<p>I'm currently going to be attending a community college in New Jersey called Essex County, with the goal of transfering to a 4 year university.</p>
<p>I always thought you have to finish community college and get your associates degree and with that and (if) you have a decent GPA, you can transfer to a 4 year university. (My high school grades were very poor).</p>
<p>My aunt and uncle whom I am living with at the moment are professors at Essex County and Pace University. They both tell me that if I get a good GPA on just the first semester of community college, I can use that to apply to 4 year universities, even without SAT. They said I need to write an essay explaining or rather lying about why my high school grades were poor and showing them that I am determined to do well by showing them my (if) decent first semester transcripts. </p>
<p>Is this true? Will 4 year universities (the main schools I want to attend are higher tier SUNY schools like Stony Brook, Binghamton, Buffalo, and Albany, or any UC school) actually consider and/or accept my application just based on ONE semester of community college if my GPA is high?</p>
<p>Would finishing my associates degree and THEN applying increase my chances, or is it the same as just applying with 1 semester. </p>
<p>Look up the Common Data Sets for each of those schools, section D. It will tell you what they use for transfer admissions. If they say Sometimes for HS record and SATs it means for students with <2 years of college credit.</p>
<p>two of my nephews transferred from ECC to Stony Brook after 1 year. I do not know how many credits were transferred.Both graduated from Stony Brook. It was about 10 years ago.</p>
<p>Take a look at the transfer admission web pages of the 4-year schools you are considering. They often prefer transfer students who have completed two years of course work and are ready to declare their majors as incoming juniors. Use their transfer equivalency pages to determine which CC courses you need to take for your intended major(s).</p>
UC schools only consider transfers with junior status. They don’t actually care how much time you have spent at a CC, just that you have enough units to qualify as a junior. So if you have enough units because of AP then you can transfer in 1 year.</p>
<p>Also keep in mind that the UC system does not give any financial aid for the OOS tuition.
Timing may be a little off here. Apps are likely due before you get your grades in January. I guess you could apply in the fall on the assumption you’ll get good grades, which they will see when you send them your mid-year update in Jan.</p>
<p>Also if I do plan to just spend 2 years in community college, I plan on transfering next semester to BMCC, a city college in manhattan, because I don’t really like the neighborhood of ECC (Newark). </p>
<p>One question is, if I do 2 years in community college, when I enter a 4 year university, if some of my credits dont transfer over, am I still considered a Junior? And my aunt/uncle tell me that universities would rather accept people after 1 year of CC because that means they will pay more tuition to their school. Is that true?</p>
<p>If I wanted to go to Stony Brook, binghamtom, buffalo, or albany. And I finished 2 years of CC and got my associates. Would they still ask for SAT’s and/or High school transcripts?</p>
<p>I’m not familiar with the SUNY system, hopefully someone who is will chime in. Of course you can visit the xfer office at your CC when school starts or even this summer if they are available. They should know the answers to your questions, they probably also have orientation sessions for prospective transfer students to explain how the process links up with area universities. </p>
<p>Since you asked about the UC system, they consider you a junior when you have 60 transferable semester units. The UC system has a lot of info online for xfers that you ought to peruse if they are on your target list. </p>
<p>Many CC students transfer before completing an associates. However, transferring after one semester isn’t really demonstrating a wide range of college work. The majority of schools are still going to require your high school records. </p>
<p>Wow, I’m blown away by your aunt and uncle advising you to LIE about your high school grades. Aren’t you even the least concerned about that? If you LIE, you eventually get caught.
I thought you were an international candidate? I guess any and all costs to get into these schools?</p>
<p>Ya they didn’t mean to make up grades lol. I had very bad grades, and they said I should write a good letter explaining why my grades were bad (i.e. mental/physical health, personal family issues, etc) and to write how I am determined to educate myself now. A good letter + a semester or two of good grades might get me in the school I want. It seems completely plausible to me. But then again, I don’t really know.</p>
<p>Would doing 2 years of CC, and just going the more traditional route of transferring better then that? Should I just do both? Send applications in after 1 semester and if I don’t get in, just finish the 2 years in CC?</p>