Community College and then Harvard afterwards

Transfer Students
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<p>I am a rising sophomore who has screwed up their freshman year of high school so far.
Repertory Company: B+
Honors English: C+
Spanish 2: B
Honors World Cultures: B
Algebra 1: A+
Honors Biology: A+</p>

<p>This is my horrible transcript. However I still have dreams of attending Harvard, MIT, or CalTech. I am probably no longer in the running to compete for a place at these schools and they probably don't want to financially aid another poor kid, so that is a burden on their shoulders. These schools have the best physics departments in the world and that is why I really want to attend them. I guess I really want to become an Aerospace engineer after completing my higher education. Since I don't have the money and the grades, do you think community college is my best option? I could load up on all the math and science courses that I want to take and maybe transfer to these schools. Has anyone else on here done this? Everything from high school would be out of the question. However I don't know if any of these schools are keen on accepting transfer students.</p>

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<p>You are a sophomore, you really shouldn’t be worrying about whether or not to attend community college yet. By the time you are a senior you will most likely realize that Harvard, MIT, and CalTech aren’t the only good schools in the country and happily attend another institution.</p>

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<p>Do some homework, check the Common Data Sets for schools to see their transfer rates. For highly selective colleges, coming from a CC is even harder as you will be competing in a transfer applicant pool with many students from top publics and privates.</p>

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<p>First off, your transcript isn’t horrible. It’s fine. Stop being so hard on yourself. And you can always raise it in your last 3 years also.</p>