Greetings all!
I’m currently a freshman at the University at Albany who intends to try and transfer into UPenn in the Fall of 2017.
I was wondering how much my old SATs from high school would be weighed in my transfer application as a junior?
Due to personal issues/reason my high school stats are awful, with a 2.7 GPA and 1560 SAT.
However things are looking pretty grand for me now in the University at Albany 
I just finished my first semester with a 3.68( Should have been a 4.0 but I had absences at the beginning) and there is a good chance of me gaining admittance into the Honors College there. As far as ECs I joined a well known business organization and volunteered some of my time to at The Ronald McDonald Charity House. I am very intent on finishing out my freshman and sophomores years with 4.0s and ending up with a cumulative 3.92 GPA (With Honors courses). If it matters I come from a household that only brings in 20K or less a year as well and I am the first from a family of middle eastern immigrants to attend college.
My major is Business/Finance and I do plan on building up my resume further to become a qualified applicant.
My question is though…
I know UPenn requires transfers to send in their SAT and HS stats but as a junior will my poorer stats hurt me even though I’ve had an exceptional undergrad career?
With a school as selective as Upenn Wharton I’m very worried that I’d have to take the SAT as college junior 
I really don’t know too much about transfer student admissions, but I think that your proven record with a high GPA at University of Albany will certainly weigh more than your high school record. I doubt it would hurt if you took the SAT again. You’d probably find it much easier now than you did when you were in high school.
Good luck!
Thank you for the reply! Appreciate it
@Empowering I think they’ll care much more about your college experience than stuff from high school (that said, they probably won’t ignore stuff from high school entirely). My only question is why would you rather apply to transfer in as a junior than as a sophomore?I understand you can maybe develop your app further with an extra year (higher GPA, more extracurriculars at school, etc.), and they’ll probably care about HS less being a year further away from it, but I think it still may be better to apply this spring. From the Wharton transfer page (see link below), “Students are strongly encouraged to transfer after their freshman year to enter for their sophomore year. There are very few spaces available for entering juniors.” Also, make sure you fulfill the pre-req’s to apply as a transfer regardless of when you apply.
http://www.admissions.upenn.edu/apply/transfer-admission/wharton-school
I cannot appreciate enough the incredibly useful advice you’ve given me in your reply. However by the time I’m a sophomore I will not have completed a Macro class (I’m just scheduled to take Micro now this spring)
@Empowering Will you be able to have the transfer requirements for entering junior year by the time you finish sophomore year? You’ll need 2 semesters of accounting, 2 semesters of stat, and an intermediate micro course completed. I’d try to plan out your schedule through the end of your sophomore spring to make sure you can fulfill these requirements.
That said, if the fact you won’t have Macro is what’s stopping you, I’d check to see if you can take micro and macro simultaneously, so you can apply this year. It should give you a much better chance than if you apply a year from now, given that there are fewer spaces available for entering juniors.
Although my chances would be slimmer I could definitely apply by the end of my sophomore year. I’ve searched and mapped out all the courses I’d have to take as you suggested … https://docs.google.com/document/d/1m0ShK70kkLFgapk0wiULXS7g4gHkYwGlayfrqB1Otos/edit?usp=sharing
Would you recommend taking micro and macro at the same time? Any difficulties that arise worth mentioning? (Required prior knowledge, you know things like that)
edit nvm I found out at my university Micro is a pre req to macro, I don’t know if that means I can’t take them at the same though
The didn’t work so here they are as listed/named by my university
Fall 2016
Eco 111
Acc 211
Math 108
Arabic 101
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Spring
Eco 300
Acc 222
Math 308
Arabic 102
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