Can a CC Student Transfer Into UCLA, U Penn, Dartmouth, Berkeley, or Cornell???

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<p>Can a Community College Transfer Student get into U Penn, Dartmouth, Berkeley, Cornell, USC or UCLA with these stats???</p>

<p>I sucked in High School. I mean, I bombed everything and I didn’t even care. The only college I applied to out of HS was my local Community College. I knew I’d get in at some low level 4-year schools, but I didn’t want to. It wasn’t until I began taking classes at my community college that I began to make an effort in life. I got a job as an EMT, I took photos for the Newspaper, won awards for the newspaper, and for the first time in my life I earned A’s in most of my classes. I also re-took the SAT (after studying a bit) and raised my score from a 1780 to a 2100. </p>

<p>So this is where I am in my life. I am about to start my fifth semester at my community college, and I am finally ready to transfer. I need to begin most of my applications around this time (Fall 2009 for Fall 2010). I intend to major in Anthropology, and have already taken a few steps in that direction. But I need help – badly. Money is tight, and I don’t want to waste it applying to 10 different schools that won’t even accept me. That’s why I need advice. </p>

<p>I am fairly certain that I will be accepted into both UCLA and Berkeley – as I have a 3.9 UC GPA, AND completed IGETC, AND completed all the Anthropology Lower Division requirements that the transfer guide website Welcome</a> to ASSIST lists. </p>

<p>That being said, I would LOVE to go to school out of state. Namely, I would like to attend U Penn, Dartmouth, NYU, Cornell, or UT. I have heard U Penn and Dartmouth in particular have excellent Anthropology programs. I have no idea what they want from me, or if they would accept me. I really need some advice on this. </p>

<p>• Intended Area of Study:
o Cultural Anthropology</p>

<p>• Colleges I’m looking at:
o UCLA
o Berkeley
o U Penn
o Dartmouth
o Cornell
o University of Texas
o NYU</p>

<p>• Major Prep Classes Completed at my Community College:
o Physical Anthropology – Grade: A
o Cultural Anthropology – Grade: A
o Sociology 101 – Grade: A
o Organismal and Environmental Bio (BIOSCI 106) – Grade: A
o Molecular and Cellular Biology (BIOSCI 107) – Grade: A
o Introductory Statistics (MATH 140) – Grade: A</p>

<p>• GPA:
o UC Transferable College GPA: 3.93 --- 60 completed units
o I have Completed IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum)
o Cumulative College GPA: 3.7 --- 78 completed units (includes HS level classes taken at my local college)
o High School GPA: 2.8</p>

<p>• SAT:
o 2100</p>

<p>• Extra Curricular:
o Treasurer, Gamma Beta Phi (College Honor Society)
o Photographer, Canyon Call (My college’s publication)
o Member, Phi Beta Kappa
o Varsity Runner - Two years Cross Country runner in High School
o Completed Several Service Learning projects for a lot of community service hours</p>

<p>• Employment:
o Emergency Medical Technician (EMT): worked on an ambulance for the past year, resigned last month to concentrate on school
o English Tutor: currently working as an English tutor for my college in the TLC lab</p>

<p>• Awards, honors, whatnot:
o I received a congressional nomination to attend West Point Academy, but decided not to go.
o 1st Place: JACC’s (Journalism Association of Community Colleges) Feature Photo Competition @ the 2009 Conference(over three hundred competing photographers)
o Honorable Mention: JACC’s News Photo Competition @ the 2009 conference
o Won “Top Photographer” award Senior year HS
o Dean’s List, or President’s list or something like that, I forget what it’s called. Basically you get it if your gpa is above 3.5 at my college.
o Various ‘little awards’ that I don’t think are worth mentioning here.</p>

<p>• Recommendations:
o Several great Profs have told me they would write me recommendations</p>

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<p>you’ve shown that you’re serious now, and as an incoming junior, your high school stats won’t matter as much (some schools won’t even ask for you to send them after you complete a certain amount of credits). the only problem i see is a lack of ECs that relate to your intended major, but i’m not exactly sure what ECs there are relating to anthropology, so maybe that’s why. your essays will matter a lot when you apply. also remember that it is usually difficult to get into the college of arts and sciences at cornell (i’m sure for other schools that use different schools/colleges as well), so your essays will need to be solid and tailored towards each school. i think your list looks good, but if you can, add some safeties just to be sure even if you think you can get into berkeley and ucla, because you never know. good luck!</p>

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<p>Lol I don’t know what Anthropology related ECs would be either lol. My experiences as an EMT DEFINITELY give me things to write about in my essays though. I’m treasurer of Gamma Beta Phi though, and our society is all about community Service, so I’ll pick some hours up that I can talk about there.</p>

