<p>I have a question about community colleges. If I were to attend my local school, which would be Fullerton College, and receive a 4.0 in all of my lower division courses, would it be possible to transfer to schools like:
University of California, Berkeley
University of Michigan, Ann Harbor
University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Cornell University</p>
<p>What would my chances be at these schools, if I went into a field such as Psychology or Biology? I intend on completing a graduate degree of at least a masters, so I can go into the academic field.</p>
<p>It is absolutely possible! I got into Cornell from a community college. Granted, I got into one of the statutory colleges that (marginally) favors NY state residents, the University as a whole is considered to be the most transfer-friendly of the Ivies. </p>
<p>Really? I would like to know your statistics. I would be most likely majoring in the two majors as I’ve stated above, or maybe English, as it would be the best prep for law school. Did Cornell take into account your high school grades? Mine are so pathetic it’s unmentionable, they’d use my application as toilet paper-figuratively speaking. Also, do you know how Cornell Law School is ranked as opposed to the other ivies? I want to attend graduate school as the same school as my undergraduate, so this may be a factor. </p>
<p>TechGuy; you’d need a complete turnaround in grades and receive a 4.0, attending community college in New York State, and applying to ILR (best choice for Law school at Cornell, especially for a transfer).</p>
<p>@thetechguy35 Sorry for such a late response. I agree that ILR would be your best bet in terms of law-school prep at Cornell. My transfer gpa was roughly 3.85, while my highschool gpa sucked (around 3.0) which leads me to believe that highschool gpa wasn’t weighed heavily. </p>
<p>It depends.</p>
<p>If there is a top school in your state, as long as you keep up good grades and participate in extracurriculars, yes. I know UIUC definitely accepts transfers from community colleges. Berkeley and Cornell do too. </p>
<p>However, neither Cornell nor Berkeley can be transferred into from a community college out-of-state unfortunately. </p>
<p>@shackled, I’m in California, so we have the UC system to choose from as well as some top names like Stanford (reach for anyone), Cal Tech, and the claremont colleges (if you’ve heard of them). I know of a teacher at my school who went to our local community college, and transferred to UC Los Angeles for an English Major, but other than that I don’t have many resources. Would you be willing to list any schools that would be reasonable for me to transfer to? </p>
<p>I personally attended a community college and received a 4.0 after having a terrible (sub 3.0) high school career. Once you have junior standing, high school grades no longer matter, so yes it’s very doable to transfer to a near-top university and even a top (HYP) university, though the later would require not only a near-4.0 but also significant extracurricular involvement. I personally was admitted to UIUC, Indiana (Kelley), and Madison but not to NYU, UVA, or Cornell. I’m led to think that this is majorly a regional difference since the schools I was rejected from weren’t really significantly better than the ones I was admitted to. Michigan, California, and Illinois notably discriminate against out-of-state transfer students, which means you’re at a significant advantage if you’re transferring to an in-state school, such as Berkeley. </p>