Concurrent HS/CC grad to transfer?

fidoprincess
Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:41:50 +0000

Ken said “But for the best grad school results you would want to spend at least 3 years, just to take more advanced classes, make connections with professors, etc. Remember you apply to grad school in fall of your senior year, if you are a transfer you only have one year to make connections take advanced classes, etc.”

I take that to mean for getting in to the better schools as well as being the most prepared to do well once you are there. Making connections with professors would be important for those letters of reference and if you apply after just one year of undergrad at a college, you don’t have the opportunities compared to someone who has already been there 2 years before you even got there. I am not sure about taking more advanced classes though because if you have the prerequisites, you should be able to take them but if you needed a.b and c to take d and the only way to get a, b, and c was through that school, it would be a big disadvantage.