Gpa

Transfer Students
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<p>Would a 4.0 at Rutgers-New Brunswick have just as much weight as a 4.0 at NYU or a private school? I was wondering about this because each college is different so it seems to make sense that a 4.0 at some schools would be more impressive than at other schools. What do you guys think?</p>

<p>'m a visiting student at Rutgers for the Fall 2005 semester from MIT. I spent a semester at MIT and really disliked it so I took a semester off to teach abroad and then decided to attend rutgers as a visiting student b4 seeing where my next step would be. Next semester, I have the choice of going back to MIT for a semester and transferring from there or staying at Rutgers for another semester as a visting student and transferring from here. I'm looking at Harvard, Yale, Stanford, U-Mich, Brown, and Williams for my transfer apps. Would it be better for me to stay at Rutgers or would it be better to go back to MIT for another semester?</p>

<p>Good stats:
4.0 GPA at Rutgers
770 V/760 M SAT
High school ranking: 2 out of 467
High school GPA: 95
National Merit Scholarship $2500</p>

<p>Bad things:
- took time off
- visiting student status at Rutgers but still matriculated at MIT</p>

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<p>First off, congrats on all your success, MIT is a very difficult school to get accepted to and having a 4.0 anywhere looks very good.</p>

<p>If you're unhappy with MIT (as I understand it the workload there is brutal), then perhaps you should consider transferring out. However, I would not recommend you to stay at Rutgers unless necessary. A great GPA at Rutgers is good, but if you could maintain that at MIT, it looks fantastic. However, I'm assuming you're interested in some sort of post-graduate work, thus the stressing of GPA.</p>

<p>I don't think the time off should affect you too much, as you were still involved in academics. You've got as good a shot as anyone else at the schools you listed, however, I'd recommend you visit a few of them first so you're positive you'd enjoy it. Maybe even give MIT another semester. My father went there and said the first year is really rough, but it gets better from then on.</p>

<p>Good luck.</p>