<p>Okay guys. This is will be a lil disappointing to you to read this...</p>
<p>Anyways....A lil background about myself: Sal of my high school class, 2200 SAT, 3.92 GPA, research publications, started debate club, won awards for academic competitions, national merit commended, AP Scholar w/distinction.
I happened to get rejected from every ivy i applied to (harvard, yale, brown and upenn) along with duke. </p>
<p>Now, my options aren't that great anymore. So, I'm still waiting to hear back from a couple BS/MD programs from Drexel. Assuming I get rejected from those, I'll probably go to Rosemont College and try it out a semester there. I've read reviews online that this place isn't good at all. The student body is black, which i'm not really comfy with (no offense to those black out there). So i may want to transfer to Rutgers, which i should've applied to in the first place but i guess i was a little cocky. Anyways, If i were to do so, what would i need to know about transferring? Do i need to retake the SAT's? Should i retake the SAT's at an attempt to get 2300+ so i could get potentially a full ride there with the merit scholarships they offer? Do they allow that for transfers? How tough is the transfer rate to Rutgers? Is my high school GPA acceptable? or will my college GPA also count?</p>
<p>Meursalt, I think you should consider a “GAP” year. Is living at home unbearable? You miscalculated on apps, ok. Maybe spend a year volunterring as EMT guy.</p>
<p>No way I will not do a gap year. A gap is taking the opportunity cost of a year’s worth of salary when i enter the real world. Hell no. I’m not doing that.</p>
<p>^ Lmao @ the adamance about not wanting to take a gap year.</p>
<p>Your HS stats are impressive, but it is a bit racist that you don’t want to go to a school with a large amount of black students in the student body. I think you’ll probably get into some T20 schools if you apply again after your freshman year of college as a sophomore transfer provided you maintain a high GPA during your freshman year. </p>
<p>But I’m just a fellow college student so I’m not 100% sure.</p>
<p>Instead of saying a school is too “black” for you, you might want to just say there’s not enough racial diversity:p</p>
<p>Also, a lot of top colleges look favorably upon a gap year if you spend it doing something impressive, like volunteering abroad. It might boost your chances of getting into a better school.</p>
<p>No offense but i know that if i applied to more top 20’s this year, I would have been in one. But I only applied to HY, brown, penn, and duke. That’s it. Rejection from every one.</p>
<p>Anyway, I don’t wanna go to T20 schools. I just want to transfer to Rutgers. Do you know if transfer students get the full ride scholarships?</p>
<p>VEry few schools give as good finaid for transfers. Not to be a cynic, but many schools give merit aid to up their SAT stats. Transfers dont help with that. Only freshman.</p>
<p>Can’t respond regarding Rutgers specifically, but for most colleges once you have 30 college credits or more, they aren’t interested in seeing your high school GPA and SAT scores. They will only want to look at your college grades. If you try to transfer with less than 30 credits, then your high school record comes into play.</p>
<p>You can probably find the specifics on Rutgers on their website; they probably have a whole section devoted to transfer applicants.</p>
<p>I know someone who got a significant (if not full) scholarship when she transferred to my state’s flagship college (not Rutgers). Again, check the website.</p>
<p>In the 1st week of May, the National Assn of College Admission Counselors publishes the results of a survey that list schools that still have openings for the fall for freshmen and transfer students. You may find a place with openings that appeals to you more than Rosemont (which I am not familiar with).</p>
<p>Lots of State 4-year schools have agreements to accept transfers with certain minimum GPAs from in-state community college. Might be worth looking into, especially if cost is an issue.</p>
<p>OP wants full ride, not just acceptance. He can get acceptance. I suggest GAP year to get full ride. He says no, will lose a year of working. I suggest he calculate COA v. that year.</p>
<p>Rosemont is a black college? Do you have a source for this assertion?</p>
<p>Catholic, yes. Started by an order of nuns to educate Catholic women. Female, yes, until recently, when men were admitted as undergraduates.</p>
<p>Cheyney and Lincoln, both farther west in Chester County, are both historically black colleges/universities. But Rosemont is in the middle of the Main Line. Think. How likely is it that you’d find a school full of African Americans in the heart of affluent America?</p>
<p>Perhaps you could use a gap year to hone your research skills.</p>
<p>Delamer, your friend may have recd some money on the basis of need. OP does not indicate he can meet “need” requirements. NJ residents are able to get substantial need based funding.</p>