<p>I'm planning to apply to the spring semester at Rutgers New Brunswick from a CC.
In high school, I was the party guy who did ****. My gpa was like a 1.7 and a 1500 SAT. I decided to turn away from that crap at ac ommunity college and I now have a 3.7-3.6 gpa with 27 credits. I'm taking 12 more in the fall semester. I'm planning to apply to rutgers early sept for the spring semester. My optional essay will be pretty good I guess, I'll be talking about school pride and rutgers. I plan to be an economics major.
Do you think I have a shot? I applied to Montclair state/SUNY Albany/SUNY Buffalo and got in. But the difference is that all of them except Montclair did not request my high school records. Rutgers is requesting them.</p>
<p>What should I do to bump my chances? I know about getting in rutgers with an a.a is much easier but I want out of my home ASAP and want to experience real college life sooner! Get professor recommendations? (I got professors that actually like me... but that was in the spring/fall. How can I contact them now?) Should I say i'm applying undecided, even though I want to go in economics (which is in the school I'm applying to, school of arts and sciences.</p>
<p>I really want to go. I'm a pretty big rutgers fan without even being in the school. I do not want to go to other schools where I honestly would have a better chance because they no longer request high school records from me. (Northeastern/Syracuse/Umass amerhst)</p>
<p>if it was a 1500 out of 1600 i wouldn’t be here lol. Should I retake the SAT? I’m 100% sure i would score a lot higher. I went to bed 4am before the SATs and really didnt care. lol</p>
<p>i would study for a few weeks and then retake it, yes. a 1500/2400 is below average on the SAT, your highschool GPA was nothing short of abysmal (although i have a friend who got into rutgers with a 1.7, he also had a perfect score on his SAT), and your community college (which is going to be easier than regular college, even rutgers) GPA is good but not great. you definitely have some work to do, i’ve known people with much stronger credentials who have been rejected on transfer.</p>
<p>a much higher SAT score will help a lot, and the SAT is a test that’s easy as hell to game. even a mediocre student could score 2100+ on it with enough practice.</p>
<p>i didnt even give rutgers my SATs. i had like a 2.0 in high school. I had 19 credits and a 3.7 gpa in CC. i got into school of arts and science and another harder school to get into besides arts and sciences.</p>
<p>do not waste your time retaking the SAT. I scored a 1150 on mines out of 2400 because I too was a slacker in HS, and now I’m going to Rutgers with a full ride…</p>
<p>Bleed, I never said I had only 19 credits, but to clarify your concern, you only need 12 credits to be considered a transfer student.</p>
<p>johokat, my grants and scholarship from Rutgers cover my tuition and room and board so it’s a full ride, leaving me debt free when I graduate. You have a 3.7 gpa, but if you bring it up to a 3.8, join ptk, and earn ur as/aa, than you will receive a hefty scholarship also. Further, if your worried about your sat’s scores, Rutgers do not want it if it has been 2+ years since you graduated from hs. It can take exactly 2 years to earn your associates…think about it</p>
<p>I had my star day already. i signed up for the first possible cause classes were closing up. its really hard to get the classes you want/make a decent schedule.</p>
<p>What I wanted to tell you (and any other transfer student) that have a AS or completed 2 writing classes is that for Rutgers you have to finish your writing requirements at Rutgers. So if you did like 101 and 102 in CC it doesnt matter that you did 2 classes already you still have to take a writing class at Rutgers. Also we have to take a ridiculous students in transition that counts as one credit pass or fail. </p>
<p>Star day wasnt fun when I went. a lot of waiting once you can register for classes. I knew the registration system and what classes i wanted to take cause my gf goes to Rutgers but they have this thing called the Rutgers screw. In which a class you want/need to take isnt being offered, is full, requires you to declare your major and there is no dean there for your major so you cant declare, or doesnt fit your schedule. I have never had a more difficult time making a schedule i liked.</p>
<p>After reading your post JBO86, I did some brief research and you are unfortunately correct. Rutgers require 2 writing classes, and our WRT/ENG 101 satisfies one, but 102 does not because Rutgers want the second writing class to be above the 100 level. And for the Students in Transition class, I heard it is a joke of a course, but it will still interfere with student’s schedule nonetheless. </p>
<p>I tried to choose the most furthest STAR day because I am trying to stall as long as I can hoping I will hear from the Business school soon because I don’t plan on taking any courses for School of Arts and Sciences.</p>
<p>“I tried to choose the most furthest STAR day because I am trying to stall as long as I can hoping I will hear from the Business school soon because I don’t plan on taking any courses for School of Arts and Sciences.”</p>
<p>word. i hope that it come through for you because that would suck if you have to take SAS courses cause its geeting bad. </p>
<p>Yeah it doesnt have to be above 100 level they just want you to have the same writing skills “their” students have that take their writing classes. They actually have one they reccomend for transfer students. </p>
<p>The student in transition class is a joke but like its unnecessary. you have to write like 3 two page papers which is just annoying for a class that doesnt really count for anything. and then you have to participate in some activities around campus that may or may not be something you may want to do/get in the way of possibly studying. </p>
<p>johokat- i dont know if my post was clear enough. but they take but writing classes for credit. 1 will be for first writing requirement and the other will be elective. then you have to take another writing course for 2nd requirement. it doesnt have to me 201 or the higher level classes. there are many different writing courses that you can take but you must take one in order to fulfill SAS requirements.</p>
what’s your stats?</p>