From Community College to Stanford and Cornell

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello Everyone!</p>

<p>I am currently a CCC students and I will apply to all the Universities of California (Cal and UCLA are my reach schools). I'll TAG into every school except Irvine. I'm thinking of applying to some private schools, just to see what happens. So, what are my chances of getting accepted to Stanford or Cornell?</p>

<p>Currently Attending: California Community College
Major: Sociology
Units completed: 30 semester units (60 by end of Spring)
GPA: 3.5 (in my 30 units)
IGETC: Will be completed by Spring '11
EC's: Phi Theta Kappa President, YMCA literacy tutor (120+ hours), Student Government Senator, Honor's program, recipient of a campus involvement scholarship, studied abroad (France, 2007)
Employment: Worked with parents at the family mini mart in Mexico (We live by the border in the US, so we travel back and forth dailly)
Additiona Info: First generation student, No C's,D's, or W's, 19 years old</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>To be honest, I think your chances of getting into Stanford are incredibly low – so low that you probably shouldn’t bother applying. </p>

<p>At Cornell, you might have a small chance if you apply to some of the colleges with higher admission rates: ILR, CALS, and Human Ecology.</p>

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<p>Thank you for the constructive criticism. I actually thought my chances were higher at Stanford since I’m from California and will be following IGETC (and yes, I know that’s only for UC, but I read somewhere that following IGETC really helps.</p>

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<p>Stanford’s acceptance rates for transfers are absurdly low, usually around 2%.</p>

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<p>Stanford:</p>

<p>Applicants: 1,253
Admits: 25
Admit Rate: 2%</p>

<p>[Applicant</a> Profile : Stanford University](<a href=“Page Not Found : Stanford University”>Page Not Found : Stanford University)</p>

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<p>Can your chances be higher than 2%? Plus it’s not like Stanford puts priority on CCC students like the UCs do. Everybody is fending for themselves.</p>

<p>To be honest, the time you would spend in the Stanford application could be used in another application where you have a greater chance of admission than 2%.</p>

<p>Cornell: College of Arts & Sciences </p>

<p>Applicants: 1,210
Acceptances: 88
Admit Rate: 7%</p>

<p><a href=“http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000156.pdf[/url]”>http://dpb.cornell.edu/documents/1000156.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Very difficult. And I forgot to state unlike the UCs , Stanford and Cornell will require standardized scores, HS Records, EC’s & LORs. It’s been stated that those who do get in are either because they have an incredible hook/story or would have been competitive applicants their Freshman year.</p>

<p>Once again this is not to deter you from applying or tell you cannot but if possible you might want to explore some other schools who are more transfer friendly. Good luck.</p>

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<p>i second not bothering with stanford. cornell is certainly possible. what major/college were you looking at?</p>

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<p>Man even if you had a 4.0 I would say it’s unlikely for either.</p>

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<p>@ironiclyunsure Sociology</p>

<p>Would USC be a more transfer-friendly school than Stanford or Cornell?</p>

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<p>You have a much higher chance at being admitted to USC. It is still competitive, though. An easier transfer than UCLA, however.</p>

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<p>@edelynly, easier to transfer to USC than ucla???</p>

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<p>Yeah, particularly for your major. UCLA admits by major with an average admitted GPA for sociology this year at 3.75. I’m not saying that LA is a long shot because you definitely have a fair chance, but there is no guarantee. USC, on the other hand, admits by college (I think?), so their transfer requirements are not as specific as UCLA’s. USC only requires a few ‘core’ classes, including the one or two additional reqs for specific majors, whereas UCLA’s IGETC and requirements for their different majors, especially the impacted ones, are more tedious. Don’t get me wrong, they are both very, very similar in terms of transfer statistics, but I would say UCLA is the more difficult college for your situation.</p>

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<p>i would suggest looking at the development sociology major within CALS as well as the sociology major in CAS. you’ll have a better chance of getting into CALS</p>