<p>my friend at school, who is a senior, told me he was gonna go to NOVA (Northern Virginia Comm. College) for 2 years and then transfer into UVA. I asked him “how are you so sure you will get into UVA?” he then told me that long as you get a 3.4 with nothing lower than a C you are GUARANTEED admission into UVA… i was like that can’t be true, but I looked it up and it IS! </p>
<p>that’s awesome and it lets me know that even if i get rejected from UVA when i apply next year as a senior i can still get in UVA GUARANTEED in 2 years long as I work hard at NOVA!!!</p>
<p>I know! Good luck to you! I think a significant number of CC students will achieve that target which means that UVA will be forced to accept more transfer students from these schools.</p>
<p>i’m pretty sure the tuition rate does drop for kids that transfer from a community college. my sister transferred out of community college and into George Mason and they reduced her tuition by a fairly large amount… i think it’s that way for all public schools in VA, i’ll try to find a website on it tomorrow but for now i got to get some sleep…</p>
<p>wait, i think i’m mistaken. i called my sister and asked her, to check, and she said that they didn’t cut tuition for her. i’m not sure why i previously thought she said that they had… i could’ve sworn they reduced tuition for her, guess i was wrong… oh well…</p>
<p>Our agreement with the VCCS has no language about tuition. It’s possible that your aid can change from year to year, so that might be where someone saw some “savings”.</p>
<p>As for the “as long as you get a 3.4” part, there are many course requirements that go along with this agreement. If you don’t fulfill the course requirements, the agreement does not come into play. You can check the particulars by clicking on the UVA link on [this</a> page](<a href=“http://www.vccs.edu/vccsasr/agreements.htm]this”>http://www.vccs.edu/vccsasr/agreements.htm).</p>
<p>The UC situation is a bit confusing. The UCs used to have their promise that those who meet certain standards are guaranteed admission. It was only in the last couple of years did they have to go against that promise. Berkeley participated in a collective transfer program with UCLA and UCSD that involved 2 year attendance of a CC. However, if I recall correctly that was scrapped and those students who had accepted the CC guaranteed transfer option (like 250 students were willing to attend a CC for 2 years) were instead simply given admission into UCB without having to go to a CC. Still, UCB has been participating in a large scale guaranteed admission program one way or another, even if it differs from programs in other states.</p>
<p>Nevertheless, Cav still hits the point that a number of top schools guarantee admissions through a variety of ways. Even Cornell, an Ivy League school, offers a guaranteed transfer program to some of its applicants. I remember there was someone on this board awhile back who was offered this program when he was not accepted into Cornell.</p>
<p>You shouldn’t have posted that. Now he will totally disregard my post and instead state something like “i’m above insults because I’m smarter than you” or some other BS</p>
<p>well now, just out of curiosity, how hard would it be for someone from Virginia Tech to transfer into UVA? i know they get no guaranteed admission but what would their stats have to look like? what about a kid trying to transfer from Virginia Commonwealth? </p>
<p>just interested in seeing how hard it is for a non-community college kid to transfer into UVA…</p>
<p>At worst, it would be about as hard as transferring in from a CC. From what I’ve seen, it can be a little bit easier. If you don’t get into UVA or W&M (and want to stay instate), go to JMU or VT and either do well or transfer into UVA.</p>
<p>PRAISE JESUS!!! I know, I will probably do the exact same, Shazilla. I will most likely do the transfer program as well. YEEEEEHAWWWW!!!
The program is just so GREAT! UVA, here I come!!!</p>
<pre><code> That would be even greater, though, if transfer students from a CC would get half price tuition. YEEEEEHAWWWWW!
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<p>Your post is very misleading. It looks like the Berkeley program you mentioned was instituted for a short time and only offered to students who applied to the UC system and met all of the requirements for regular freshmen admissions. Apparently, due to the state budget crisis, the University of California had to reduce enrollment and thereby reject students it would have ordinarily accepted in the regular admissions process. These, otherwise qualified, students were offered the option of attending community college for two years and then transferring to one of the UC campuses, if they met certain requirements (gpa, taking appropriate courses, etc.) </p>
<p>This program was in no way a blanket offer to every student attending a California community college. </p>
<p>This program was only available to a limited number of students who met all of the requirements for freshman admission to the University of California system</p>
<p>Even if the option was accepted, a student had to maintain certain requirements during his course of study at community college in order to transfer to UC.</p>
<p>This program did not open the back door at Berkeley. In contrast, the back door has been swung wide open at UVA.</p>
<p>Please note that the average gpas mentioned in the article apply to the whole UC system and not just to Berkeley. It is pretty safe to assume that those rejected from Berkeley were on the higher end of the gpa range.</p>
<p>Again this post is misleading. Cornell does have a very limited guaranteed transfer program for its agriculture school, which is a N.Y. State contract program and is not part of its Ivy League College of Arts and Sciences. This guaranteed transfer program is very limited and is offered on an individual basis to those applying for freshman admissions to the agriculture school, but who are just short of making the cut. If a student accepts the program, he/she has to enroll full time at another institution (does not have to be a community college) and take all of the courses that he/she would have taken at Cornell. It is not a blanket guaranteed admissions program open to anyone; just a very select few. </p>
<p>No other highly selective school has anything close to guaranteed admissions for any state community college student.</p>