<p>Im sorry, but I don't know what the stats are for applicants from community colleges, but my highschool counselor told me the following: Say you're at a very good community college and you're in the Honors program or the Scholars program, or you're in any other advanced standing at that school. After a year or two (depending on how many credits you've completed), you can apply to Ivies like Harvard and Yale, as well as local state colleges, and there is a chance you can get into some of the top-tier schools (Ivies, for example). Is this really true ? Assuming this community college (CC) student has excellent grades, is Harvard generous to CC students, or are those kinds of applications rare ?</p>
<p>Well, most CC students don't apply to Harvard. From an article in the Crimson: "While almost half of all undergraduates in the country are enrolled in community college, they only account for six percent of transfers to Harvard and less than one percent of the student body." Out of 75 transfers, only 5 were from CCs. </p>
<p>Interestingly enough, I know for a fact that's not the case at all top schools. Specifically, I was surprised to find that at Caltech, the transfer acceptance rate from CCs is 10% (31 total) while from other 4-year schools, it's under 7% (25 total). It's actually EASIER (although not easy by any stretch) to transfer from a CC than a 4-year school. I don't have stats for all the top schools, and I doubt many of them have actually swung in favor of 2-year schools, but clearly there is some chance at the top tier for an excellent CC student.</p>
<p>This year a guy for PCC, Pasadena Community College, got into Harvard. So you never know!</p>
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<p>Out of 75 transfers, only 5 were from CCs. </p>
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<p>If that's right, then the number has gone up a lot in recent years. There used to be 1 from a CC out of every 70 or so transfers.</p>
<p>hey xwang90, who from PCC got into harvard? the valedictorian? or student body president? cuz i'm thinking of going to PCC and then transfering</p>
<p>"Specifically, I was surprised to find that at Caltech, the transfer acceptance rate from CCs is 10% (31 total) while from other 4-year schools, it's under 7% (25 total). It's actually EASIER (although not easy by any stretch) to transfer from a CC than a 4-year school."</p>
<p>maybe it's because PCC is only 2 blocks away from Caltech, and PCC in my opinion, is a great community college :)</p>
<p>Location doesn't matter that much. You'd have to be the best of the best at a CC to get into a high-ranked school, so it's not because they're all from PCC or anything.
There was a whole discussion about this Caltech board, and the main reasons mentioned were that the admits were either highly qualified international candidates that came to US 2-year schools before jumping right a 4-year one or kids who didn't apply to the top tier the first time around ($ reasons) who may be more competitive than kids who didn't make the cut once and are trying again. Very interesting statistic though.</p>
<p>My friend at a CC in Houston was waitlisted at Harvard and accepted at Rice, Georgetown, and McCombs (not a big shocker on that last one though). I believe he had a 3.9 GPA with high SATs and he was in the honors program, as well as some great ECs. Waitlisting isn't being accepted, but that's still pretty good. And Rice and Georgetown (and McCombs) aren't that easy to get into.</p>
<p>Look at the JKC website you will find many who went from community college to to H</p>
<p>For Y:</p>