Chances? CC Student

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>Hello, I'm a community college student. I'm just wondering what 4/yr colleges I should apply to. So far, I've only applied to two. As I do not have a lot of money. I may try to get a fee waiver.</p>

<p>I'm an in-state Michigan student, and I've applied to Mich. I'll probably get accepted there just because of the curriculum I'm taking at the current CC I'm in is a fair match. I've also applied to an ivy league. No one has to mention it's a reach. They either want you or don't. However, I would appreciate any comments, remarks, or anything at all about my stats.</p>

<p>STATS:</p>

<p>College GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>First Semester: (President's List)
COM 111 (SPEECH): A
GEO 121 (WORLD GEOGRAPHY): A
PLS 141 (AMER GOVERNMENT): A
PSY 161 (PSYCH): A</p>

<p>Second Semester: (Scholar List: one credit under)
BIO 133 (HUMAN BIO/W LAB): A
HST 132 (US HISTORY 2): A
MATH 130 (COLLEGE ALGEBRA): A</p>

<p>Third Semester: (President's List)
ESC 121 (PHYS GEOLOGY): A
HST 131 (US HISTORY 1): A
REL 100 (WORLD RELIGIONS): A
SOC 271 (MARRIAGE/FAMILY): A</p>

<p>Last Semester: (President's List?)
BIO 226 (MICROBIOLOGY): A?
MATH 140 (TRIGONOMETRY): A?
PHY 101 (CONCEPTS IN PHY): A?</p>

<p><em>All classes are graded on the 11-point weighted scale</em></p>

<p>HS STATS:
GPA: 2.175
Rank: 192 out of 241
ACT: ENG: 10, MATH:14, READING: 25, SCIENCE: 16, COMP: 16, ENG/WRIT: 13, WRIT SCORE: 8</p>

<p>ECS: Debate Junior and Senior year. Our team got 3rd place in state finals.
I know any ivy is pushing it, but maybe because I'm an identical twin it will help. Phi Theta Kappa. Twice Presidents List. Plus, I've shown a lot of improvement, so maybe someone from Mich is what the school I applied to is looking for. Yet if not, then $10,000 to a place like Mich every year isn't a bad alternative.</p>

<p>Working towards an Associates of Science degree.</p>

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<p>bumpbump…</p>

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<p>Whatever, it doesn’t even matter! I don’t have a chance to get into any Ivy anyway because I wasn’t groomed from diapers to be an Ivy League student. Yeah my ECs are weak. I wasn’t Vice President of this, and President and founder of that! But I could JUST LIE like probably 99% of the people saying that crap anyway! </p>

<p>It’s freaking high school! Someone PLEASE explain to me what person has <em>THAT</em> much time on their hands anyway? If no one is going to chance me, I’ll just start applying to every Ivy I can think of and say I was president of this and that because it’s not like anyone has to prove anything.</p>

<p>bump bump bump bump bump!</p>

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<p>With your weak high school grades and low class rank, any assertion of multiple high school leadership positions on an application will be suspect and the schools will probably check. If you claim these for CC, you darn well better hope that your recommenders back you up as a CC school leader!!!</p>

<p>Unfortunately there ARE people who have “THAT much time” in high school because they make that much time to be the best they can be. Those are precisely the students who get into top colleges directly from high school. Those WHO TRY!!! And don’t think college admissions officers won’t check, especially with that high school transcript. So why lie???</p>

<p>You seem to have a lot of resentment towards high school high achievers. You made different decisions in high school, so why all the bitterness?</p>

<p>The chances of transferring to an Ivy League school from a community college are, unfortunately low, unless you have had AN ABSOLUTELY stellar academic career at CC and have professors who will write recs proclaiming you one of their absolute top CC students. That is the reality. You have no ECs or leadership positions to speak of in CC, meaning you haven’t really made a mark. Your courses are also not particularly rigorous.</p>

<p>Your best bet is to transfer to a local four-year institution. Do spectacularly well there, and try for an upper-tier graduate school.</p>

<p>I am not saying “don’t apply.” Follow your dreams. But you need to be realistic. The chances of your being accepted to an Ivy League school for the rest of your undergraduate career are truly slim. That is probably why no one has responded. People just want to be kind. But you also don’t seem particularly realistic, and that is hard to contend with for posters.</p>

<p>And being an identical twin is irrelevant, really, for the purposes of Ivy League admissions.</p>

<p>Again, your best bet is to transfer to a local four-year institution. Do your absolute best. Define your career goals. If you do spectacularly well for the rest of your undergraduate career, apply to an Ivy for grad school.</p>

<p>By the way, why the obsession with an Ivy? You do not have to be groomed “from diapers” to go to an Ivy League school. But you do have to work your a–off in high school to get into one, and even with PERFECT scores and grades it is a crapshoot. You didn’t work your a-- off in high school and seem surprised that there are people who had time to do so. Well, there is your answer. Same with transferring.</p>

<p>You can, however, work your a-- off in college and make yourself an attractive grad school candidate for the Ivy school of your dreams. That would be my best advice.</p>

<p>Good luck. And calm down about this! It isn’t the end of the world if you don’t go to an Ivy now for undergrad. Work toward it for grad school, starting now.</p>

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<p>You’re right, I shouldn’t act so vain to other people who decided to take advantage of their options in high school. Really I had just gotten into an argument with someone in real life, so I was a bit upset at the time. I guess, if I’m not cut out to attend these schools, I wouldn’t want to take the place of someone just as eager as I am. Everyone works hard and not everyone will get in.</p>

<p>So, in the end, we’re all just very eager to learn. Sometimes, I just like to think I’m a little more eager in my confusion.</p>

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<p>Look, I am not saying “don’t try.” I am just urging you to be realistic. The high school grades WILL hurt you at this point for an undergrad transfer. But – and this is the GOOD news – your high school grades are irrelevant for grad school! Work hard in undergrad and set yourself up to apply to a great grad school. That can happen, if you really apply yourself now. You absolutely do NOT need to go to an Ivy for undergrad to get into a Ivy for grad school!!! </p>

<p>So, good luck and don’t give up!!!</p>