<p>Alright, here's the deal.. For the first couple years of college I'll be attending a local university (financial reasons, blah..), but I plan to transfer out afterwards (I'm looking at Cornell). So I have a couple of questions:</p>
<p>Do I now need to take the new SAT? My current score is a 1460, but I'd be more than happy to retake, as I feel I can do better. Should I be ready for this?</p>
<p>What if my local university accepts CLEP exams, but, say, Cornell doesn't? Is it completely useless taking the exams? More broadly, how troublesome is transferring credits between the universities? Were you guys attentive to what courses would transfer, and how each university's system worked? Also, is it bad to delve into more complicated science courses--due to the mess it will create--or will it be looked at as if I challenged myself? </p>
<p>Sorry about this post being so incoherent; I didn't have much time to type it, and I am confused/worried..</p>
<p>You need to target in on which schools you plan on transferring into later on and take classes/exams accordingly. Pick your top choices, but then pick a few safeties. Most schools have the same transfer curiculum courses. I don't care if it's a state-school or an Ivy, we all take, basically, the same classes...some schools tend to word them/title them differently just to make them sound more sophisticated than they really are.</p>
<p>One of the things I remember about Cornell (I did not apply there, but I wanted to) was that they have very different standards depending on the college you wish to attend. As I remember some of them don't require the SAT at all for incoming transfers.</p>
<p>I want to go into A&S, majoring in physics and possibly philosophy. After browsing their site for too long to no avail, I've given up, and I'm exhausted. Do I have to have them mail the transfer application to me? Is there no way to browse former applications to see what is required?</p>