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those schools are pretty selective, although jhu doesn't require sats, maybe you should retake them for the others.</p>
<p>List of schools that don't require high school transcript
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god dammit</p>
<p>^^^^^???????</p>
<p>Menloparkmom, the link "Rick Rolls" you! It takes you to a YouTube link with a Rick Astley video. It's a big joke with the kiddies!</p>
<p>oh. thanks!</p>
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So apply to colleges that don't ask for your HS transcript.
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<p>That might be a little but extreme, but what you (melonparkmom) said in your previous post, I think, hit the nail right on the head. HIGHLY selective schools (I'd say anything top 10 and over) are looking for applicants that have HS records comparable to their freshman class, maybe a tiny bit lower. (I.E. Unless you have some rich alumnist connection, published two best sellers, are ready to play varsity football, cured cancer or are currently sleeping with everybody on the admission staff, anything under an HS 3.5 probably won't cut it.) Now, they won't throw your application out as soon as they catch sight of the 2.whatever, but it puts you at very, very, very, very, very, very long odds at Yale and Wharton. </p>
<p>But hey, you're not doomed to crappy schools for the rest of your life. There are a lot of very good schools under the top 15 mark that you'll have a very legitimate chance at. Work hard, get a high GPA, apply at those dream schools, but don't your heart dead set on them. </p>
<p>If you're still in an Ivy mindset, you might want to look at Columbia GS, and Penn CGS. I'm not sure if other Ivys have extension schools like those.</p>
<p>Ok what about a good upward trend. As in a 1.8 the first semester of my freshman year to a 4.6 the last semester of my senior year.</p>
<p>I emailed the Dartmouth admissions office asking them about how much a bad high school record would hurt my chances of transferring and this is what they said:</p>
<p>" My advice for students looking to transfer is to be sure that a) it's what you want to do and b) that you're taking a rigorous curriculum and not taking any semesters or terms off before you transfer. Just as important as your grades in college is the rigor of your coursework and the more your can show that you can do high-level college work the less your high school record ultimately ends up mattering in the review process."</p>
<p>I guess that's good considering that I work my tail off at Clarkson.</p>
<p>I dont know how much of it is true.
I got accepted to UIUC school of engineering, and that's one of the top five engineering schools in the nation (granted it's a state university, but I'm an international student~~ balanced out). I'm waiting for my other applications. You need to write good essays that show that you have changed. My HS GPA was -B, but I got perfect scores on the subject tests (well, one perfect and one close to it). Overall, you need to show that you are a competitive candidate, have the potential to excel in such an environment and highly motivated. I'll be much smarter next month when I'll get the notifications from the schools that are higher on my priority list...</p>