So I’m currently a freshman at a university possibly considering transferring. If I were to transfer for fall 2018, would admissions be heavily based off high school stats (GPA & SAT)? Or would they consider my first semester freshman year grades? I didn’t do well during high school but I’m pretty confident ill finish the semester with a 3.5+ at the very least a 3.4. Would transferring to a school, something like Rutgers, be possible considering my mediocre high school stats (3.3W 1170 SAT)? Not sure how things work for transfer admissions so any advice would be helpful, thanks in advance.
A school like Rutgers/around the level of Rutgers would probably be OK. More elite universities would definitely weigh heavily on high school stats and be much more selective.
actually, @thetransfercoach, Rutgers is specific that SAT & full HS transcript are required for freshman transfers, and their high transfer acceptance rate is skewed by their CC articulations. Usual rule of thumb applies: if s/he wouldn’t have gotten in directly from HS, s/he shouldn’t count on getting in as a freshman transfer (equally, if it was a match school before, it is still a match school).