<p>I just finished up my first year at a community college in Southern California as well as a summer class and so far I have a 4.0.
If I keep up the 4.0 during my next year, do I even stand a considerable shot at getting accepted to Stanford? I should also mention I have basically zero EC's, but I suppose there is still time for that.
Thanks.</p>
<p>bumpelstiltskin</p>
<p>I heard somewhere that Stanford takes more CC applicants than 4-year college transfer applicants. Granted, the successful CC applicants are those who chose the community college route for financial reasons, and not because they didn’t get into 4 year colleges.</p>
<p>Yeah my high school grades sucked, so I suppose that ruins it.</p>
<p>No, HS grades aren’t necessarily a problem. I know someone with a 1.7 HS GPA who got into Stanford as a transfer, though he did do 4 years of the Marines in between HS and community college.</p>
<p>Stanford has been taking about 20 transfer students per year lately. You need to be a standout in some way - a passion, an achievement, an out-of-the-box thinker and leader - something that makes the admin officers think, “Wow, we want THIS person at Stanford.” </p>
<p>The thing I’ve noticed about the Stanford transfer students I’ve known and met (know 1 transfer student personally very well, have met 5 others) is that they are stellar <em>people</em> – thoughtful, deep thinkers that influence those around them in profound ways through their actions. Their passion for learning and growing is evident in just their being… and I am guessing those qualities came through on their applications.</p>
<p>I’ve also read stories about transfer students who got into Stanford, and recall the students being described as different (stand outs) – a young woman who made her own harp from scratch, a male cheerleader, a successful hip-hop singer/songwriter and DJ.</p>
<p>So the three step process seems to be</p>
<p>1) get great grades in college and have solid SATs as well
2) be a passionate person about something that catches people’s attention and achieve something with it
3) make sure your essays and recommendations highlight #2</p>
<p>And then cross your finger - the transfer rate is about 1.5%</p>
<p>Just being a good student (4.0) is covering only step #1. Assume that 99% of the transfer applicants have #1 covered. It is #2 that actually what is used to decide from all I have gathered from knowing, meeting and reading about Stanford transfer students.</p>
<p>ya they look at your HS transcript and they want all that SAT bs.
also its good if you are abnormal in some way, Stanford likes that</p>