<p>Hey</p>
<p>I'm 23 and have 10 credits at a VA CC, with a 4.0..
Since I'm 23 and have recently acquired my college credits, DO COLLEGES USUALLY WANT MY SAT SCORES FROM SIX YEARS AGO... I want to transfer in the fall of 08 to :</p>
<p>UVA
USC
VT , OSU (back-ups)</p>
<p>I'll have around 40 credits by the end of the spring.</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>I doubt it. The biggest factor will be your GPA and the types of courses you took, whether they will transfer, etc.</p>
<p>As a freshman in college, I mean, not in high school. YOu have obviously proven to them your ability to handle college classes, which is the whole purpose of the SAT and ACT, so why would they need it?</p>
<p>i'm not sure about that..i mean..there's a reason they ask for the scores..</p>
<p>True, but I think they consider them only after they look at your freshman year GPA and rigor of courses, transfer essay, etc. I think these things are much more important when transferring.</p>
<p>It is true that the SAT will not be the primary consideration, but it will be important. Without making a long messy discussion about it, the fact is that for reasons relating as much to class expectation as teaching quality, community A's are not considered A's from the peer schools of those to which you are applying. A SAT test, since it is standardized, creates a fairly objective look, and that is why colleges find it so useful, because, for all its shortcomings, it does show where you stand comparatively. Taking the SAT will almost surely benefit you. There are basically two reasons why you may not wish to take it: (1) inconvenience. This is not so bad, really. As a junior transfer applicant, I took the SAT, on the last minute advice of a professor, this spring. I was quite busy with my course load, but planned a month ahead to study on weekends for it. Ultimately I did not, and only studied the week before, which, conveniently, was my spring break. So the time investment was several Blue Book real SAT practice tests, back to back, over about three days. Basically, three afternoons, plus a Saturday morning to take the test. Results: 1440/1600, up from 1180/1600 three years before.
Reason (2) Fear. I admit that part of the reason I really didn't want to take the SAT is the memory of my previous experience, in which I, a homeschooled kid unaccustomed to timed exams and generally unprepared, "spaced out" for sections of the test. After I received the results of my second SAT, I became even more confident in my choice to apply to schools with rigorous programs.
What the schools thought of my SAT, I don't know. I sent it to WashU, though they state that they are inadmissible, and to Grinnell and Davidson. I was accepted be the WashU and Grinnell, not by Davidson (but this latter received a regrettibly poor essay as well, and that could have made the difference).</p>
<p>Bottom line: If your SATs are low and you think you can improve them significantly, or at least to the freshmen average for the schools you are applying to (the book of real SAT tests will help you to estimate your score to within a reasonable degree), take it. If you don't think you'll improve much, consider that UVA/USC will have tests that you may also have trouble with, and consider, ultimately, if you will be successful there. If you already have SATs within the average incoming freshmen range, work your butt off at your present school so that you've got recommendations saying that you're not just an A student, but the best student that that instructor has ever had, who goes beyond what it takes to get an A.</p>
<p>take the ACT. That way if you f**k it up(for whatever reason) and get a bad score, colleges wont see it.</p>