<p>I'm a CC student.</p>
<p>Applying: for Fall '10
Standing: Junior
Credits: 42 [18 enrolled for spring semester]
GPA: 3.45
Major: Philosophy
Essays: Great
Letters of Rec: None
ECs: a few clubs at school</p>
<p>Schools interested in:
1. USC
2. UCLA
3. Notre Dame
4. UChicago
5. Cornell
6. Northwestern</p>
<p>You have a good shot at UCLA and USC… how are your high school stats because you will need very good scores/gpa to get into 3-6 on your list.</p>
<p>For UCLA, are you in-state or out of state? I know they have that 2+2 program. Also, I do not know but a 3.45 GPA is not very, very high for any of these schools. Do you have an upward grade trend? I’d apply to some other schools for safety.</p>
<p>High school records don’t matter when you transfer for Junior standing.
I’d say your best bets are 1,3, and maybe 4. Your GPA is just a little low for the other 3 but you should still give it a go and see what happens.</p>
<p>Well my high school grades are below average which is why I stayed at a community college and which is also why I’m applying for junior standing.</p>
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Out of state. Sharp upward trend; my first couple of semesters, CUM GPA of 3.2. My last summer school and fall semester… my GPA is at a 3.85 for those terms.</p>
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Really made my day reading that. Do I have a shot at those schools because of my major? I feel as if I were to apply as something impacted like business, I wouldn’t have a shot.</p>
<p>To be quite honest, am I missing something, how do you think a 3.45 GPA from Comm. College will get him into UChicago and Notre Dame. I realize you have an upward trend, but still that is not a high GPA coming from community college to get into any of these schools I feel.</p>
<p>I have a 3.56 at USC and would think that ND and UChicago would still be on the reachier side for me…</p>
<p>A 3.45, let alone from a community college, is absolutely not going to get you in the top-25 unless you have some truly outstanding EC or soft factor that we’re not aware of.</p>
<p>SAT/ACT scores? your GPA is pretty low and without good ECs and scores your chances are pretty low for 3-6</p>
<p>maybe UCLA… you need to bring those grades up</p>
<p>I don’t see UCLA because OP is OOS.</p>
<p>3-5 ain’t happening. Don’t know enough about 1-2 to make a call, but my gut says no.</p>
<p>Should I even bother applying to any of those schools? What are some solid match schools I can look into?</p>
<p>I’d say definitely take a shot at USC, but I don’t know about the other ones.</p>
<p>What kind of schools do you like, public or private? Where do you like the school to be, urban or suburb or rural area? What part of the USA? </p>
<p>I need to know what you want in your college so I can help pick some solid matches for you.</p>
<p>I really don’t mind where the school is located as long as it is prestigious. I want the degree to carry a lot of weight when I graduate. Do I have a shot at any top 40 schools?</p>
<p>The only thing is you’re transferring with a 3.45 GPA from a community college. If you were transferring from a top 50 university, you’d have better luck at most schools. However maybe there is some underlying reason that you went to CC that you want to make clear with your essay or perhaps an optional essay. I’d actually apologize, I did not mean to shoot down your dream. I was just being really hard and trying to be realistic but I forgot to take certain variables into account.</p>
<p>I believe UMiami, Emory, Tulane, Washington U, UWash-Seattle, UT-Austin. </p>
<p>May I ask where you’re community college, perhaps you live in a state like Virginia, California, or Florida where community college students have certain 2+2 programs with their state universities.</p>
<p>And before you say ANYWHERE, I really want you to strongly consider the most important things to you in college. I’ll be honest, the reason that you stated above is 1) Not a good reason to transfer. You need to transfer to a school that is the right “fit” for you. What’s the good of going to a university that you’re truly not happen at just because the name bears recognition. There really is no point at all, as soon as you realize that there are more important things in life than receiving a degree from a top university, you’ll be better off.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.</p>
<p>I don’t understand this obsession with prestige. There are plenty of state schools in CA that provide more than enough for the vast majority of students. I have a hard time believing that they don’t offer something you need from a “prestigious” institution. And yes, degrees from UC Davis or Irvine or whatever “carry a lot of weight.”</p>
<p>I live in Wisconsin. What are my chances at UW-Madison?</p>
<p>I agree with the above posters. You are setting yourself up for failure. I don’t think you will get into a top 25, but even if you did, you would most likely find yourself in over your head. Not 100% saying you will, but odds are. These students are extremely talented academically and have 2 years of knowing how to do well in these very competitive environments. I don’t mean competitive like cut-throat (although sometimes that is true also) but they just are high performers. Nothing in your record indicates you will be able to handle work at this level, and barely getting by at a top 25 school, if you do at all, is not the ticket to success. Go someplace where you can perform at a level with your peers.</p>
<p>If you get into UW Madison (some chance I think) you might be able to find a course schedule that you can do OK at.</p>