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<p>Do you happen to go to College of the Canyons?</p>

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<p>Hi iambeowulf710. Well, when I first saw what you wrote I figured you must know me personally, but now I’m not so sure. After all, I did mention that I took pictures for the Canyon Call, and anyone that goes to COC knows what that is :D</p>

<p>Yes, I go there, do you?</p>

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<p>Impossible Is Nothing. Just remember that.</p>

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<p>Thanks Macgruber</p>

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<p>You have clearly shown the CC community your resolve: you need to show this to the colleges as well. Transferring is very difficult with some of the top colleges. Look up the percentages and you’ll see that it varies greatly (often year by year, but some remain steadily lower than regular admits) with each school. It looks like you’ve seriously proven yourself worthy of these colleges, I hope the best for you!</p>

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<p>Dartmouth takes few transfers in any given year bcos of a high retention rate; thus they have no room. The publics are very transfer-friendly. Ditto NYU (if you can pay). Cornell Arts & Sciences is much more selective. Dunno much about Penn.</p>

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<p>All those schools (except Dartmouth) are welcoming to transfers.</p>

<p>UCLA and Berkeley if you are a California Resident with your stats wont be hard. OOS, well, that is hard.</p>

<p>UPENN and Cornell are the top 2 Ivy’s most friendly to transfer students.</p>

<p>Apply to all of them, write a good essay. You should be good.</p>

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<p>haha ya i dont no you personally… just know that our paper is called the canyon call…anyways tell me how it goes man and good luck</p>

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<p>Dartmouth only takes a few transfers, but they do take some. It’s worth an application and my son highly recommends the anthro dept. Agree with whoever said don’t bother with NYU unless you’re full pay. Even if you get one of the rare transfer grants, they’ll load you up with loans and gap you.</p>

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<p>Oh ya beowulf, its a good school :smiley: thanks for the luck!</p>

<p>thanks hmom, I think I will apply, I already started my application on the commonapp website. I won’t bother with NYU, I’d much rather get into Dartmouth or one of the California UC’s anyway :smiley: (being a cali resident helps). </p>

<p>Now where can I get help on applying via the commonapp? I need basic knowledge - for instance, can I send a single recommendation to six different schools from a single professor? Or do I have to make him write a different recommendation for each school? And what should the professor write about if he doesn’t know? How do i ask him?</p>

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<p>I really can’t believe this thread has so many views and so few responses. </p>

<p>I guess the only explanation is that the 200+ people that read this thread were hoping to find the answer to my question…I’m sorry you guys were disappointed, it seems that no one knows what my chances are :(</p>

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<p>I think you have a chance at all of them, with the least likely being Dartmouth. I would get a recommendation from your EMT supervisor as well (play that up - it is a very interesting job). Doesn’t being an EMT technician require certain training or certification? If so, provide that information as well.</p>

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<p>I googled EMT and anthropology just for fun (after reading post #2) and found this:</p>

<p>[Amazon.com:</a> Profile for Regina ThunderHawk EMT (Retired)](<a href=“http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/AUAQUM91R7GJM]Amazon.com:”>http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/AUAQUM91R7GJM)</p>

<p>I thought her bio was interesting.</p>

<p>Then I checked out “medical anthropology” (little did you know that you already had an “Anthropology-related EC”).</p>

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<p><a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_anthropology[/url]”>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_anthropology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p><a href=“http://www.tgs.northwestern.edu/academics/combineddegrees/medicalanthroplogy/[/url]”>http://www.tgs.northwestern.edu/academics/combineddegrees/medicalanthroplogy/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p><a href=“http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/grad_medical.htm[/url]”>http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~anthro/grad_medical.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>etc.</p>

<p>I believe it is even more helpful as a transfer student to demonstrate preparation for your intended major. It sounds like you have done more of that than you thought (for at least some aspect of it).</p>

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<p>Check this out as well from Dartmouth Life - interesting:</p>

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<p>[Hands-on</a> Anthropology: Goodman Fund Sends Students on Location](<a href=“Dartmouth News | Dartmouth”>Dartmouth News | Dartmouth)</p>

<p>I think that depending on how you articulate your preparation and future education/career plans, Dartmouth could find your application very compelling (true of all the schools on your list).</p>

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<p>wait wait wait, you’re about to start your FIFTH semester at CC? Doesn’t that make you a junior in college and not able to transfer?</p>

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<p>The OP said he had 60 completed units. Usually up to 90 can transfer.</p>

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<p>Most selective universities will only allow 60 credits maximum to transfer.</p>