<p>absolutely go to a 4 year college. You'll likely be lonely at a CC, as social life is nearly non-existent at many of them. This may affect your academic performance because your mood may be down. Also, colleges will be far less impressed with a CC 4.0 than four year college 3.8 or even 3.6 due to the much more intense rigor of the curriculum and classes. Ivy Leagues would look extremely carefully at the rigor of courses too.</p>
<p>OP - a lot of people are saying it's impossible to get into an Ivy from CC - not true. I'm applying to Cornell (an Ivy, last time I checked) and I know Cornell has some agreements with certain community colleges near the area, that if you're in a certain major and do well, they will automatically take you. Cornell accepts a lot of transfers by ivy standards, and many are from CC's. </p>
<p>btw I'm not applying from CC I'm applying from NYU so I don't know which CC have the standing agreement with Cornell.</p>
<p>How 'bout you go to a 4 year state school, graduate with 4.0, and then go to grad school at the Ivy. If you really want to go to an Ivy league school for education, you wouldn't care if it was for undergrad or grad.</p>
<p>alright when ppl say that its impossible to transfer from a CC to an Ivy the majority of the time they don't mean its literally impossible, their intent is to state that it is very difficult and you have to have the motivation and determination to rebound and get a 4.0 for multiple semesters, sometimes years in college, and so many people come here and think that they can just magically erase their terrible high school stats and all of the sudden go to an Ivy League, 49 out of 50 times that is not going to happen, go with the 4 year school and then attempt to transfer up to a UVA, UNC, Umich school those are still great schools and you might not have the Ivy League Prestige that you want but you will still get a great education among many intelligent people</p>
<p>i think tvalentine, that you should just think about your next step, and try to get the most out of wherever you decide to go. Although ivy leagues are great, they look for people who would fit in best with their community, and what they would best offer to the community. Of course the myriad students in the ivy... (oxymoron), are career oriented have set high standards for themselves, but its their passion more than anything else that helps them excel, because the ivy leagues is just a step towards their goals. If ivy league is your dream, then you are limiting yourself to so much more. Seems like you have a lot of potential, but my advice for you is just think about the next step.</p>
<p>oh, and even if you have a 4.0 from yale or harvard and you are trying to transfer to "if so called princeton opens up trasfers," you are competing with people with greater stats, and ec's, not your typical genius, so just try to be the best person you can be, and show that through your work. If you dedicate yourself to something your love, all the dividends will payoff, even tho u dont get into an ivyleague</p>