<p>I am a community college student currently working on my A.A. in General Studies, and I aim to apply to UVA (along with a short list of other amazing schools) in the next year or two as a transfer student once I have enough of their prerequisites covered at my current spot.</p>
<p>UVA is one of the handful of schools I would absolutely adore attending. It's something of a dream of mine to attend a college of its caliber, so any information at all on this matter would be most appreciated.</p>
<p>Basically, I'm currently living in WV, and I'm worried about applying to UVA as an out-of-state student for a couple different reasons. Firstly, I keep hearing about how public universities always tend to favor their in-state applicants over those in my position. The second thing that gives me some trepidation is the higher tuition. I'm sure I read in the college's literature somewhere that scholarships and other additional financial aid is not likely for transfers, and I don't wish to go through all this effort and possibly be accepted just to find out I can't afford to attend.</p>
<p>My questions are these: if I would transfer to a community college located in Virginia, would that help my odds of successfully transferring into UVA at all? The VCCS seems to have some sort of agreement with the university that looks incredibly enticing. If I could indeed move to VA in order to attend a school that is part of that system, what steps would I then have to take to become a resident of the state?</p>
<p>Keep in mind, this is not merely an attempt to "play the system" or a lack of confidence in my abilities as a student at all. At my current school I am an active member of Phi Theta Kappa, vice president of a multi-cultural awareness club, currently hold a GPA of 3.76, and in just this first year I have put 36 credit hours under my belt with every subject being demanding and directly related to UVA's transfer requirements for their College of Arts & Sciences. I'm no slouch. But even so, I realize my situation has put many obstacles in my way. I dropped out of high school once upon a time, so now I'm looking for any advantage I can find to help me realize the full potential I know I have within me.</p>
<p>With all of this information in mind, what would any of you suggest I do? Is it even possible to take the steps I'm considering, here?</p>
<p>If any more details are needed, I will certainly provide them. Thanks.</p>
<p>I think you will gain certain advantage just by attending VCCS since 60% of all accepted transfer students are from VCCS. It would be better if you have Virginia Residency though.
But more important things are:
whether you are attending VCCS at the time of application
Hours of credit you earned at VCCS(My sense is that Percentage of credits you earned at VCCS should be greater than 50% all your credits in order to take advantage of applying from VCCS).</p>
<p>Make a careful decision based on these various factors. Good Luck. :)</p>
<p>Thank you for the response. Do any staff from UVA frequent these forums at the moment? If so, how would I be able to direct them to my post so I can get a definitive answer?</p>
<p>You have no current conception of how competitive and difficult it is to
get acceptance into Med School. Read College Blogs of highly selective colleges
and you will find that undergrads with unbelievable records and achievements cannot
gain entrance.</p>
<p>You need to investigate further to realize and convince yourself that your chances
are realisticlly poor. There are too many Pre - Med Dreamers w/ international competitors
thrown in. You would literally need to win an Entry Raffle. </p>
<p>If I were you I would look for an alternate career - do not waste your time.</p>
<p>Many people who are interested in medical careers are going into physician assistant programs. The hours are better, the debt is less, the liability insurance is less, and you get to spend more time with patients.</p>
<p>I think being a VCCS student would improve your chances but the residency does take a year to establish (I am an instate VCCS transfer). I moved from DC to VA for exactly that reason very early in the game. But don’t give up hope! There are people who transfer here from cc s. And hey, the “dropping out of high school” thing coupled with your current success is a good story, not a bad one. My HS GPA was horrific - then I took several years away & went to cc, and now it’s all good.</p>
<p>Are you a financially independent student or a low income dependent? Check out the Acess UVa program - it is incredibly awesome.</p>
<p>Just fyi, you might want to do the Liberal Arts AA rather than General Studies b/c that seems to be preferrable, at least according to the VCCS counselor who helped get me here.</p>
<p>Beat of luck & just have some backups in case. In the meantime, kick butt!</p>
<p>PS - the out of state comm coll transfer I know got AccessUva funds as a dependent, so don’t let tuition stop you - you can do this. If not here, then somewhere comparable!</p>
<p>Thank you so much for the words of advice and encouragement! Hearing from a fellow student in a similar situation who actually succeeded at what I’m trying to do has made me very happy. Again, I cannot thank you enough.</p>
<p>If it’s alright with you, I may stay in touch from time to time during my quest. What year are you in?</p>
<p>Oh, and to answer your question, I am currently still considered a dependent.</p>