<p>Hello everyone out there, thanks to those of you who are Reading this, and even more to those who will answer. I am an international student looking forward to apply to US engineering schools. However, having in mind that my SATs are terrible, 550CR 570M 540CR, and that my gpa is 3.3 and that I have already graduated last December, I have considered starting at Community colleges that have articulation agreements with good engineering programs. For example, Va Tech has articulation agreements with several community colleges of Virginia. Also, enrolling to programs that have a guaranteed admission policy to good engineering schools is another aspect I am considering. What is another way to enter great universities with good engineering programs by the backdoor? Please feel free to comment and give as much advice as you wish, I will appreciate them all.
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<p>Your actual question?</p>
<p>Basically, many public universities and a few private universities accept junior transfers who have done well in community college courses that approximate their own frosh/soph courses.</p>
<p>Specific course listings can be found at [Welcome</a> to ASSIST<a href=“California%20CCs%20to%20California%20public%20universities”>/url</a>, <a href=“http://www.transfer.org%5B/url%5D”>http://www.transfer.org](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org)</a> (various CCs to various universities), and the university web sites under “transfer credit”. In some states (e.g. Florida), there is a common course numbering system at the public universities and CCs to make it more obvious which CC course is equivalent to which course at the public university.</p>
<p>At this point that is probably your only way. You can also just do gen. Ed. Courses at a cc then transfer to a university.</p>
<p>You still have time. Take October’s SAT, raise that math score to 620 and apply to Iowa State. You would pay there yearly $10k more than at community college as an international student but it is acually a good engineering school and research institution with higher level of instructing and better opportunities than community college. The amount of money spent on 2 years at community college + 2 years at VT is equal to amount of money spent on 4 years at ISU so it is a good deal.</p>