Transferring to an Ivy

saveyourserpent
Sun, 12 Jun 2011 00:11:01 +0000

I’m glad that someone posted this, as this is one of my goals as well: I’m currently a student at a pretty good community college, and have excellent grades. I’m also a nontraditional student—I’m 25, and would be transferring at 26.

As Chad Agrawal mentioned above, there are indeed students who have transferred from community colleges to Ivy Leagues—I know someone who transferred from my community college to Columbia’s School of General Studies. GS has a higher acceptance rate than Columbia College, if I recall correctly, but the coursework is identical.

@CaliforniaDude—I’m guessing that an Ivy would be looking for academic rigor, yes, and an advanced class would carry more weight to them than less rigorous courses. I think that acceptance is based on various factors, though—your grades are certainly important, but other things add weight to applications as well.