Transfer without SAT/ACT scores

aigiqinf
Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:40:40 +0000

I was just thinking that SAT are just tests that estimate an incoming freshman’s ability to handle college coursework. So then why should colleges request transfer students their SAT scores? Is there another reason behind it? I was just rhetorically asking myself this, but it would be great to know.



If a student’s SAT score was way below what a school he or she is trying to transfer to would have considered for freshman admission, and the student then went to the University of Nowhere at Middle and did exceptionally well, the admissions office is not going to think “this student proved the SAT wrong,” they’re going to think, “are we sure this student could be successful here?”