<p>I enlisted in the Army right out of highschool. My enlistment time will be up soon and I'm starting to consider my college options. I'll be almost 21 when I get out, and I'm in the dark about where I should start. I've taken a few small classes online during my time in service, so would I be applying as a freshman or transfer? My main concern is that while I was in highschool I didn't have the best work ethic and it was reflected in my GPA. Since serving in the Army I've taken my education much more seriously and have done excellent in the few classes I've taken. Will my old highschool gpa come back to haunt me, or will only the classes I've taken since then matter? I would assume I'm going to have to update my ACT and SAT tests? </p>
<p>yeah, youre going to have to take the newer version of the sat/act with writing. id be willing to be that colleges will be more forgiving of HS grades because of youre military service and they can see youve changed youre attitude to school and whatnot..</p>
<p>Colleges have guidelines about who is a freshman applicant versus a transfer. Generally, you are a freshman applicant unless you have taken a certain number of college credits. This would be in the range of 28 or 30 credit hours.</p>
<p>Your SAT's might be okay if you took them in the last five years, but I'm not sure. It would certainly be safer to take them again since the New SAT came out.</p>
<p>Since you haven't seen your hs teachers for a while, they will probably take letters of recommendations from your "employer". </p>
<p>They won't put very much weight at all on your high school gpa.</p>
<p>It has always been my understanding that military service is looked upon very highly by admissions people. Your good work in the Army will do a lot to assuage concerns about your grades in high school.</p>