<p>Besides raising your GPA, what else can a transfer applicant do to make themselves more competitive? Undergraduate research? Good recs? What do college admissions put the most emphasis on?</p>
<p>Also…how much emphasis is put on SAT scores if applying for junior status? </p>
<p>Just a tidbit of info about myself… Currently attending Lehigh with a ~3.2 GPA and looking to transfer to Villanova with 1810 superscore SAT, most likely good recs, 200+ hours of community service. I’d like to know exactly what I can do to improve my chances of admission to the nursing program there.</p>
<p>Also, I’d be applying for junior status.</p>
<p>And before I forget to ask… Will a poor freshman academic performance be given a lot of weight? Or will sophomore grades be looked at more heavily? I had a 2.5, re-took two classes I received a C+ in (and got two A’s in both classes, raising my GPA up to a 3.0) and am planning on getting all A’s next semester (my sophomore year), thus raising my GPA to a 3.3. </p>
<p>Will they see I re-took these classes to get a higher grade on my transcript? And will they see the lack of academic performance as a damper to my application, or will they sort of side-swipe it and understand some college students have better first-years than others? If I get all A’s, I’m sure they’ll see I’ve improved and it was just the initial transition which messed me up…</p>