CC-->CalTech

Colleges and Universities A-Z California Institute of Technology
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<p>Does CalTech accept students from community colleges. I screwed up in HS and would up with a poor GPA. However, in between junior and senior year I was able to teach myself everything up to Calculus II and have a 4.0 GPA at my current CC and am taking the most difficult courses I can take and taking the most credits the CC allows. All straight A's.</p>

<p>My HS record is just not very good and I feel that CalTech will just chuck my file in the garbage if I send it in. I'm a very intelligent individual but besides being able to teach myself a very hard subject (Calc II all by myself), I really do not have much to back up my claims which I think is going to kill me. I plan on going to med school and I know I can go pretty much anywhere for that but I have my eyes set on CalTech and MIT. Is there no hope at all?</p>

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<p>[Caltech</a> Undergraduate Admissions: Transfer Applicants](<a href=“http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/applying/transfer]Caltech”>http://www.admissions.caltech.edu/applying/transfer)
Read it and weep</p>

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<p>I’ve heard of people from CC transferring into Caltech. I’m not sure about their backgrounds though.</p>

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<p>One of my labmates went to a CC for a year or two and then transferred in to Caltech. He’s now a fourth year grad student here, as well.</p>

<p>Dunno his story as to why he went to CC or whatnot, but I know he did really well in his undergrad classes.</p>

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<p>Very often financial reasons, I think.</p>

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<p>I’ve transferred from a CC to Caltech, so it is possible…
Let me know if you have any specific questions.</p>