<p>Transferred to Tufts this January, need to transfer again</p>
<p>I have a really compelling hook</p>
<p>Great Recomendations and Great Essays</p>
<p>Great EC's (Teaching 6th Graders economics, tutoring grade schoolers on benefits of college, school newspaper, studying Arabic during my free time at the Boston Language Institute, piano, turntables, bookeeper for family business)</p>
<p>Bad High School GPA 11.63 out of 15.00....60 out of class of 181</p>
<p>But my SAT's are absolutely attrocious (but taken 5 years ago)...lets just say they are far far far below what Georgetown would be looking for from a high school applicant. How much of a role will my SAT's and High School GPA play in the admissions process?</p>
<p>I would say that your chances are already pretty low since you are transferring twice; in regard to your SAT, since you have 51 credits with a decent GPA, I do not think it will count much.</p>
<p>I am not an expert, this is my opinion; do not take me seriously because I simply do not know the admissions calculus at Georgetown. I have read, however, that transferring twice is not always the best thing to do.</p>
<p>"Why did you not retake the SAT in January? I was also in a degree of doubt, just as you were."</p>
<p>Why would I retake the SAT again? 3 Years after I graduated High School...51 Credits deep into college life? Every school I've talked to in the past has discouraged this practice.</p>
<p>The SAT's are in some way supposed to guage your performance at a University...now that I've completed 51 Credits already I would say that the SAT is altogether useless at this point even if I were to retake it again.</p>
<p>I'd agree with you...transferring twice can sometimes be a bad thing, but I know that I'm doing it for the right reasons. Alot of people do it for prestige, or to be closer to home, but I'm doing it because I know it will allow me to make a career out of what I am passionate about. Transferring twice can be bad, but its not the kiss of doom. I know two people already whose second transfer was Georgetown so it can't be as bad as it seems...</p>
<p>I'm just wondering since I didn't even really attend High School and was tricked into taking the SAT's, how much influence this would have on the admissions decision.</p>
<p>Why did do u want to transfer from tufts? I'm looking to transfer there this fall. Is there something you don't like about the school. I'd be interested to hear.</p>
<p>No Tufts is a good school...very good, the professors here all came from Harvard and are amazing and passionate about their work, concerned about their students, etc.</p>
<p>Its just I really wan't to make the study of the Middle East my life and my career and I feel the only way to do that is to gain a mastery of Arabic. At Tufts the there is an Arabic program, but its not intensive and it doesn't have any dialectal courses. Georgetown has the best Arabic program in the country...hence my reason for wishing to transfer.</p>
<p>But its nothing Tufts did, its just something I need to do for myself</p>
<p>I do not wish to discourage you, but the two students you speak of who successfully transfered twice really occupy a minuscule amount of the transfer students who are accepted. What you really have to inquire about is how many students applied to Georgetown in their second transfer and how many were accepted. If twenty such individuals applied and only two were accepted, then I would doubt your acceptance even more; however, if only five such individuals applied, then your chances are better.</p>
<p>Since such numbers cannot be determined, it would be best not to build your hopes on other students who were accepted, but on the qualities you already possess. You claim that you have a compelling reason; if the reason is compelling enough, I see no reason as to why you should not rest your hopes on that.</p>
<p>"Transferred to Tufts this January, need to transfer again"</p>
<p>Why are you transferring again? I only ask because it is not good to bounce around from school to school. As for SATS & HS GPA, I think it depends on the university. When I transferred from a 2 year to a 4 year school, I had to send my high school transcript. Whether or not they looked heavily upon that I don't really know. It really may depend on the university.</p>
<p>Have you ever heard of sarcasm? No I didn't think so Billy...thats what I'm going to call you from now on: Billy. OK, listen Billy, I don't need you to draw out 2nd grade math for me step by step...I'm sure you are really smart Billy so I don't see why you persist in pointing out the most obvious things unless of course your doing it to squelch your ever present feelings of inferiority.</p>
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Have you ever heard of sarcasm? No I didn't think so Billy...thats what I'm going to call you from now on: Billy. OK, listen Billy, I don't need you to draw out 2nd grade math for me step by step...I'm sure you are really smart Billy so I don't see why you persist in pointing out the most obvious things unless of course your doing it to squelch your ever present feelings of inferiority.
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<p>Internet posts are not the best means to convey attitudes such as sarcasm; I am surprised that you should choose to behave belligerently, as it is your posts that are riddled with grammatical, spelling, and logical problems. </p>
<p>At any rate, I simply do not have time for your worthless vituperations; I tried to provide help and in response I receive an unmitigated attack. If I felt inferior, all I would need to do is read the amaturism that bleeds from your posts.</p>