I am currently a high school senior about to graduate. I left my traditional high school my sophomore year and enrolled in a program called Middle College which allowed me to take community college classes for high school credit. Upon graduation, I should have around 30 credits of college coursework. However, I didn’t do too well in high school. I have around a 3.5/3.6 GPA and scored a 1920 on my SAT. In my college classes, I got a majority of A’s and B’s however I got a D in Trigonometry but retook it and got a B. My current college GPA is a 3.69 and I am projected to get a 4.0 this semester in my college classes. I plan on spending an additional year at the local community college after graduation and my goal is to transfer to Cornell and major in Nutritional Sciences. I will be taking chemistry, biology, stats/calc and english next year at the college level. I also may join the college swim team. I guess I’m just wondering how good of a chance I stand to get in. I know that Cornell wants to see that you’re a good fit. I want to go to Cornell because they have done leading studies and research in plant based nutrition which is specifically what I’m interested in. Viewing threads, it seems like most transfers come from other 4 year institutions, so I’m just wondering the chance I stand with my grades and situation. I struggled in high school but picked things up and am doing a lot better.
Hey @mangobby, I think community college is a great option to get your GPA up and also work on extra curricular activities. In my experience, I have never had so much access to connect with professors and take leadership roles on! The only downside is that the academics are not as challenging and you aren’t in an intensive environment where a large majority of people are constantly studying in the library… the environment that exists at Cornell. However, if you can push yourself to keep yourself at that level of rigor throughout your time at CC, you’ll probably end up doing better at Cornell than some students who went right in after hs.
It is also a great way to save money, gain work experience, and do some independent studies.
I thought I was going to hate community college and although it is not everything I want in a university, I do not regret my decision and after transferring, you’ll hear from everyone how wise you are for going there first 