You need to check the schedule of any college you consider. In the catalogue doesn’t mean offered with regularity.
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Good point I’ll take that into consideration thank you
So you have one year at a 4 year uni with a 2.7 GPA and one year of CC at 3.96 GPA, is that correct? Then that’s not a cumulative 3.96 college GPA. The combined two year college GPA is what is relevant, what is that? HS gpa will be less important, assuming you will be transferring in as a junior.
How many C’s or lower are on your first year college transcript? Do you have any unremediated D’s or F’s?
Why? These tests are for HS students, not students with 1+ years of college. I get you are targeting some elite schools, but that doesn’t seem to be realistic. I would encourage you to include more Virginia four year publics on your list.
Run each school’s net price calculator for affordability. You can not take out 100% the cost of college in loans.
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You can do it that way, i.e., kind of eyeball cost but focus on quality, then later after being admitted throw out those you can’t afford.
However, in my experience, cost is a very serious bottleneck/filter for most lower-to-middle class families. Many colleges can wind up with net cost >$50k/yr, and your family simply may not be able to afford it. So figuring out which ones maybe affordable for you may help you narrow your list efficiently, and save yourself wasted effort, not to mention the application fee, if any.
The tricky part is that you can’t just go by sticker price or even “average net cost”. You have to run the net price calculator for each college w/ your family’s specific income & assets to get a good estimate.
I think that the college gpa is a 3.3.
I did one year of uni and ill be doing 2 years of CC. The 2.7 was under a completely different major in a totally different context and with no math courses so I am hoping that holistic review can minimize the effect of that
First, your upward trend is great. However, I can’t speak to how the schools on your list will evaluate those grades from your first year of university, but make no mistake, they will be a part of the evaluation. C’s will be tough to overcome, it doesn’t matter the courses. Unremediated D’s or F’s will be nearly impossible to overcome at highly rejective schools.
I would encourage you to cut back on the reaches and add more targets/highly likely schools and at least one affordable safety school…what school is that?
I also just want to point out that most schools you transfer to will require you to spend two years there, regardless how many credits you have already taken.
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Can you still edit the title of your post? You say 2.7 HS GPA, but apparently that’s the GPA from your first year of college at a 4 yr college? And you got a 3.95 at two years at a community college?
Anyways, your best bet is to transfer to a Va public, under the transfer agreements that your CC may have with 4 yr publics.
Do private colleges want to see an SAT or ACT for a transfer into junior year? Seems odd - is that new?
By budget, I think that people mean how much money you and your family can cough up per year for college. Fin aid is based upon your parents’ income and assets. There might be some merit money you’d qualify for, at the in-state transfer agreement colleges, because there might be some scholarships for people who did extremely well in community college - you did.
Continue to do amazingly well at the in-state public in Va, and you can go to a top named private for your PhD in math, with a stipend. I really don’t think that your hopes of transferring to a prestigious college, whether private or public flagship out of state, are going to pan out, probably not worth applying.
What schools would you recommend that fit my cumulative better?
I can’t suggest schools until you share a budget, I’m assuming your family qualifies for need based aid. Did you run the NPCs at the schools in your OP? Have you taken any student loans so far? Have your parents taken any loans for you?
The issue you are likely to run into is that schools that have higher admission rates aren’t likely to meet your full need.
Start with the VA that will have the math classes you need…be open to schools that may not be perfect, but could work. Have you spoken with your CC counselor to understand the articulation agreements the CC has with VA publics?
Would you qualify for guaranteed admission to UVA or other Virginia public universities?
Note that UVA calculates only Virginia community college courses and grades to calculate its 3.4 threshold. This could work to your advantage, given your record. But check how your university courses and grades may affect whether you qualify.
GMU’s threshold is 2.85:
Ive only taken 5k in loans. Im covering the cost of CC. I would want to pay out of pocket <50k per year.
In the sense that I would want to need <50k per year to be covered by loans
I dont qualify for that, my advisor said it was because of the fact that Ive already been in university. But I waasnt aware that UVA calculates only vccs for its threshold. That is very helpful thank you
How? You can only borrow a fraction of that/yr, without your parents co-signing, and it doesn’t sound as if your parents can afford 50K/yr.
Ask UVA directly about your eligibility.
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Make sure to meet all the transfer requirements. https://admission.virginia.edu/transfer/transfer-course-requirements
You should speak with UVA transfer admissions sooner rather than later. And attend a transfer session: https://admission.virginia.edu/transfer/events
I concur with the above that it would be difficult to borrow $50K per year, nor should you do that. You still haven’t told us if the NPCs at the meet full need schools are affordable. Your parents also have to complete FAFSA and CSS profile (if required) unless you are an independent student.