GWU transfer questions

Transfer Students
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<p>I have a unique situation and I was hoping you guys could help. I was homeschooled for high school, but I did all my coursework at the community college. I was accepted at Northern Arizona Univ. this fall, and I’ll be going in as a 16 year old sophmore (becuase of my cc credits). GWU said that if I applied to them from NAU, I would have to apply as a transfer (even though I’d be going there at 17 lol). How competitive is their transfer pool, and do I even have a shot with these credentials? If I don’t, I’m considering staying at community college another year, and applying as a freshman. </p>

<p>SAT: 1870 (I took it my freshman year)
HS/CC GPA: 3.9 (some is also honors credit)
Work experience: Assistant Director of Finance for the Mayor of Phoenix (I’m basically a political fundraiser.)
ECs: CC Student Body President, VP of Fundrasing for Phi Theta Kappa, president of art club, and head delegate for Model UN. </p>

<p>I also have personal letters of rec from my CC President, Mayor of PHX, and Senator John McCain. </p>

<p>What is in my best interest? Should I continue at CC, and hope I get in as a freshman or should I go to NAU and try to get in as a trasfer? What type of competition am I up against?</p>

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<p>Prep for and retake the SAT, you definitely have the potential to score higher (considering that you’re way ahead of your age).
If you can get strong recommendations from everyone you just listed as rec writers I would speculate that you would have some of the best recs of the GWU applicant pool.</p>

3

<p>so do you think I should wait and apply as a freshman then?</p>

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<p>This is by no means an authoritative opinion; however, if you apply as a freshman you are more likely to receive merit aid from GWU. Generally, schools focus on attracting freshmen applicants with aid. This is not to say that a transfer student will get no aid; however, it is a trend that freshmen applicants receive more aid. Moreover, GWU is one of the most expensive schools in the country (although the dorms are nice from what I hear). Depending on how much you up that SAT score you could save money by applying in the freshmen pool (depending on the size of your aid package).</p>