<p>I'm planning on transferring out of West Point either this year(end of Freshman year) or after I complete Sophomore year. </p>
<p>Right now from my first semester, I have 17 credits, and a 3.75 academic gpa. After I finish this year, I'll have a total of 36 credit hours. </p>
<p>Right now, I am wanting to try my chances at getting into Duke or Cornell. If I cannot get into those schools, I'm confident I'll be able to transfer into NC State or UNC; I'm from NC. </p>
<p>I posted this to see if anyone knew what might be my chances of transferring into Duke or Cornell with my current GPA. </p>
<p>My HS weighted GPA was 4.4. Ranked 7 out of 250. SAT was a bit low, 1900. Involved in a good bit of extracurricular in HS, and held leadership positions in a few.</p>
<p>I presume you applied to “regular” colleges when you first applied to colleges.</p>
<p>Did you apply to schools you are now looking to transfer to?.</p>
<p>If you got into those schools back then, you should be able to get into them now, given your good gpa at West Point.</p>
<p>I realize you must have given this matter a lot of thought, but I urge you to give the matter even more thought. And talk it over with a lot of people who have been in your shoes. </p>
<p>This is the kind of thing where while you are doing it, you probably hate it, but once you have gotten through it, you are glad, in retrospect, that you did it.</p>
<p>There are probably tons of people who at one time or another thought about transferring out of West Point, but are now happy, in retrospect, that they didn’t transfer.</p>
<p>Your GPA from HS is very good and your college GPA is pretty good too (I’m not too familiar with the academics of West Point), but your SAT is really low. Probably too low for Duke and Cornell. If you want to try to go to one of those schools I would wait until after your sophomore year when your SATs will matter considerably less.</p>
<p>Also, GPA and SAT scores are just one side of your application. Your ECs, LORs and essays are also very important.</p>
<p>Not necessarily, since the admission rate for transfers is lower than fr applicants at Duke, 9 vs. 16%, respectively. And something is correct that as a soph transfer, 1900 is low for Duke.</p>
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<p>And there are others that are glad they did transfer, my D1 has a friend in her transfer class that came out of WP and it was the right choice for him. I’m not trying to convince you either way, and agree that you should give it lots of thought. However, in the end it’s your decision so you have to do what’s right for you.</p>
<p>How much weight does the SAT carry transferring after one year in school? </p>
<p>Is it possible to retake the SAT after you have already begun college?</p>
<p>@FloridaDad,</p>
<p>I am thinking heavily on this decision, and I am not basing that decision on whether or not I enjoy life at West Point. I’m thinking of leaving because right now, I don’t feel like the life of an Army officer is for me.</p>
<p>When applying to transfer as a soph, you will only have completed 1 sem of college, so your HS record (gpa and course rigor) and test scores will be weighted more than your college record; the opposite holds true for jr transfer applicants.</p>
<p>Schools vary on whether they let you retake the SAT in college, check their websites.</p>
<p>If I can keep at least my 3.75 GPA over the next year, would that put me in good standing to be competitive for transfer to one of these schools?</p>