<p>Hello everyone. I am taking six classes at my local community college this semester.I have a 4.0 GPA. I don't have any AP classes or anything just basic classes. Say if I took the SAT and the ACT and got really good scores and had excellent letters of recommendations would any of those increase my chances of getting in? I want to major in computer science and I I am pretty good with computer programming. I know several languages. C++ Java HTML and basic hard ware programming. I practice my coding on the weekends for several hours. Do they mostly accept students on personalities or how does the process work. By the way I don't have room for any extra activities to put on a resume. Please let me know what else I can do to increase my chance of getting in. </p>
<p>all i know is that they accept at most around 50 students out of around 2000+ transfer apps (2%). so anything you can think of put it on your app that would make it better</p>
<p>Create the next Google… that should do it.</p>
<p>If that is not possible, then maybe consider just going straight to something like Dev Bootcamp, where you would get right to work coding, being mentored by a lot of people with connections to the world you would find at Stanford. The tuition is pricey, and school loans cannot be used to pay it, so it might not be a realistic option. However, it might be worth your time to apply and see whether you would be accepted into one of their cohorts - this might give you a sense of how you would be viewed were you to apply to Stanford to study computer science.</p>
<p>Here’s the link: <a href=“http://devbootcamp.com/”>Dev Bootcamps NYC: Coding Classes & Bootcamps in NYC;
<p>And as far as needing to create the next Google, that may seem to be hyperbole, but if you want inside the world at Stanford, you really will be evaluated on your potential to create world-changing technology. Aim for much more than “really good” if you want to have a chance. Best wishes.</p>
<p>typically successful transfer applicants were kids who had a number of accepts to extremely selective colleges as graduating seniors but, for some reason did not attend – or are applying from one of those peer colleges. Or is transferring in for athletic reasons. You graduated HS w/o any AP classes and w/o taking either ACT or SAT?</p>
<p>Yes I graduated high school without any AP classes or honors and I didn’t take the college tests. I didn’t even know what I wanted to major in</p>
<p>S is the exception among the highly selective privates regarding CC and NT transfers:</p>
<p><a href=“Transfer student experience offers rewards, challenges”>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2013/09/17/transfer-student-experience-offers-rewards-challenges/</a></p>
<p>However, given the extremely low transfer rate, it’s still extremely difficult.</p>
<p>well i’m going to try anyways it won’t hurt</p>
<p>You might want to consider applying to Berkeley as a transfer. Its ranked the same as Stanford (more or less) for CS and has a better transfer acceptance rate, especially for Community College transfers. </p>
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<p>Stanford often takes more than half of its incoming transfer students from community colleges.
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However, the total number of transfer students admitted to Stanford is very small.</p>
<p>Chances are better at the California public universities and USC, among California schools.</p>
<p>My second choice is USC only because I live in Apple Valley and it’s a few hours a way from home</p>
<p>USC isn’t a CA public. Apply to UCLA and UCSC.</p>
<p>I know what USC is</p>
<p>Honestly… your odds sound like 0% to me. You need some backup schools that are more realistic; you will be throwing your money away on the Stanford app. Go look at the stats of the freshman they are accepting, then come back and explain why you think you would be in any way competitive in that environment.</p>
<p>Did you really not take the SAT or ACT in high school? What was your high school GPA?</p>
<p>You can’t erase your high school statistics and career by getting good grades as a freshman in CC. Give us more of the details because right now a Stanford transfer seems impossible.</p>
<p>I graduated high school with a 4.0</p>
<p>While your 4.0 is impressive, Stanford expects grades like that in honors and AP classes. Have you taken the SAT or ACT yet, or done any practice tests? What kinds of scores are you receiving? Unless your high school didn’t offer higher level classes, or you have extremely impressive ECs, your chances at Stanford are very slim. USC is a bit better, but you need a safer school. The UCs are a great option, or a private if you can afford it, and they accept transfers (i.e. Loyola Marymount). </p>
<p>A 4.0GPA in a non-advanced, non-college prep curriculum won’t get you past the first read with Stanford admissions.</p>
<p>As a transfer applicant, the OP’s college record will be much more important than anything from high school. The OP does need to realize that Stanford accepts very few transfer applicants, even though within that small pool of admits, community college students and non-traditionals are relatively well accepted.</p>
<p>you need to take the most advanced classes in math and CS that your CC offers and get A’s. You also need to show you can handle English and Humanities (take Philosophy, for instance). All of this at the highest possible level while maintaining that 4.0. Get involved with your professors, go to office hours to get deeper into the subject matter - during lectures or while reading to prepare for class, write down questions to ask during that week’s office hours. Go every week, develop a good rapport with your professors and try to get deeper into the subject matter.</p>