<p>OK, I understand that Ivies obsess over these stats, even with transfers. </p>
<p>But what about other schools? How would the ad coms at NYU feel if you are a month away from getting an AAS with honors, PTK, all that good stuff, but you're HS GPA is a 3.2? SAT = 1040? (My SAT 2's are better, but not terrific, all in the 600 range.) If a truly good school requires that information for the application, is it over for me or for anyone in a similar situation?</p>
<p>A lot of it depends on how long ago you graduated from high school and what you have done since then. For instance, I'm tranferring to Cornell this January as a sophmore. I only graduated highschool in 2003. That means that my SATs and highschool GPA played a fairly big role in my admisssions decision (luckily both of these were at least decent) since I only graduated a year and a half ago. However, for someone who has been out of school for say, five years, their SATs probably wouldnt matter that much at all.</p>
<p>Most colleges will always ask for hs transcripts for the application file. But mainly, if you have completed a year or more of college level work at another institution, your performance in those classes will be the bulk of what is reviewed for decision making.</p>
<p>But check with the school, since I believe some will check for trends...</p>