community college for ivy leagues

akajoe · 10-17-2009, 09:40 PM

I would like to transfer to schools like darthmouth, Boston, Brown, and pretty much top colleges...and not universities...do you guys know which community college has articulation agreements that I can go to?

jefgreen · 10-17-2009, 10:29 PM

None of them.

Virginia Community colleges have agreements with schools like UVA and William and Mary which are top caliber in my opinion. They are ranked in the top 50 best in the country by U.S. News and World Report.

hellojan · 10-18-2009, 11:04 PM

Cornell's engineering school has some kind of agreement with a CC in or near Ithaca. Not sure how it works. However, as a general rule, I'm pretty confident in saying that articulation agreements just don't exist between Ivies and CCs.

Topolover · 10-20-2009, 01:32 AM

I think what should define as "top college" or "top university" should be based on the individual specialties. Medical, law, chemistry, etc.
Not the media.

stillearning · 10-29-2009, 06:49 AM

I don't think you're going to find an articulation agreement between any CC and an Ivy. Your best bet is to look at the CCs in the area of the school you eventually want to attend to find out for sure.

However, you don't need an articulation agreement to go from a CC to any of those schools you listed. They will take you as a transfer student. The key is knowing early on what school you will end up at so that you can closely follow their requirements and not waste time (or money) on credits they won't accept.

As far as my CC experience, I can tell you that Miami-Dade College (Miami, FL) is top-notch. They recently dropped the "community" from their name because they now offer B.A. degrees. Most of the students however are still enrolled in AA or AS programs. Check out their honors college, which is equivalent to, or better than, the first two years of some Florida public schools. Everyone in the honors college is accepted to top schools (including Ivies) and I'm pretty sure you can call and they will give you a list of where recent graduates ended up enrolling.

My last bit of advice is to definitely join Phi Theta Kappa at any CC you attend. It is essential to getting into your school of choice. Check their website for information on schools with PTK chapters.