Transferring from a CC? Or a University?

boby642
Thu, 17 Oct 2013 11:55:10 +0000

I am a senior in high school and right now I am wondering whether it would be better to go to a CC and transfer to a school like Caltech, Stanford, Cornell or to go to a four year university for several years and then try to transfer, here are some of my stats if it helps:

Residense: Born and raised in California

Unweighted UC Gpa: 3.7

Weighted UC Gpa: 3.9

Class rank: Top 10%

Sat Composite score: 2120/2400

Intended Major: Mathematics

Sat Math section: 800/800
Sat Math 2 score: 800/800
Sat Physics score: 800/800

Awards/Honours:
*Project-Euler.Pb Ranked #2 in the United States
*Stack Exchange inc. Math rep. Ranked #5 in California

Extracurriculars:
*Self Study; Mathematics / Student
Hours spent per week: 45
Weeks spent per year: 52
Participated in: 9th,10th,11th,12th
*Collaborative blogs and online community Q&A/research sites
Hours spent per week: 25
Weeks spent per year: 52
Participated in: 10th,11th,12th
(E.G. Mathoverflow, MathStackExchange, ProjectEuler, etc)

All SAT scores are from first sittings, I am white in ethnicity and I come from a low income family.

Also I think I can get some decent recommendations from people who I have conversed with for quite a while online and have helped me through self study, one is a professor at Columbia and the other is a grad student at Princeton, along with some entrepreneurial type folk who program and do consulting jobs.