<p>I recently found out that for family reasons I will be needing to attend community college for a year. I am hoping to transfer to a better college the year after next but I am not sure if I have a chance. (I have extremely high SAT and ACT scores, a relatively high GPA(not 4.0 but close), and a few APs, I can also say that I truly am remarkably intelligent) (an extremely complicated family life held my academic achievement in highschool) I believe I could have been accepted as a freshman but now I'm not sure.</p>
<p>good luck with your endeavors. just maintain your grades while you attend a community college, and keep up with the extra curricular… do amazing things…</p>
<p>i kinda understand your situation. i applied to top colleges (already got accepted to Yale, waiting on others) but i might just opt out for a state school in CA. its cheaper. and it is closer to my family in case i need something… again, good luck</p>
<p>Going to a community college wont necessarily hold you back in trying to transfer. Going to a community college with the sole intent to get good grades might.</p>
<p>You need to keep in mind that top tier schools (those who accept a vanishingly small number of transfers) expect a lot more out of transfer students than freshman applicants. You’ll need to use your year constructively.</p>
<p>I imagine (and I’ve heard) that they expect more focus and direction from transfer students. They (probably) expect you to have a decent idea of what you want to do academically and in life at large. At least in the short term. They also probably expect you to have started working toward those goals.</p>
<p>If you’re interested in science, get involved in research. If you want to be a creative writer, write creatively. If you like journalism… yeah. </p>
<p>In closing, what you do likely matters more than where you go. That holds not only for transfers, but for life in general.</p>