<p>Thanks for the awesome info. Congrats on your Penn transfer, btw.</p>
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<p>A dual credit is a college credit earned in high school by either going on the campus of a community college/university, or having one of their instructors come to your school.</p>
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<p>I know that GW probably won’t care about perhaps my Honors Theater course, and maybe the History courses — but some of the other schools on my list will definitely care. For example, William & Mary want to see two courses in the same art. And, they want to see a course in Euro History and one in country dilemmas.</p>
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<p>I’m not trying to graduate early. I might even declare a double major after I transfer. The Associates in high school just sort of happened. I hope that they put very minimal weight on my high school record though. I’m trying to take a lot of classes in my Fall and Spring sot hat I can seem competitive, as I’m not sure how academically rigorous they perceive my school to be.</p>
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<p>I understand. I know I’ll definitely be in several clubs and hopefully hold a few leadership positions. Also, I’ll be volunteering and such.</p>
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<p>Yeah, I’m not trying to go overboard. I’m just trying to fulfill as many requirements for schools as possible, while also taking more credits to lessen the impact of my high school record. I just really hope I get into SOMEWHERE next year.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the awesome advice. Good luck at Penn.</p>
<p>It really on depends on your involvement. Gpa is only a small part of it, they also look at your involvement outside of the classroom. Same goes to when you’re in college. Try to join things,and if you’re aiming big, schools would want to look at leadership positions,such as president of clubs and such.
One example I can give you is a friend and my boyfriend(both HS seniors)who applied to NYU. My friend, the girl, obsessed over her gpa and didn’t work so much on her extra-curriculars. My boyfriend,on the other hand, had a pretty good blend of both academics and extra curriculars. Bottom line: The girl didn’t get into NYU but my boyfriend did,with a lower gpa and good ECs.</p>
<p>Thanks for the great post, I definitely realize that EC’s are going to play a major factor in my transfer admissions process.</p>
<p>I have decided to expect to stay at my current University for two years. After assessing all the information I’ve read on my thread, as well as all over the board, I realize that I need to put distance between my high school years and my actual college career. I may have a chance at some of the schools on the list, but the chances will become exponentially greater if I can pull a 4.0 for the next two years with competitive courses, great EC’s, leadership positions, and more time to cultivate my writing skills.</p>
<p>I’ll definitely apply to schools in a year, but it may not be more than a few.</p>
<p>I’m an anti-SAT kid, but it really doesn’t make sense at certain points for colleges to regaurd the SAT score for college juniors as almost the same as HS seniors entering as freshmen. But you know what, we got to do it for the schools. </p>
<p>You’re going to need at least 1800 to not retake.</p>
<p>Gotcha. I’m at about 1900ish, but I’m definitely gonna retake anyway. I think if I break 2k, it’ll be a positive weight factor for me.</p>
<p>Although, some schools like GWU and Wake Forest are SAT optional (GWU after a number of credits, though). Should I bother sending them my SAT score?</p>
<p>No problem man (: and also, some schools are test-optional depending on how many credits you’re transfering and all.
As for the test-optional schools: send them your scores only if you do REALLY well(2100+)</p>
<p>Is it normal to take that many classes during each semester at the college you’re planning to go to? Your schedule for the fall and spring semesters looks like a heavy load. Too many classes might make it difficult for you to get a 4.0. For most schools, your GPA and the rigor of your classes seem to be the most important when it comes to transfer applications, but taking rigorous courses doesn’t mean overloading yourself.</p>
<p>Also, some schools don’t count “dual credits” as actual college credits, and therefore, won’t accept them as transfer credits. Something to look into.</p>
<p>Whether you’re “on track” really depends on the individual school. You can look at the website of each school you’re interested in to see the prerequisites.</p>
<p>My bet: few of those schools will recognize any or certainly not more than one year of the CC credit in the high school program. You will need to e-mail or call each one of them to lay out what is a pretty unique situation.</p>
<p>Thanks for the reply and your awesome input. Over the course of the past few months, I have been contacting several of the schools on my list and each have stated that they will definitely look at the courses I took and the grades in those classes when evaluating my academic record. However, unless the school accepts dual-credits (and some of the schools on the list definitely do), I will be considered a Junior transfer. Moreover, depending on the school, my dual-credits may have to meet certain requirements, such as the course not showing up on my high school transcript. In this case, I would still be considered a Junior transfer. Also, the fact that I did complete my Associates would also factor in somewhere.</p>
<p>Although, at this point, I have decided to double-major and perhaps even minor in one to two areas. All of this will definitely ensure that I will be an undergrad for the “standard” time of four years. Thus, I expect to be at my transfer institution for three years.</p>
<p>If anyone sees any flaw in my logic, PLEASE let me know as I would hate to be slapped in the face come February.</p>
<p>I’m kinda in the same boat as you, I’m a freshman in a small school in a tiny town and I wanna transfer, but i’ve got to wait till fall 2011 which is REALLY REALLY REALLY long away. I dont have as many credit hours as you, but i’m taking 19 credit hours this semester (its really tough)!</p>
<p>So I ended up getting a 4.0 GPA this Fall semester (thank God).</p>
<p>I signed up for a number of religious studies classes for the winter semester, so I’ll pretty much be done with a religious studies degree in Islam by this May or so. The credits aren’t transferable or anything, it’s just an EC/personal thing I’m doing.</p>
<p>I’m prepping to retake the SAT’s in January, and I’ve narrowed down the colleges that I’ll be applying for next semester.</p>
<p>I’m honestly pretty scared I won’t be accepted anywhere, or that a past disciplinary infraction will nullify me from all the schools I’m looking at, or that I won’t have enough financial aid to get anywhere anyway.</p>
<p>I guess all I can do now is hope/pray. For everyone else feeling the same way… I’m with ya. Good luck to everyone applying for Fall of 2011.</p>
<p>Any advice/suggestions would definitely be appreciated.</p>
<p>I haven’t read all of the posts here, but some of the schools you have listed (in the first post) do not allow retake of the SAT, so you may want to look into their individual SAT policies.</p>
<p>I only know of NYU off the top of my head. You’ll have to check each college’s websites under transfer requirements. It should have specific policies regarding SAT scores. If not, just call the admissions office.</p>