How can I get into a top tier/ivy school

nick_scheu
Sun, 07 Aug 2011 21:12:58 +0000

In short:



I’m going to transfer to a 4 year, SDSU or SJSU, would it be possible to do extremely well for a year or two and then transfer to a top tier school? (NYU, Penn, North Western, MIT, etc).

No.



Or have I pretty much screwed myself

Yep.



am I going to have to go for a Masters from one of these schools since I’ll be so close to obtaining my bachelors?

Yep (if you can get in at all, coming from a CC and CSU with a 3.5 GPA [max]).

I also second Lemaitre1’s point. It’s unlikely you have been/will be accepted to both SJSU and SDSU with a 3.0.

My advice? Apply to Davis, Irvine and SB. You’ll likely have a better chance there (even though you can’t TAG) than at those CSUs because of the local service area preference.