<p>Recently I talked to a friend of mines who did terrible in high school, he graduated with a 3.1 GPA. He went to an academically challenging magnet school so that was the part of the reason why (graduated 2 years before me since he was 2 grades ahead of me, when I was a sophomore he was a senior).</p>
<p>He finished community college and he says he made it into Georgetown University as a transfer (its been a year or so since he finished). I am hearing this from his friends and he has told me that, currently he tells me he is at Georgetown University.</p>
<p>I think Gtown accepts something like 10-20% of transfers. That’s selective - but not that selective. I’m pretty sure that people have transferred from community colleges to Yale.</p>
<p>"yea but we are talking Georgetown here, that is hyper selective "</p>
<p>This entire forum is filled with students who made it from a community college to much more selective schools than Georgetown. (i.e. Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, etc.)</p>
<p>"No offense, but most of these are too great a reach. The Ivies which take transfers at all take them either from other outstanding schools or from community colleges (which is why I said I wish you had gone to a community college instead). Your grades have been really good, but the bar at your school is set low. I’ve experienced this before. i used to work at Northeastern Illinois University, and I had several students whose parents had told them that if they did well, they would pay for the last two years at Northwestern. There was no way NU would have taken them, even with 4.0 GPAs.</p>
<p>Ohio State seems a possibility, and maybe Penn State. I’d be surprised if BU and Syracuse would consider you, but maybe. For the most part, you need to look at 2nd tier schools. Sorry, but the reality is that it is extremely hard to “transfer up” at all, and at most, you can usually transfer up a notch, not from a completely unknown school to one of the best in the world. If you go to a 2nd tier school and do well, a somewhat better school may be a possibility for grad school."</p>
<p>JayCobbs2, where do you come up with this stuff. Tiers are a completely subjective thing apparently invented by USNWR, yet you speak of them as if they are determined by congressional decree.</p>
<p>Having a 4.0 from a CC does not GUARANTEE that you will get into a top school, because you still need good essays, glowing letters of recommendations, etc. But it is definitely possible and it has been done by many.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why you bothered posting here if you’re just going to shut everyone else down by posting a link to someone on YAHOO ANSWERS, instead of listening to them.</p>
<p>Oh that is poppycock. If you have done well, you should be able to transfer AT LEAST to one of the public universities in your state. Since you indicate (on another thread) that your parents want to pay a LOT for your final two years of college, there are also private schools that would likely take you as a transfer student. NOT probably HYPS etc…but certainly PLENTY of schools take full pay transfer students who have done well their first two years.</p>
<p>There is a thread floating around, about examples of people with atrocious HS GPAs making into top universities. This phenomena happens quite a bit, but is in no way the norm. By far, the odds are tougher for students originating from super-low ranked institutions and community colleges.</p>
<p>Completely untrue. I know plenty of students that started at tier four and tier three universities who have gone on to very prestigious schools such as Cornell, Vanderbilt, Michigan, and even Penn. </p>
<p>That person doesn’t know what shes talking about. The fact is that some students were not mature enough in high school to do well. It doesn’t mean they weren’t intelligent or capable leaders.</p>
<p>However, transferring to a top school is more than just a 4.0 GPA. You must also demonstrate your leadership abilities through extracurricular activities and writing skills by writing solid essays. </p>
<p>I’m not going to say, “hey go to a community college and you’ll get into Yale.” No, it’s EXTREMELY difficult to transfer into Yale even if you have solid grades at Columbia. But if you are a capable student who wants a greater challenge it is not that difficult to find a top school that will be willing to take you on.</p>
<p>Just don’t get too caught up in trying to attend an Ivy like so many do, there ARE other options.</p>