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Applying to College
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<p>ok…so i just got rejected from the only two schools (UCLA and UCB) i wanted to go to…and now im probably going to community college…to try again i guess. But…and i may sound completely psychotic when i say this…does anyone think its possible for me to be able to transfer into a school such as…say columbia or brown…or cornell…after two years in a jc…and if thats even possible…how can i do that?</p>

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<p>Quick! Apply to U of Arizona!</p>

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<p>god bless rolling admissions</p>

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<p>Of course, you can transfer. In fact alot of schools have transfer agreements. I know that CCs have an agreement with Berkely, so I would bet they have them with UCLA and UCB as well…look into it! They have aggrements that if you have a certain GPA you automatically get to go!</p>

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<p>yeah cali cc’s are like mini feeders to uc’s</p>

<p>but i still think UA is a great school and he can still apply i think !</p>

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<p>He can also apply to Pitt, MSU, and Rutgers! (I’ve been looking into this)</p>

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<p>u guys are awesome…thanks for all the encouragement</p>

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<p>I’ll bet it’s possible to transfer, but you really need to be a stellar applicant. Don’t just get A’s in your classes, strive to deeply understand the material and make that obvious to the admissions people somehow. Unless your community college is really great, there’s a good chance you will be in classes where you can put out minimal effort for maximum results. Don’t let yourself fall into this trap! If you can, try to maybe do some independent studying of a subject that really interests you and get a professor to support/guide you. This will show that you are working to your maximum potential and making the best of a rather crappy situation. Best of luck to you! And I would definitely try the colleges mentioned above before going to CC.</p>

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<p>wow pitt and msu !?!?!?</p>

<p>now that’s just awsome</p>

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<p>Was that sarcasm Groenveld? LOL, they are acutally really good schools.</p>

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<p>What school is MSU? I live in Mass, so there are a lot of schools with that acronym.</p>

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<p>It’s Michigan State University! (Look it up on collegeboard).</p>

<p>I live in Mass too? and I can’t think of any with the MSU acronym</p>

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<p>haha, k u guys are cool, thanks for replying…i kinda left somethingout…i got into ucsd and uci and cal poly san luis obispo
but i want to go to ucla…so im thinking CCC?</p>

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<p>There is a reason why students like you are having difficulties with college admissions. A whole crop of fraudulent bastards from Korean high schools, with their falsified transcripts, ghost-written essays and recommendations, and completely made-up extracurricular activities are swarming top universities, and to the extent that their admissions to such prestigious schools are rising, opportunities are narrowing for honest, hard-working kids from American high schools, i.e. students like you. </p>

<p>This has been an open secret among Korean international students. Read the following articles for yourself and decide if it requires immediate action from American students and high schools…and the universities. </p>

<p>(1) An extremely representative case of the falsification of “translated” transcripts (in English, created liberally by school administrators eager to send their kids to ivy league schools). Exclusive report by the Hankyoreh, one of the major newspapers in South Korea: </p>

<p><a href=“http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/engli...al/175976.html[/url]”>http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/engli...al/175976.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_e...al/176484.html[/url]”>http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_e...al/176484.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>(2) SAT scandal in Korea (exams leaked and then provided to students on the eve of their exam)</p>

<p>On how Hanyoung Foreign Language HS’s designation as an SAT exam center privilege was revoked + allegations surrounding the incident
<a href=“http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_e...al/176737.html[/url]”>http://www.hani.co.kr/arti/english_e...al/176737.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>On how 900 SAT exams by Korean int. students got cancelled after ETS found out that serious breaches were made in the storage of exam packets
<a href=“http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/2007...8123410220.htm[/url]”>http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/2007...8123410220.htm&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“http://chronicle.com/news/article/17...ecurity-breach[/url]”>http://chronicle.com/news/article/17...ecurity-breach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Just to remind you: A few students from the school in question - btw, most of its peers in Seoul and South Korea did the same thing, but were never caught in their acts - still got into Wharton, Harvard and Princeton. </p>

<p>The only way to take care of this situation? Sue the bastards. Sue the universities. Tell the universities to keep, indefinitely, all the records submitted by Korean high school students and match them with official transcripts that can be provided by Korean government if requested formally. Sue the students for their falsified records. I mean…70 for A? With that score, the student can’t even get into low-ranking universities in Korea. </p>

<p>Btw, the high schools also run SAT CR and Writing prep courses during official classroom hours! This is ****ing illegal but they continue to do so secretly. Imagine this: you are guaranteed excellent recoms and transcripts, can make up any spectacular extracurricular activities at will, and are regularly exempted from standard educational curriculum whenever you want to study for SATs. Your school run SAT prep courses during classrooms, and you don’t even have to bother to show up in classes. Your essays are ghost-written by professional admission consultants. Unless you are an absolute idiot, you will get into ivy league schools. It’s that simple. </p>

<p>Sue the bastards.</p>

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<p>UCSD is an amazing school, you should go there.</p>