<p>Is it possible to find a community college student who has transfered into Uchi? Chicago has been a dream school of mine for my time spent in college but I've heard rumors of CC students really, well, never getting in unless they had been accepted as freshman already.</p>
<p>so...My grades are all As, I'm involved in ECs with my school and outside, really involved with my work, in honors classes and blah blah more pretty good stuff. anyway, has it been done? can it be done? Uchi seems too good to be true and I've been given the perception that it is in my case.</p>
<p>Also, does visiting and doing a possible interview help? I am from Pennsylvania and plan on visiting in December. Would that affect admissions based on what others have experienced?</p>
<p>There are CC transfers every year. However, I would wager that adcoms would want to see two things:</p>
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<li><p>Basically a 4.0 from your CC, with demonstrated work outside of purely professional courses like accounting. </p></li>
<li><p>A high school transcript that would have made you competitive for admission as a first year, and a pseudo compelling case as to why you attended a CC. For instance, an ill member of your family that kept you near to home, or being a first generation college attendee and having to convince you parents that you can / deserve to go to a big name school.</p></li>
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<p>it seems my poor high school record will take chicago off of my list of transfer schools. I am a sophmore with a 4.0 and I think I would love the environment but my highschool years were not spent working towards the grades so it might just be time for me to give up on the chicago love.</p>
<p>AdamM-- please don't give up. Many students "come into their own" academically after high school. I'm sure Chicago knows this.
You sure can't get in if you don't apply!</p>
<p>Hi Adam
Just so you don't get your hopes up too much, the only transfer students that I read about on CC or on the Chicago transfer blogs who were accepted this year were students that were originally accepted to Chicago as freshman, matriculated elsewhere and then reapplied as transfers..</p>
<p>thanks, that should put my desire to rest. don't feel too bad, I'm in the final stages of making my list and and I'm at the part where the "super-reaches" are getting the axe. thanks anyway guys and gals.</p>
<p>as of yesterday it was
Reed, Vassar, WashU, NYU, Brown, Chicago, Boston U as a little bit of cushion and Pitt as a sure-bet, in-state transfer through my Community College.</p>
<p>as of today I'm thinking Brown and Chicago may get my veto. Chicago because of above reasons and Brown because I have no SATII scores, which they demand. I know NYU asks as well but I think I might be able to squeek past in that situation.</p>
<p>Interesting list. I am assuming that you would be eligible for Pitt Honors - lots of smart kids in that.</p>
<p>You might also want to look at Macalester, Hampshire and Skidmore for LAC's. Brandeis and U of Rochester might be of interest for uni's.</p>
<p>If it makes your life easier, by all means drop Brown and Chicago off your list. Just don't drop Chicago entirely (since they don't require SAT II's). If you have time and energy left after you have applied to your other schools, take a look at the essay prompts again. You never know. Menloparkmom has been following recent transfer results and can tell you not to get your hopes up; that is a useful datum to have. I have been following RD results a bit longer ... and all I can say is that none of us are batting 1000 on predictions.</p>
<p>I would plan on applying to Pitt with the hopes of going through the honors program. in addition, I do still plan on visiting UC during my trip to chicago and I will most likely speak with the admissions people and take a tour and if I have time and the extra 60 bucks or so lying around, I'm sure I'll take a stab at it. </p>
<p>Also, I've looked through so many LACs and Vassar and Reed seem to be the ones (two?) for me. I appreciate the suggestions but at this point, being as indecisive as I am, more colleges would be a no-no. thank you though and good luck to any and all UofChicagoans.</p>
<p>Adam- I'm in the same situation as you. My highschool grades were not anything special but my junior college grades are very good and I take honors classes. I live in Illinois and does anyone know if that could work in my favor? I'm guessing for Chicago it won't.</p>
<p>Hey, just a quick interjection. I was accepted as a transfer after one year spent at a Jesuit school and I did not apply to UChicago when I was in high school. I would say give it a shot anyway. If you belong here, I think there is always a chance for getting in.</p>
<p>okay i know this is a totally old thread; but i’d figure id just bump it instead of making a new one seeing as it pertains to my question…IS it possible to transfer to chicago as a CC student?</p>
<p>You were wait-listed this year, right? That almost automatically shows the admissions counselors that even if you ARE coming from a CC (if that’s what you’re planning to do), you were still somewhat competitive enough for freshman admissions. If you must go to a CC (may I ask why?), make sure to earn a 3.8+ (preferably a 4.0 since it’s a CC and the admissions committee may expect a higher GPA than if you were coming from a 4-year college), and take full advantage of the extra-curricular activities available to you. And because it’s Chicago, make sure to work hard on the essays and get glowing recommendations from two CC professors. A final note: the Chicago transfer admissions counselor is Mary Hetlage. Maybe you can contact her and ask if she can give you any stats about CC students transferring into Chicago in the past several transfer cycles? Good luck!</p>
<p>I wouldn’t bother explicitly mentioning being wait-listed. I think they ask you on the application if you’ve applied before, and so they can just look back at their records and see that you were wait-listed. In general, a wait-list or acceptance as a freshman is a good sign granted you keep up your grades in whatever other college you attend. The wait-list or freshman admittance shows the admissions counselors that you WERE in fact a competitive application to Chicago in the past. Going back to your transfer application: instead of explicitly mentioning the wait-list, what you can and probably should do, is mention that you’ve had interest in Chicago since high school (or something to that effect) in your Why Chicago essay.</p>