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Freshman
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Ok, right now I am 2nd year... What schools you think I got a chance in transferring to? I went to CSU Pomona (major CS, now wanting to do film) GPA is a little over 3.5. Can i get into a film school lol? At end of this term I will have like 70 quarter credits and by the end of the year i imagine i will have 100 credits of like GE and stuff. Do I need to take SAT's again cause my old score of 1200/1600 isnt that good. Do they expect SATs from transfers and is it possible to take SATs again even though im not in HS?

Any chance I will get in USC or NYU... UCLA? I know i could prob get into a CSU that has film but the CSU atmosphere isnt very great. Any advice? HS gpa was like 2.9 Frown
 
Posts: 4 | Location: Los Angeles | Registered: September 05, 2006Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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*wince*

Gotta be honest with ya, man...this is not the ideal transfer situation. Let me tell you why:

1. You have 100 credits so far...that's a huge amount to transfer, and a lot of them probably won't transfer over, especially considering you probably got the idea of transferring pretty late in the game. That's probably the biggest hindering factor here, by far, unless you're willing to put in extra college years and a good chunk of extra money...assuming they even ALLOW transfer students past the two-year hurdle.

2. Yes, for all those schools, SAT scores are required, and yours are...decent...but not optimal for schools of that caliber. And I highly doubt you can retake the SATs this late in your college career.

3. Your GPA is pretty nice, but I imagine you'd have to be on Dean's List or something to be a primary transfer candidate.

4. Your high school GPA is worrisome, and that could be a big hindering factor...although maybe not so much, if you have lots of other qualifying factors. It depends, I guess.

My recommendation? Suck it up and finish CSU, then apply wherever you want for grad school. The atmosphere may suck, I sympathize with you there, but you've been there for so long, and you must have so many ties there, that it makes a lot more sense to blaze through your last year and move on, instead of transferring to a pie-in-the-sky film school with small chance of meeting very many new friends and even smaller chance of graduating in a year.
 
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umm this is my second year. by end of second yaer i will have 90+ credits. I got like 50 credits last year. They are quarter credits... Also they are like GE classes basically. I still have more GE to go.
 
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