Transferring to a good school from a community college? - Page 2

wombatsoup · 10-26-2009, 11:47 PM

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just don't set your sights on princeton or harvard as an undergrad. transfer, they don't accept transfer students at any level, you get in or you don't.

This is kind of a technicality and not all that relevant to the thread but there is one school that I know Harvard accepts transfers from, Deep Springs. It's a very, very, odd school and the people who go there would probably have gotten into Harvard the first time anyway.

birdhouse · 10-26-2009, 11:56 PM

^ Deep Springs isn't a CC though. It's got some crazy low acceptance rates. (usually...depends a lot on how many people apply, because they accept like...10 a year) And yeah, I agree, they don't seem to have much trouble transferring after going to such a odd (but interesting!) school; they had to be pretty damn smart/dedicated to get in.

college_ruled · 10-27-2009, 12:31 AM

Harvard and Princeton do not accept transfers these days.

On College Confidential, Stanford has the reputation for favoring (California) community college students, while Yale supposedly "hates" community college students. Go figure.

blaw · 10-27-2009, 12:57 AM

"This is simply false. Welcome to ASSIST to learn about transferring from California community colleges to UCLA."

Wrong. You need to look at this UCLA page to get the skinny on this.
UCLA Department of Economics

Show me which community college offers Econ 11 and Econ 101.
Good luck transferring to Econ and trying to get a 3.5 GPA in these weeder classes before you meet the requirements for Biz econ admisssion!

Grumpster · 10-27-2009, 01:30 AM

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Good luck transferring to Econ and trying to get a 3.5 GPA in these weeder classes before you meet the requirements for Biz econ admisssion!

*OFFICIAL UCLA Admits Fall 2009*

sptch · 10-27-2009, 12:47 PM

Amherst has a program wherein they are looking for exceptional CC students for transfer.

BCEagle91 · 10-27-2009, 02:02 PM

Middlesex Community College in MA claims to have at least one transfer to MIT.

rdlwolverine · 10-27-2009, 05:19 PM

and many of her students go on to attend or are admitted to top schools (some of which they can't afford), including Cornell, Georgetown et al. Many others go to the state flagship university. The school also has articulation agreements with many schools where all credits transfer in and scholarships are available. Does your CC have an honors program? If so, you should try to get accepted into it and discuss your situation with the honors coordinator/director. They can be a very valuable resource.

newenglandparent · 10-27-2009, 06:34 PM

I am a professor at a community college and I mentor students who often come from very low income groups and have had some tough times prior to entering the school. A couple of my students have really overcome some tough issues, including single parenting and rough relations with other family members, etc. Last year one of my best student's was admitted as a junior to Cornell and Duke. Over the years I have had a few other success stories, so it is possible.

transferstudent2 · 10-27-2009, 07:17 PM

I'm currently a CC student and I fully intend on transferring somewhere good

robxxsquared2 · 10-27-2009, 07:44 PM

It's really really hard to do such a thing. I think you'd have to have unbelievable improvement in really difficult courses to be able to think about undergoing such an endeavor.

PBush · 10-27-2009, 07:56 PM

robxxsquared2, no offense, clearly doesn't know what they're talking about...

frankchn · 10-29-2009, 03:29 AM

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On College Confidential, Stanford has the reputation for favoring (California) community college students, while Yale supposedly "hates" community college students. Go figure.

I don't think you can draw any sort of meaningful conclusion from an admit rate of 2% at both Stanford and Yale.

redlinekid2 · 10-29-2009, 04:02 AM

Transfering to a top ranked school is quite tough these days. Especially from a CC. None the less, good luck getting into the college of your dreams.

jpm50 · 10-29-2009, 09:18 AM

The reply by 'newenglandparent', the community college professor is on the money. When he says some of his students who have overcome tough life conditions have transfered to top colleges, it reminds me of my experience. I enrolled in a community college when I was 24. Five years later I graduated from MIT.

While that was 30 years ago, I'm sure there are still plenty of ways transfer students can impress colleges enough to accept them. Good grades is only half of the equation.