senor09

I graduated this year with a gpa of 3.99 and an sat score of 1625 and to my dismay I was not accepted to the schools I wished to attend, I got into ucsc and csulb but rejected from lmu chapman ucsb uci and ucsd, I am now attending a community college in an honors program. Here is my question, I know the privates such as lmu, chapman and usc take tranfers on the second year, what are my chances of getting into one of these privates or any privates if I do very well this year in my scholars and regular classes? Would they look up my previous application and see that I was a decent student? Or would they base it off those few classes? What are my odds here cuz I wanna get out of community asap!

littlegreenmom

I know of a similar student who just recently was accepted into the LMU program, coming from the honors El Camino College program. He said he even got a merit scholarship (which I didn't know they gave for transfer students.)

I know of another that is transfering to USC after spending 1 year at Marymount. Not sure of his grades, though.

Schools love students who have put in the work as a transfer. Good luck to you!

socalscott

You got rejected from even Chapman? That's very surprising (and not great news for me...)
Not really sure about the answer to the question, but El Camino does have a very nice honors program (i'm very close to the campus), so I would reccomend checking that out

good luck!

littlegreenmom

UCI and UCSD limited numbers of admissions this last year. It made the news. Not sure about UCSB, but most likely guessing that your SAT scores were a bit low for them.

Good news is that as a transfer student, they won't look at SAT scores. At all.

If you were to reapply to any of those schools as a transfer (you will have to wait till 60 units for the UC schools), make sure you follow the IGETC program. Here is the link:

University of California - Admissions

What programs were you applying to for LMU and Chapman?

investorscooter

It seems very strange that your gpa and SAT scores didn't get you at least on a waitlist. Have you had a college counselor look at your curriculum vitae and give you feedback? I'd hate for you to work hard at CC and have the same thing happen to you on the transfer application. I suggest you get some knowledgeable person to look at your essays and resume to help you analyze what the apps looked like. Good to learn what may have been problematic on your first go-round so your chances are improved for the transfer process.

timely

I think it was likely the SAT scores that sunk you. However, if you can make the kind of grades in the community college honors program that you made in h.s., you should have a good chance of acceptance. Remember...those grades are everything now, so work your hardest. I doubt they'll look at your h.s. stuff at all as a transfer student.

It does also matter what you were planning to major in. If you chose a competitive major like anything in Dodge College, then that's a whole 'nother story, because it is not just about grades.

investorscooter

Now that I read timely's input, if the SAT score was based on 2400 (which I guess all are now), then I concur with her assessment that they did not help you.

If professor recommendations are part of a transfer app, you'll have to make an impression on them in the classroom, or get to know them during office hours so they can give your strong recs. Doing that will show initiative and motivation.

socalscott

I still think its a bit odd that with that GPA especially they did not get in. I have a MUCH worse GPA (3.3) and a close SAT score and thought I had a good chance. Really sorry to hear you didn't get in though, it's a shame.