<p>Due to financial issues, it seems that I cannot go to any of the colleges I applied to and instead will be attending a community college instead. My question is: what can I do now to increase my chances of getting into an Ivy-League school like Brown or Harvard? Obviously, good grades are critical, but what else can I do to increase my chances coming from a community college? Do high school grades also count as well (I was rejected from Brown as an incoming freshman – will this affect my chances as well?) Is it still possible or unreasonable to transfer from a community college?</p>
<p>It will be very hard to get into a school like Harvard as a transfer. They take very few transfers. For a couple of years Harvard did not take any transfers at all. Last year they resumed taking transfers but were limiting it to something like 10-20 students.</p>
<p>Several things</p>
<p>Get the best college grades / transcripts possible
Get involved / join clubs / make an impact
Develop relationships with professors to get good recommendations
Write good essays and put together an impeccable application (think about what you did or didn’t do last time that you could improve upon)</p>
<p>It is absolutely not unreasonable to think you can get into a top school from a community college</p>