<p>I am thinking of leaving my university in Canada to go to some random colleges in California or anywhere in the states to increase my chance of transferring successfully next year. What do you think? I KNOW i will do well in whatever environment but do you think that the domestic applicant has a lot more chances??
Are these colleges good? I mean, i know for a fact that UCB and UCLA has to accept applicants from these schs because of some government ********, but do prestigious schools on the East side, etc, Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and UChicago, recognize these colleges' credits?? </p>
<p>i m in the middle of deciding whether i should leave my current college in canada ( it's one of the best in canada ) to go to some colleges in the states...</p>
<p>You'd still be applying within the international applicant pool, but yes, US college experience helps imho. I can't speak for any other schools, but Colby transferred a decent amount of my community college credits, and Yale transferred all of them.</p>
<p>I don't understand. Are you talking about leaving your school in Canada which you say is one of the best in the country, to transfer to some random college in California, so that you have a better chance of transferring to a good/great college in the States? This makes no sense to me. Either I misunderstood you or that just seems like a really bad idea.</p>
<p>Ok, I am currently in the University of Waterloo, it's one of the top few within Canada, but being an international transfer applicant, i feel i have so MUCH DISADVANTAGE because of that. if you have read my previous posts, you would know my stats... Dude i m not even waitlisted.. so i am up for that if that will increase my chances... For example my average in my university is around 91% and according to the AMERICAN GPA system, i don't think I am perfect 4.0. however, I am one of the top students in my year and I am quite confident of that I am a 4.0 gpa student... this is just an example, I know grades are not everything but the compatiblity issue is seriously getting on my nerves</p>
<p>UW is def a rising star in Canadian higher education system. However, if u put it with UT, Mcgill Queen's even Western Ontario, schools with longer history . I feel that US admission officers have better ideas about the latter examples than UW. UW's math and computer science can rank one of the several best ones in the world.</p>
<p>University of Waterloo is definitely a good school, but it doesn't have the same reputation as University of Toronto, McGill, and University of British Columbia in the U.S. Unless you have some type of special talent, it's unlikely that you'll get into UCLA or Berkeley. They are still worth applying to though. You may want to look at University of Washington. It's a large, research based University that is friendlier to international students in terms of acceptance rate. It has a very good reputation internationally. University of Washington is one of the top recipients of federal research money in the U.S.</p>
<p>It's very difficult to get into UCB and UCLA from out of state (not a California resident). I have residency in New York and Florida and was thinking of applying to UCB but decided against trying after seeing the 10% OOS rate.</p>
<p>I dunno, i am getting a really bad feeling about being admitted this year.. Right now i am thinking whether i should leave University of waterloo to attend a community college in the states, hoping that they will transfer my credits over so that i can skip one year in my community college cirriculum (I already completed my first year in UW)... so i can apply as an international student within the american education system next year... do you guys recommend any community college for me to take a look at ?
Thanks for the help</p>
<p>PS i m thinking of applying to Berkeley, Harvard, Columbia, Yale, MIT and Stanford next year as a transfer applicant</p>
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PS i m thinking of applying to Berkeley, Harvard, Columbia, Yale, MIT and Stanford next year as a transfer applicant
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While it's always good to aim high, you also need to be realistic. Most of those schools accept 5-10 % of their transfer applicants, most coming from very prestigious colleges in the U.S. Look into schools that you actually have a decent chance of getting into: University of Washington, University of Wisconsin - Madison, and maybe even USC.</p>
<p>So do you think it will be more beneficial for me if I attend a community college next year so that I have a greater chance in getting into UCBerkeley??? i mean staying in canada DEFINITELY decreases my chance as an international transfer applicant, yet I am also worried about applying to schs on the east coast if I attend a C.C. Do schs such as Harvard, Columbia, Yale, recognize C.C.s?
Will i be able to transfer my first year credits here in waterloo to those C.C.s?
Please help this is huge</p>
<p>Leaving a "top university in canada" to study at a CC in the U.S for a chance of transfering into an IVY league school is pretty stupid. I'm not saying you won't get in... but I can almost be certain that you won't, even if you have steller grades. I'm not trying to put you down, but rather tell you the reality. Like you said, you're at a top university in canada... so why leave?</p>
<p>Yo waterloo is good, but there is no social life... I don't fit in at all.. it's not competitive enough.. i am kind of looking for something really challenging...</p>