<p>Alright, here is my situation. I am about to graduate from my local community college. I am making all A's and have brought my gpa up to 3.6. This was from a 2.6 my freshman year at UCF in Orlando, Florida. I ended up dropping out and two years later going back to my community college. Therefore, I am graduating with a transferrable AA degree in engineering. I think I would be wasting my time by going back to UCF. I know I can do better and I would like to go to a top tier engineering college. MIT is exactly what I want. Though, my SAT score from high school was 1160/2400. This score isn't acceptable by MIT, right? </p>
<p>Would it be wise of me to take some months off and study hard for the SAT, Physics and Chemistry subject tests? Lets say, hypothetically, I did extremely well on all three. I applied for transfer to MIT. What would be my chances of being one of the few accepted? I'm no stranger to hard work. And, what I just mentioned, is a lot of hard work. Can I ask for some advice? I want to enter the best engineering program. Thanks!</p>
<p>Transfer into the best engineering program that you can get into now, and apply to MIT for grad school. Don’t lose another year of your life prepping for a bunch of exams that don’t count for much at all once you’ve been to college.</p>
<p>I’m 22. I don’t think it would be wasting my time if I get into MIT. MIT’s engineering base is a lot more complicated and in-depth than basic engineering college’s. I need strong research and knowledge to get into MIT graduate school. Think UCF will provide this? I will surely lose some time by studying and applying to MIT. But, is it worth it? Also, what if I got into Georgia Tech. I would have to pay out of state tuition and lose my florida scholarship. Though, GT is ranked 6th in engineering. UCF isn’t even on the list. Would it be worth it for me to go to GT instead of UCF? Thanks.</p>
<p>I don’t recall what MIT’s policy is on retaking the SAT after starting college (many schools won’t accept the new scores), but you’re not likely to get your scores into the range you’d need to be accepted there in any case. They waitlisted people with 2400 SATs last year and you got off to a bad start in college, which doesn’t help.</p>
<p>As for GT, I’m not sure it would really be worth it even if you aren’t interested in grad school, and if you are interested in grad school, then going deeply into debt now would be a really bad idea.</p>
<p>You might be better off trying for CalTech. At least there, you could theoretically study hard for the transfer entrance exam and crush it so thoroughly that they decide to accept you. :)</p>