
<p>Also to start a club or fundraiser, just ask your college’s student union. But for fundraiser that is all on your own. I’ve created some fundraisers in the past by using my business major skills to acquire some companies to pitch in for the fundraising for helping out the community.</p>
<p>Leadership: You could try to join the student government as a freshman representative.
Grades: Senior grades will strongly affect your transfer apps.
SATs:Yes you can retake the SATs and choose which ones to send.</p>
<p>You should listen to makebank24 and focus more about doing well in select courses, especially if you plan on adding in some serious ECs.</p>
<p>You really shouldn’t head into college expecting that you will know all the information in a class and skip the classes.
1.) Some teachers take attendance.
2.) It won’t build good relationships with your teachers especially if you plan on getting a recommendation.
3.) You will most likely miss out on some assignments</p>
<p>This is a terrible idea for reasons that AoDay already covered.</p>
<p>To reiterate, your teachers are not likely to be impressed by a student who only shows up for class and you will probably get marked down for skipping class (attendance often does count towards a grade!) and will likely miss assignments. Also, you got a D+ once in linear algebra, so how do you know you’ve really mastered the material? </p>
<p>If you really, really feel confident in a subject and don’t want to sit through a class every day in it, do NOT sign up for a regular class and then skip regularly. Instead, sign up for an online version of the class . . . Then you don’t have to wait around for the teacher to explain concepts or for your classmates to keep up.</p>
<p>^^^ it’s not like all classes can be taken online.</p>
<p>Besides, can’t I get my recommendation from my old teachers? Just tell them to use the ones that they wrote for me before, which I believe to have been pretty good.</p>
<p>I’m taking regular linear algebra right now, and it’s so easy I’m just dogging it. I got track practice and meets almost every other day, so I Actually can’t go. But the teacher doesn’t care because I always look at something else in his class. I know everything already. <em>Theoretical linear algebra is 100x harder than regular… LOTS of proofs EEEW</em></p>
<p>Getting your recommendation from your high school teachers is highly discouraged. We were talking about your college courses not your high school class.</p>
<p>I hate to sound condescending or anything (and I’m no all-knowing individual in college admissions), but it doesn’t seem like you’re taking the situation very seriously. While you may want to transfer and acknowledge the fact that you’ve made a few mistakes lately, if you want to be able to move out of your current situation you might want to take the entire process with a bit more intent. </p>
<p>If you want to be a competitive transfer applicant, I feel like it’s incredibly important to treat whatever the next year has for you as if that’s where you’ll be for four years. I, for example, was pretty confident I wasn’t going to be happy with the choice I had for college this year (or really any of my choices, for that matter) so I’ve spent this year working my a** off in class and building up my reputation across campus in student organizations that I enjoy. It might not amount to much in a month or two when I get decisions back and realize I’m going to be here for another year (which I’m OK with at this point), but the dedication I’ve put forth towards having the best possible college experience is something that my professors and advisor noticed (and were keen to point out in my recommendations). If anything, I can only hope that colleges will see what I’ve accomplished while I’ve been at a place I don’t really enjoy and see potential for what I could bring to a campus I’m more enthusiastic to be at.</p>
<p>Sentiment aside, immersing yourself in the college experience (the experience that happens from Sunday to Thursday night) obviously isn’t what the admissions committee will base its decision off of. From what I’ve read here, take any standardized exams as soon as possible as some schools won’t consider the ones you take in college. Work hard in class taking courses that are interesting to you so you can get a good GPA as you want to show them you can do college work. Don’t assume you’ll just happen upon a 3.85-4.0 with the classes you take–I’ve often ended up just below the 95% mark that declares a 4.0 @ my school, and then if you get lower than that, the drop from a 3.7 to a 3.3 isn’t something your average will enjoy.</p>
<p>I’m sorry for ranting. I guess the point of what I’m trying to say is just don’t think you’ll be able to walk out of your current situation. All colleges are different, but once you actually get there you may find the lack of mental preparation and seriousness with which you addressed the year ahead will come back to kick you around.</p>
<p>“So what I’m thinking right now is to take theoretical linear algebra again freshmen year, but not go to the classes because I will probably know everything”</p>
<p>You have got to get over this attitude if you want to make it in college and in life. Many community college instructors take attendance. If you miss X classes, you fail. Get yourself to class for every class. Do the reading BEFORE CLASS. Do ALL OF THE PROBLEM SETS. Pay attention IN CLASS. Ask INTELLIGENT QUESTIONS that show you’ve done the reading/problem sets/other homework. Your professors will love you, and write great letters of recommendation for you. You will learn the material and you will get good grades. Your chances of transferring to a place you like better will increase dramatically.</p>
<p>I didn’t want to go into it earlier, but happymomof1 and annnthony are right. You can’t go into college with the same attitude you had in high-school; you will just end up in the same situation you’re in now but you won’t have a second chance. You’re treating the college you want to transfer out of as if it’s below you to attend, that the classes and work aren’t worth your time. Even if you do look good on paper, once you transfer more likely than not, you will not be able to survive. You reply to our suggestions asking if there are shortcuts or ways to simply add more stuff to your resume. The fact is that there are no shortcuts, you have to be serious, go to class, and do the work.</p>
<p>But if you indeed are paying attention in class, and you have indeed done the reading/problem sets/other homework, and you have actually spent some time and energy thinking about the course material, you will naturally come up with some questions. How could you not? Engaging with the material and thinking about the material will leave you wondering some aspect or another of the material. You will indeed want to know more! You will indeed truly have questions that you are burning to ask - questions that are keeping you awake at night. That is what I mean by “intelligent questions”.</p>
<p>I’m having a hard time finding the motivation right now. Maybe it’s because I’m a senior, maybe I just can’t take anymore disappointment and crap from my parents, or maybe I’m just a lazy douch3. I am aware that the college I’ll be going to won’t be that much worse than the top notch colleges. What I really want is to get into a top institution so that I will expect more out of myself. Because I do believe that I have a lot of potential waiting to get out. Right now, there’s so much going on in my life both academically as well as emotionally that my mind is so flustered. Getting out of this town and starting anew would help me get a new start and make new friends.</p>
<p>I’m not an Ivy league driven wannabe who would go to yale just because of its name. I seriously believe that going to a better school in a new location would facilitate my growth greatly. But the thing is, my family isn’t rich at all, and I need to get into a good school that offers nice aid. My dad is working on a green card right now. But after I get settled down at where I want to be, my parents would probably go back to China while I stay here and be a full time student working part time.</p>