Chances on Ivy League and top notch schools

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi everyone my name is Dennis. I am currently a first year community college student, going to second, majoring Economics. I got accepted to UC Irvine and Davis in high school, but now aiming for higher. I just want to know what my chances are for the top schools.</p>

<p>HS GPA: 3.88
HS involvement: Band, cross country, academic decathlon, key club, library club VP.
college GPA: 3.90
college involvement: Associated Students, Alpha Gamma Sigma, Phi Theta Kappa, Honors program, research conferences, community services.</p>

<p>SAT verbal: 410
SAT math: 680
SAT writing: 450
ACT: 24</p>

<p>I am thinking about applying for MIT, Columbia, U Penn, Stanford, Brown, Cornell, Georgetown, UC Berkeley, UCLA. I realized that my SAT is not that good, but I am going to take it again, and pretty sure I will have at least 100 points more for verbal and writing each. Please leave any comments and suggestions. Thaanks!</p>

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<p>You might get into the UCs, but getting into an Ivy League school is even harder as a transfer than it is for freshman admission… I don’t know the rates on the schools you have listed, but last year Harvard accepted ~1% of transfers.</p>

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<p>Anything less than 650 on any section of the SAT will be pretty much an automatic disqualification from MIT, Columbia, UPenn, Stanford, Brown, Cornell, and Georgetown; a 650 would be pushing it for freshman admissions, and transfer admissions to each is much harder. I don’t know what the path for community college transfers to top UCs looks like.</p>

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<p>I think OP is very uninformed about ivies and similar schools. To be brutally honest with you, with your current stats, your chances with MIT and the like are virtually nil. Sorry for conveying the bad news.</p>

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<p>I agree, your standardized tests will knock you out of contention for Ivy and similar schools. I’m not sure how it works for transfers, but look into test optional schools. [SAT/ACT</a> Optional 4-Year Universities | FairTest](<a href=“http://www.fairtest.org/university/optional]SAT/ACT”>ACT/SAT Optional List - Fairtest)</p>

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<p>Dennis, even with a score boost of 100 points each on verbal and writing you would still be too far below the threshold for competitive admissions to the schools you have suggested. Were I you, I would think of transfering to the schools which had originally accepted you, UC Irvine and Davis. MIT and Ivies are not really going to happen. Although, if you do EXCEPTIONALLY well as an undergrad, you could certainly consider such schools for graduate school.</p>