transfer question: need to retake SATs?

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<p>Hello there.
I am a freshman at NYU-Stern, and I'd like to try transfer to Columbia. I am fairly confident of my GPA, ECs, admission essays and recommendations, but my SAT seems a bit low for the school's average. Will it help to retake the SATs as a college student?</p>

<p>my credentials -
College: 3.8 GPA, Management Consulting Group (Valued member), Stern Scholars, Tutor at Urban School of Business for Young Women.</p>

<p>High School: Student Council President, Tenor Section Leader (School Choir), School Play (Played major roles - 3 years), Perfect Attendance Award for 4 years.</p>

<p>SAT: 2120 (CR: 710, Math: 800, Writing: 610)
SATs: 800s (Math IIC, Bio and Korean), 690 (writing)
AP: took 5 out of 6 courses offered - got 4 and 5s</p>

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<p>They dont look at transfer students SATs anyway, just GPA and extracurriculars. Why do you wanna transfer from Stern anyway, its a top notch business school.</p>

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They dont look at transfer students SATs anyway,

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<p>Yes, they do.</p>

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<p>hupkorea,</p>

<p>You don't need to retake the SATs. They far surpass the 75th percentile of accepted students at Texas A&M.</p>

<p>Oh wait, you're applying to Columbia. Sorry. Well, you don't need to retake them. They are satisfactory for Columbia.</p>

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<p>Your SATs are almost above the 75th percentile at Columbia, I really wouldn't worry at all.</p>

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<p>nsepds, could you please keep all your insecurities into one thread? Im sure the OP doesnt appreciate you derailing his threads too.</p>

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nsepds, could you please keep all your insecurities into one thread? Im sure the OP doesnt appreciate you derailing his threads too.

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<p>Huh? I was just stating facts. I think someone else here may be insecure for even attempting to make such an absurd point. Only a person with a guilty conscience would think that I was making an implicit reference to them in that post.</p>

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<p>:l</p>

<p>Why else would you mention texas A&M?</p>

<p>Oh I forgot, reading comprehension isn't your thing. My apologies.</p>

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Why else would you mention texas A&M?

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<p>Ya see, you responded with such confidence that I merely assumed that the poster intended to transfer to A&M.</p>

<p>I read the OP's post, saw that he planned to apply to Columbia, subsequently realized "Vyse doesn't have, and never did have a flying s h i t's chance at Columbia, so how would he know about their admissions policies?" and corrected you.</p>

<p>(for the record, this is far too easy)</p>

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<p>Hilariously enough, I had post #9 typed up and saved, ready to cut and paste. Vyse's response was that predictable.</p>

<p>Oh well, intellectual inferiors are too easy. <em>yawn</em></p>

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<p>No, you FUBARed again, and are now engaging in a little revisionist history. I suggested that he NOT transfer. Why would I tell him not to transfer to MY school? Again bro, reading is FUNdamental.</p>

<p>And for the record, if his 2120 SAT is satisfactory for Columbia, so is my 2100.</p>

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I suggested that he NOT transfer.

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<p>Really? I didn't see such a suggestion.</p>

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Why do you wanna transfer from Stern anyway, its a top notch business school.

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<p>You see, vyse, that's a QUESTION! Q U E S T I O N... Questions are different from suggestions.</p>

<p>That's a good boy.</p>

<p>By the way, the 3.6 in HS would've kept you out. Sorry man:/</p>

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<p>Maybe, maybe not. I wasnt interested in finding out whether or not I could have moved across the country and paid 30k a year to go to school I didnt have any friends at. </p>

<p>And while we're on the subject of reading, what was going through your mind when the OP said, "I'd like to try transfer to Columbia"?</p>

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what was going through your mind when the OP said, "I'd like to try transfer to Columbia"?

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<p>I jumped to your post first. I needed a good laugh for the day.</p>

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paid 30k a year to go to school

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<p>Yeah, it's not as if Columbia doesn't meet 100% of one's financial need... not.</p>

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I didnt have any friends at.

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<p>Not having friends is far down your list of problems!</p>

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Maybe, maybe not.

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<p>No, I am quite sure it is just "not." "Maybe" is superfluous.</p>

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<p>Nice excuse. Oh well, ignorance is bliss, you probably get a lot of laughs.</p>

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ignorance is bliss

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<p>I don't know, man. I only have your words to rely on.</p>

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<p>What a witty riposte! Maybe you should take up writing in between sessions of wanking to the thought of your own ego.</p>