<p>What if I transfer from them? What would my chances be of getting into a good school? Do they not like them? </p>
<p>Would I have to take the SAT?</p>
<p>If you go to a community college, in-state universities usually give preference to them, especially in California. However, private schools will generally prefer that you come from a four year institution. Of course, going to a CC won't outright exclude you from anywhere, but its impact depends on the school you're applying to.</p>
<p>The SAT requirement can vary a bit, but most schools wouldn't require AA-earning students applying for junior standing to submit an SAT score. Even for those that would, any weight for it would be minimal.</p>
<p>How much do they prefer me to go to a 4 year school. Will it be a big deciding thing in the process?
Would it probably not matter that much? On a scale from 1 to 20 how much does it matter.</p>
<p>I wouldn't say that privates prefer you to go to a 4-year-school. Many of them simply prefer applicants from more rigorous/selective schools. It's just that most 4-year schools are more selective/rigorous than CCs by nature. In other words, it probably won't make a big difference if you go to a CC or a really "bad"/unknown 4-year school. However, it will make a pretty big difference in transfer admissions if you go to a Top20 4-year-school or a CC.</p>
<p>So if you don't have the HS grades to get into at least a reasonably good/average university, you might as well go to a CC.</p>
<p>I could probably get into something lower than Duke but SAT's are just so stupid, and this would be better for finance.</p>
<p>I just got my AA from a CC in NC and am applying for UNC-CH for the fall semester. My HS grades were crap, I didn't even take the SATs, and I even went to the same CC as I recently graduated from 8 years ago and did crappy. I retook any class below a B and haven't made below an A in 3 semesters and people say I have a real good chance of getting in (graduated with 3.7).</p>
<p>granted it helps that I'm a non-traditional student (29 years old) and I'm married, but anything is possible.</p>
<p>It would probably help to kick butt on the transfer essay and get some good letters of rec from your college professors at the CC.</p>
<p>crotmot, Thomas put it pretty well. The better ranked your school is (internally, not by USN&WR), the better their image of the average applicant from there will be. So coming from MIT is better than coming from Case, which is better than coming from Central Michigan University, which would still top the average community college. So you get the idea.</p>
<p>That's awsome mikey. What are you going to major in at UNC?</p>
<p>Also, to the OP, in some situations it actually HELPS to be from a CC.
Example: They have two students, one from an equal ranked 4 yr college, one from a CC. They have only one spot left. They occasionaly think, "Ok, the 4 yr person could technically stay at their school, and be fine. The person from the CC really needs to move up to a better school.</p>
<p>Double major in History and Russian. Hopefully, with good grades, summer study abroad in Moscow, and good graduate test score I can get into a good Grad school for Russian history and go on to be a professor. I'm in it for the long haul. :)</p>
<p>Dude..nice. Good luck to you!</p>