<p>hello, i am a high school senior, and this summer i plan to take 6 classes, split apart as 3 courses each during two summer sessions. basically these classes will be general ed classes, and the reason i am doing this is so i will have enough credits so i can transfer during my freshman year of college when i start this fall</p>
<p>will this be looked at unfavorably by the admissions people? the thought occured to me that it may look very strange that i have taken so many courses during the summer, and i am wondering if this will be considered good or bad</p>
<p>I can’t speak for all schools, but I know my first choice does not allow first year transfers despite summer credits. You should spend a full year (or even two) racking up credits and becoming involved in your new school. You may change your mind about your school, or, if not, you will be a more competitive applicant for transfer.</p>
<p>The earliest you could possibly transfer is in the spring of fr year, and not all school accept spring transfers and even fewer accept fr year spring transfers. You need to check the websites of schools you’re interested in to see their policies. Also, summer classes tend to be looked upon as slightly less rigorous than those taken during the regular school year (please no flames, I’m not saying that the classes are easier, only that that’s how admissions often looks at them).</p>
<p>for example, if i wanted to transfer to UC berkeley for fall 2012, i would need 60 units by the end of the year i was transferring. hypothetically, if i were to attain 30 units during this summer, 15 during the first semester of my freshman year (actually i would be considered a sophomore if i had 30 credits, right?), and 15 for the second semester, i would be eligible to transfer?</p>
<p>and also one more question, if i wanted to transfer to an ivy league school that requires standardized test scores, would it be worthwhile to take the SAT/ACT again, or would this be a waste of time? i am not really sure how important the standardized test scores are in college transfer admissions. i already have a 32 on the ACT and 2160 on the SAT, but if i studied hard and retook both in may/june i think i could get a 35/56 on the ACT and possibly a 2250+ on the SAT, but like i said before, im not sure if this will have much significance in the transfer process or greatly increase my chance of admission</p>
<p>That’d probably be pretty difficult taking 3 classes at a time in summer sessions. I don’t know what the rigor of your community college is or the rigor of the classes you’d be taking but summer sessions are really short and taking 3 classes at a time might be overkill.</p>
<p>You might want to ask on the UC Transfers subforum about UCB, the UCs have their own process (I’m assuming your a CA resident) and truthfully, I’m not familiar with it.</p>
<p>For other schools, the weight given test scores will partially depend on what year you transfer, they will be more important for soph transfers and have less or no weight for jr transfers, depending on the school. For the most selective schools, I usually say that all parts of your application count. However, your scores, while perhaps not tip-top, are definitely at a competitive level, so I would tend to advise that you spend your time and energy on classes, volunteering, ECs, etc., rather than retesting at this point.</p>