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GPA

How to Research Transfer Admission Criteria

January 30, 2010

In our last blog entry, we provided some specific details about transfer requirements at different schools. How did we find all that info? Research! It’s not hard. With just a few minutes of online research you can find out what schools expect from you as a transfer applicant. Say you’re interested in transferring to the [...]

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College Transfer Admission Criteria: What’s a “Good” GPA?

January 11, 2010

This question was inspired by an email we received from a reader. So, what GPA do you need to get if you’re applying to transfer? The obvious answer is “get all As (and maybe even shoot for A pluses) so that the school you apply to will have no excuse to reject you.” Of course, [...]

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The Transfer Application: Is My High School or College Record Given More Weight?

December 12, 2009

Here are the highlights of an email we received: I am currently a freshman at Rutgers University in New Brunswick (NJ). Needless to say, I am unhappy. I am a student with a great amount of potential. In high school, I was one of seven students in my graduating class to have taken six AP [...]

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Transferring Colleges: Three Ways to Overcome a Weak High School GPA

July 26, 2009

The question: How can I overcome a weak high school GPA if I want to transfer to a school with high academic standards? My high school transcript was pretty weak for the school that I was shooting to transfer to. I got Cs in two math courses, and Bs in a host of others (even [...]

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