<p>Basically, I did horribly in HS and now it's really coming back to haunt me. After HS, I did one semester at St John's University and had to transfer to a CC for financial reasons. By the end of the current term, I'll have about a 3.4 or 3.5 GPA with a combined total of 25 credits. I've been looking at schools in the northeast and while I've found some that overlook HS if you have a certain number of credits, most still want to see it along with the college transcripts. Do you know of any schools that don't need the HS transcripts for transfers? I'm considering SUNY Albany and maybe even Northeastern although it is a reach and quite expensive. I'd like to stay somewhere near home so that is why I'm looking at schools in PA, CT, and upstate New York.</p>
<p>Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>If you complete a year-and-a-half’s worth of credit and then apply for transfer as a junior, colleges will see how you’ve done in college, and while they will look at your high school transcript it doesn’t seem to be very important. If you read some of the threads, you’ll see that yours is not at all an uncommon story, and that doing very well in college makes up for really bad high school transcripts.</p>
<p>It all depends on the college you want to go to. Some schools require that if you have 30credits or less then they want to see your hs transcripts along w/ your SAT/ACT scores. </p>
<p>When do you expect to transfer? Because for most schools the deadline has already pass to transfer. So if you you’re going to apply for the spring semester you would not have to submit your hs transcripts.</p>
<p>U Maine? They’re pretty easy to get into to I believe (I was accepted), and don’t require HS transcripts. I don’t believe it’s the best school though.</p>
<p>I know it is a little late but some schools have some pretty late deadlines. Albany , Drexel, and Allegheny are July 1st. Northeastern is May 1st.</p>
<p>The thing about it is don’t follow some of these deadlines some of these schools have posted.</p>
<p>For example: U of Maryland has their application for early decision down as March 1 but has their regular decision down as June 1. When I spoke to admissions rep, she told me that they accept the majority of students who applied at the March 1 deadline and if their is space left then they accept students who applied at the June 1 deadline.</p>
<p>Its always good to apply early. Plus, you must follow the academic calendar at the university. Even though the deadline is late, registration for the fall semester may already be open at this time. So if you do apply and get accpeted you may have a crummy schedule later on.</p>
<p>In your case, you should apply as a junior transfer. That would allow you time to build up a good college record, and would minimize high school. If you an get that GPA up to 3.7, you could stand a chance at Tufts, Boston College, Georgetown, and Cornell CAS, though those would still be reaches. Colgate and Hamilton, two pretty good liberal arts colleges in up state New York would also be possible if you do better. Regardless, George Washington University, Boston University, New York University, Rutgers - New Brunswick, University of Maryland - College Park, Penn State, University of Pittsburgh, Fordham, and Villanova would all be quite possible for you so long as you stay on the course you’re on now. Do keep in mind though that you’re going to have a far simpler time transferring as a junior than as a sophomore.</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I know it’s better to finish the whole two years but I’m really interested in leaving sooner. I’ll start applying ASAP to avoid the rush. Thanks Kelly and Tsakash.</p>
<p>No problem…Good Luck.</p>