SAT Score Necessary After 2yr College?

Question

Firstly, do ivy league schools base a large part of their admission decision on an SAT/ACT score even after you have attended a 2 yr college and escaped with a 3.3 GPA (plus 7 years of executive management work experience)? If the answer is a no, what is the lowest GPA that a school such as Stanford will find acceptable?

Answer 1

First of all, Stanford isn't an Ivy League school. Secondly, no schools look at SAT scores for transfer students who have completed an associates degree. Finally, elite schools like the Ivies and Stanford accept very few transfer students at all, so those they do take must have a perfect, or near perfect (4.0) record. The reasoning is that these are very challenging schools. If you weren't fully up to the challenge of a community college, you certainly won't be able to handle the academic pace at one of these prestigious schools.

Answer 2

If you have a least a C average in a community college in California, California State University schools have to take you. This is a good safety net. If you have good grades from the community college, most 4 year schools do not require SAT scores.

Why not retake the SAT or ACT now anyway. You may score higher. Study before taking the test--there are courses in SAT believe it or not. Then you can submit these scores with your application--only if they are very good scores!!!
Good luck.