<p>Hello. I'm a junior in high school and entering senior year this fall. I am starting to think about college plans. I have been considering going into community college for awhile now. The one I am going to has a Associate of Science degree in pre engineering. What I would like to ask is is if this is a good idea to consider? What I wanted to do was graduate with the A.S. in pre engineering, then transfer to the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities and get a bachelors in engineering(haven't decided on the specialty). If I do really well their I would like to know if I would have a chance at being able to transfer into colleges like Stanford, MIT, or Columbia? Thank You!!!! </p>
<p>It does look like the curriculum that you linked to intends to cover much of the typical lower division engineering curriculum, though you may need to make appropriate adjustments or elective choices depending on your target schools and majors.</p>
<p>Stanford does admit a very small number of transfer students (most of the typically few dozen are from community colleges). Colombia and MIT also admit transfer students; not sure how many they admit. Check their web sites for transfer admissions information and lower division engineering curricula so that you can maximize coverage of the lower division courses if you target those schools.</p>
<p>That looks like a good foundation for a bachelors in some kind of engineering. The only issue might be that some engineering degrees would take more than two years to finish up after you left community college.</p>
<p>As for transferring to an elite school, I don’t know why you couldn’t other than you’d still be competing with lots of other people for a very limited number of admissions.</p>