Re-doing SATs/SAT IIs and College Essay(s)?

[unsureugrad]

<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>I am thinking about applying to Yale and Columbia next year as a transfer student (soph). I think I’m going to retake the SATs. (2220 current)</p>

<p>However, do people know if I should re-write my college essays? I applied to Yale last year and didn’t get in. Would they look at my old application? Even if they don’t, should I still write new ones? I’d probably write a new supplement one, but I’m not sure about the Common Application one (I checked the new CA topics and my essay fits well with one of them.)</p>

<p>Also, for my SAT IIs I got 790 Chem, 800 US Hist, 770 Math II and 640 Latin. Yale requires that I send all my SAT II scores if I send any. Is it worth sending them because of that 640? (There were specific circumstances under which I received that score, but I don’t think they care.) I got the feeling SAT IIs weren’t that important for transfer students. Is that true?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance for any responses.</p>

[entomom]

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Even if they don’t, should I still write new ones? I’d probably write a new supplement one, but I’m not sure about the Common Application one (I checked the new CA topics and my essay fits well with one of them.)

</p>

<p>The new CA topics are for fr admissions, the CA transfer main essay is completely different:</p>

<p><a href=“https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Docs/DownloadForms/2013/2013AppTR_download.pdf[/url]”>https://www.commonapp.org/CommonApp/Docs/DownloadForms/2013/2013AppTR_download.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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I got the feeling SAT IIs weren’t that important for transfer students. Is that true?

</p>

<p>It depends on the school (they matter for highly selective colleges) and the year of transfer. They count more for soph transfers because your college record will be very short when you apply.</p>