Transfer Question

Applying to College
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<p>I just graduated high school and am attending SUNY Stony Brook in the fall, but I am already thinking about transferring. Ideally, I want to go to Cornell but I'm not so sure that my high school record or SAT scores will be good enough, as they follow you if you try to transfer for sophomore year.</p>

<p>I had an 83 gpa (let's just say I had a pretty rough high school life), however I did take AP classes, mostly honors classes and lots of electives through out the years.
My SAT scores were:
620 critical reading
620 writing
540 math</p>

<p>I realize the math is pretty low, and the others aren't exactly amazing, but I'm hoping that doing extremely well at Stony Brook will improve my chances.</p>

<p>What do you think?</p>

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<p>Go to the Transfer Students forum and read the sticky at the top: Transfer Admissions 101.</p>

<p>What you will see is that your HS gpa and test scores will be very important when transferring for sop year. Even if you do well at SB, admissions will only see 1 sem/qt of grades when you apply, so they will rely heavily on your earlier record. If you transfer as a jr, your college information will be weighed more heavily.</p>