<p>Hi everyone,</p>
<p>I am a 24 white male from northern Jersey who would like some guidance. Below are my stats.</p>
<p>High School
-I am not exactly sure what my GPA was in high school, but for the sake of this posting Ill say 1.5.
-never took the SATs or ACT and because I have been out of high school for 6 years I am not going to take them
-I played soccer freshman and sophomore year
-Received the turn-around award my senior year</p>
<p>After high school/ ECs:
-Started up a lucrative real estate investment company. The reason why I am pursuing college is because I would rather dedicate my life to physics, then to the unpredictable real estate market.
-spend 40+ hours a week running my company
-astronomy/astrophotography
-snowboarding
-self-taught guitar player</p>
<p>College:
-I am currently attending Thomas Edison State College
-Completed 24 credits
-3.87 GPA</p>
<p>Without traveling back in time to change my high school transcript, what my chances are at transferring to Rutgers New Brunswick or Montclair State? Also, any comments regarding how my high school transcript will weighted and how I should approach the application process would be much appreciated.</p>
<p>rutgers = probably. </p>
<p>montclair transfer is a joke. I know people that transferred there with 2.0 - 2.5. You might even look into something more competitive.</p>
<p>As far as a more competitive school is concerned, what are some other options for physics major with my stats? How about UC anything, Penn State, Cornell?</p>
<p>You would get into Rutgers. It's very friendly towards in-state transfers.</p>
<p>I would give Cornell a shot, and PSU as well.</p>
<p>How friendly is Rutgers with out-of-state transfers?</p>
<p>get a 3.0 and higher and you are set. </p>
<p>I live about 40 minutes away from Rutgers, used to live in PA, and I know plenty of people that transferred from school in PA and even Ohio to Rutgers with a 3.0.</p>
<p>If you are from out of state, do the essay</p>
<p>Yeah, you're set at Rutgers. Penn State too. Just keep the grades up and get your A.A. I'm 24 too and also have about a 1.5 in h.s. I don't know why everyone is saying Cornell, b/c from what I've heard the Ivys will still look at your h.s. stats regardless of how old you are. As for other schools, I don't think they'll care too much about what you did in h.s. 6 years ago (just the way many schools don't require SAT's at this point). I don't know much about physics, so I can't offer a list of schools to look into, but I'd apply to places based on your current GPA + your "EC"'s (the whole real estate thing will looks great). Oh yeah, don't spend much time considering UC's, they're horrible w/ out of state transfers.</p>