<p>Hi, I'm going to be a senior in the fall and I have been taking classes at a local community college since junior year. In Spring 2014 I will graduate with my High School Diploma and Associate's Degree. On the Admissions part of Stanford's website, it says that they'll take a maximum of 1 year, but by the time I graduate, I'll have 2 1/2 years. Its impossible for me to apply as a transfer because I'm still in high school.
I talked to some people and I heard that ""if you transfer a two year equivalent you'll be missing out on two years of a real college education."
I think full-time community college is "real college education."
Anyways, if anyone knows the real answer I would love to read it.</p>
<p>What’s your question?</p>
<p>You should apply as a fr. S will accept up to 45 qt units beyond courses that are required to fulfill requirements to graduate from HS (pg. 3, Q&A):</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/pdf/counselor_newsletter/cn_fall10.pdf[/url]”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/uga/pdf/counselor_newsletter/cn_fall10.pdf</a></p>
<p>Is there anything else you want to know?</p>
<p>When I entered Stanford as a freshman, I had about a year of transfer credit, mostly from SUNYA and RPI. In course sequences at Stanford, I usually did not repeat the classes I took I took at SUNY and RPI and instead started later on in the course sequence during my freshman year. This often did not work smoothly because the Stanford classes generally were more rigorous, sometimes including different material. I was at a disadvantage to students who had taken the required prerequisites at Stanford instead of at SUNYA. Even if you could transfer more than 1 year, there are advantages to repeating portions of the prerequisite classes.</p>
<p>You are not allowed to apply as a transfer student based on the link entomom posted.</p>
<p>I would also wonder about this statement whether you get any credit at all.</p>
<p>Q: Are college courses that fulfill high school requirements
transferable for credit?
A: No. These courses are already counted as part of the high
school degree. Additional college coursework will be evaluated
prior to a student’s matriculation.</p>
<p>^^agree with texaspg. I definitely would not recommend applying as a transfer student with those community college credits as a high school student even if you “could” since the acceptance rate for transfer students is less than 2%…it’s hard enough to get in as a regular high school senior applicant at 5.69% acceptance rate…</p>
<p>…and, remember, so many of the top students in the country take advanced college level courses at their local community colleges or major universities to “complement” their education not necessarily to get “credit” for them…so, it is not so unique…</p>
<p>I know about applying as a freshman. I have taken many classes that go beyond my high school requirements. Thanks for the brochure, it really helped.
I guess I would need to talk to an admissions counselor to determine which courses go past the requirements.</p>
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If you genuinely believe that then why go to Stanford at all? Any classes you’ve taken at a community college may be nice background but most likely only scratch the surface of comparable classes at a major university like Stanford.</p>
<p>Also, half the point of a “real college education” is to be in a college environment surrounded by your peers.</p>
<p>I don’t know what with all the attitudes on here, but I all asked is why Stanford won’t allow some college credits.
I am surrounded by many my peers in the classes I take even though I don’t live on campus I’m still in a collegiate environment with clubs and sports. I’m just a high school kid who wants to go to her dream school: Stanford.</p>
<p>“If you genuinely believe that then why go to Stanford at all?” <<< Really? People make it seem like community college is nothing. Many professors at my college have doctorates and have been teaching for more than 20 years.
I know how “great” Stanford is. Trust me.</p>