Hi, thanks for your replies. Its not finances that’s making me ineligible. Its because I never took the SATs and others during high school and also had to face other unavoidable family issues after high school which made my next chance for applying for only Spring. I did get into a few state universities, but I feel that’s just because I could afford to take the SAT only once, due to time. My SAT score doesn’t matter now. My high school GPA is around a 3.5/4.0. I don’t want to apply for aid if I do get into the highly selective universities, but I don’t want to wait until next Fall just to see if I get admitted into them as a freshman either.
My original plan was to go to a CA CC and then transfer to UCB/UCLA/UCSB as I’m a CS student. But I realised that if I’m going to take this route even though I’m accepted into a few not-so-selective universities, I might as well work hard for all the ivies too. I know that college education is what I make of it, and it doesn’t matter where I study. But its not just my decision, its a long term plan that probably scares me, and I can’t describe here.
So I would just appreciate if y’all let me know if you probably think I should begin community college in Fall 2016 instead of Spring, and then try, TRY to transfer to top ivies (as just an attempt) while preparing for transfer to UCs and backups (State universities, or colleges with agreements). I do have backup choices obviously, but I don’t wanna give up. Or you could tell me what the ivies’ websites actually mean by the ‘ineligible for transfer after two years’ thingy. Would you suggest I graduate from CA CC exactly after two years (in Jan) and wait until I get their decision in March and go wherever I get in?