<p>So I was wondering...
Is it easier to transfer from a community college or from a four-year institution?
Generally speaking.</p>
<p>It depends where you want to go and what area you’re in.</p>
<p>Like if you were to go to a CC to say, Stanford University… percentages are low.
But if you were to go to a CC to a state school, it is easier.</p>
<p>Do schools favor local transfers (someone from an institution of the same state)?</p>
<p>I would recommend transferring from a community college. It will be much easier to get quality recommendations from teachers, and you’ll get better support from administration when it comes time for you to leave (people don’t always like it much when you leave their 4-year for a different 4-year school and it can be awkward getting recommendations). It will also be much cheaper to get your basics out of the way, and possibly even free if you are a quality student. You won’t regret the money you save, and you can still get quality instruction.</p>
<p>Not to mention, you can still get into a top twenty school if you take care of business in community college. Trust me :)</p>
<p>If you are staying in the same state then community colleges and the state 4 year schools often have agreements where the 4 year college has to accept you if you have achieved a associate degree at a state community college. You would have to check with your state to see if that is the case.</p>
<p>Thanks.
Ultimately I’d like to go to medical school, and I read somewhere that most don’t really like it if you take a large number of your classes at a community college.
So just as a safeguard, I was thinking that I’d first attend a UC then try to transfer to a private. (I live in California). I really don’t want to go to a UC for several reasons, but given the circumstances, I think that I’ll end up going to a UC for my 1st year of college.
So… if I want to go to medical school later on, would you recommend trying to transfer from a four-year or CCC?</p>
<p>The more selective the college you attend, the better chace you have of transferring to a top college. There are CC grads who get into ivies, but they are rare and most would have gotten in as a freshmen.</p>
<p>Systems such as CA’s where CC students can do easy transfers to UCs will typically provide the best chance at a good school.</p>
<p>For a med school hopeful, I’d avoid a CC.</p>
<p>For med school, would you suggest staying at a lower ranked institution for four years or perhaps transferring from that institution to a better school after say… a year or two?</p>
<p>Unless you’re aiming for a med school like Harvard or JHU, I don’t think it matters.</p>
<p>This post is regarding California community colleges and UC/CSU schools.</p>
<p>I’ve always heard that schools look favorably on transfer students coming from community colleges. I think that this might just be true for California community colleges and UC schools as well as CSU schools. The reasoning I’ve heard is that the community college students “have to go somewhere” so they get priority consideration above students who are already at UC and CSU schools.</p>