EOD to Ivy?

mcjallen
Thu, 23 May 2013 17:56:49 +0000

Hello,
I have been reading a ton of threads on this forum but haven’t been able to find anywhere that specifically deals with my situation. I did fairly well in High School, I got accepted to UCLA and UCSD but my parents could not afford to send me and rather than face student loans I joined the military. Fast forward four years and I deployed to Afghanistan as EOD, long story short an LT stepped on an IED right next to me and 10 surgeries and tons of physical therapy later, I’m getting medically retired. I scored a 2030 on my SAT I, 730 on my lit SAT II. I am currently attending AMU (american military university) and am two courses away from earning an AS and have 3.7 gpa. For more background my degree is in EOD (random I know) but I plan to go into the medical field. Question being: what colleges would I be competitive for with my current scores and a Purple Heart/military experience? Also, does it matter that my SAT’s are 5 years old as a transfer student? I have been reading a lot about programs like the Eli Whitney Program at Yale and a few other non standard programs, does anyone have ny advice or recommendations as far as these are concerned. Also, since AMU is a completely online school how much a pain is it going to be to transfer credit if at all? That being said, should I apply as a transfer or try to find a non standard program? Any and all advice would be appreciated, I’ve been out of the game for so long and just getting started with everything going on in my life is slightly overwhelming! Thanks!