What are my chances for USC, NYU, Rice, UT?

Chance Me / Match Me
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<p>Ok so I’m currently in community college (second year) and my transcript isn’t that GREAT in terms of grades which i know are the most important factor in admissions to Universities. So here’s the breakdown: on my transcript, I have 1 A, 5 B’s, 5 C’s, 1 (Withdrawal), and 2 D’s.</p>

<p>The thing Im most worried about is the two D’s (obviously) but I retook one of the classes and got a B in it, and I plan on retaking the other and striving to make an A. I still have 6 classes to complete in order to get my AA (Associates of Arts), so hypothetically, if I make all A’s in those classes. What are my chances? My gpa right now is 2.4, so I will have time to bring it up some…I probably sound like a dreamer right now, but honestly I am trying my best to keep the grades up and I’m also working part time not that it matters. </p>

<p>The thing that will probably help me stand out a bit in my applications is that I’ve studied abroad in Great Britain and Italy. I’ve managed to obtain an internship throughout the summer of 2011, I’ve volunteered at my local shelter for over a year now, I recycle, I started a club in high school, so there’s my leadership skills there…I can speak three languages: Vietnamese, English, and Spanish.</p>

<p>Please give me the honest truth…I’d rather hear it now than be dissapointed later. I live in TX btw.</p>

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<p>Honest truth… that will be brutal…</p>

<p>With 2.4 GPA, I see no hope there that it will get over 3.0. If so, USC, Rice, and NYU are super high-reach. You have 0.001% -or even less- chance of admissions. That is especially because yours was a community college. But again, even if you were in the HYP (Harvard, Yale, Princeton), you still wouldn’t be able to transfer with that GPA.</p>

<p>I personally don’t know about UT. But I don’t think it will be within your reach either -this, I’ll leave to others to answer.</p>

<p>By the ways, is there anything special about you? Like, do you have reasons why you got such bad grades -as your grades are the single most important factor in transferring…</p>

<p>And regarding your ECs, studying abroad is really nothing. In decent colleges, sometimes as many as 90% of the student body study abroad -and covered by tuition in most cases. And the volunteer -though it was very nice of you- will be of no help in admissions, and so is your internship -unless it was a super competitive and nationally acknowledged one. Your club experience in high school… It doesn’t relate also.</p>

<p>I personally know a few who transferred before. One guy went from UW to Duke, another UW to Cornell, and one from BC (Community College) to UW. Thing is, they all had stellar GPAs at the school.</p>

<p>Another side note: I’ve never heard of anyone having success with transferring to decent schools like NYU, Rice, or USC from a community college even with perfect GPAs. I know… This is the reality.</p>

<p>But if you really want a diploma from a decent college, you might have to look into other options -those that are beyond my knowledge.</p>

<p>However, I most recommend that you look back into what you want to do. Is the future job of your choice something that requires a good diploma? If not, just self-study and go into working instead of wasting money at college. That’s the opportunity cost there for you.</p>