<p>lets just say hypothetically that i did extremely bad in high school (1.5 GPA first quarter freshmen year) but then brough up my GPA to a 3.20 (but had a the worst sat score in history, 1550/2400), which is obviously not good enough, so i go to a crappy community college for a year or two, got say...a 4.0 gpa, member of phi theta kappa, honors scholars, yada yada yada. Community service at hospitals, major in biochemistry. Cornell doesn't look at SAT scores for transfer students so theres no reason to retake them. What are the chances of getting into an ivy league like cornell? Or better yet Johns Hopkins for its biomedical programs or washington university in st louis? Whats the lowest GPA acceptable in cc to get into those schools? Cornell looks like it has a generous acceptance rate for transfers.</p>
<p>You are looking at Cornell for transfer and you only have the NEW SATI score??????? Why would you have waited to take the new test? If you have two years of community college now you would not have been in high school when the new SATI debuted!!?? Your state may have an articulation agreement with its top state school. I'ld focus on that so you have a guaranteed place to land. Do you want to be a doctor or do research? Or tech. work? Cornell has the appearance of a high acceptance rate for transfers because that number reflects all the legacy kids who got the "letter of transfer". as I call it. They go to another school for a year, maintain a minimum GPA, reapply and are guaranteed admission for sophmore year. I don't want to rain on your parade. There is a real movement among the Ivies and top state schools, UVA, eg., to embrace community college students. A new avenue of economic and racial/cultural diversity! :) I'ld overachieve somewhere else and focus on a top-notch med or grad school. Always apply. You'll never know unless you do and you'll always wonder, what if?</p>
<p>P.S. Prism328, By any chance did you see the web pages on Cornell's site that extended the fall 2006 transfer deadline from March 15- June 1. I saw it and another guy I know saw it. He applied in May. They lost the application, then he sent another over-night 3 weeks ago. He got an email saying that the deadline was passed. As you can see I am not a big Cornell fan. They tell him a different story everytime he calls or emails. First it's June 1, then March 15, then April 15. Sometimes they say they lost it, then they say they sent it back and now they are telling him he applied too late. Either they are liars or the admissions office does not know its you know what from a whole in the ground. Apply to Harvard. They have a great biochem dept. and everyone there knows the difference between an- well you know. Have you looked at Georgetown? They want to expand the science programs. Google Prof. Neale. Remember at the top 25-30 schools, they have an attitude that it's not how much you want us, it's how much we want you! They will waste acceptance offers on people just stacking their acceptance packets and high schools wanting bragging rights. Look, it's a crap shoot. I know someone that was not accpeted at UVA and is going to Harvard. Cornell offers "letters of transfer" to far less qualified applicants from the same high school. All you can do is try!</p>
<p>i'm not even in college yet, i said hypothetically if i did that well in college would that be good enough. I could get into many crappy four year state schools, but i got scholarships and grants to this cc, its practically free! The cc i plan on going to does have an agreement with the university of maryland, but its not the place i want to go. Its a good school, but it doesn't have as good a biomedical program as other colleges like cornell, JHU, Washington university in st louis. Plus, im bored of this town, i want to go somewhere else. </p>
<p>so the only way i can go to those schools is to transfer. The best case scenario is that by some miracle i get a 4.0 gpa. Would that be enough to get into the top schools? Are there things i should do during college so top tier schools may come into reach?</p>
<p>You cannot do this flying blind. Transfer admits are only 5-7% at the top 25-30 schools. These are not good odds. This is factual not hypothetical. So, a 4.O GPA at a comparable school is only a probably. A 4.0 at a CC without an articulation agreement is a long shot at best. You COULD get into many crappy state schools? Go for those. Financial aid is available. If you are getting a free ride at a CC you must qualify for a good deal of aid! Also biomedical reputations are often evaluated by the graduate dept. not the undergraduate program. It wll matter more what grad school you get into. Many schools are not accepting their undergrads into their grad. programs because they want to open them up to other applicants and not fill it with their own! Work in the science dept. or do research assistant work -study over hospital volunteering. They see a lot of that with all the comm. service work on the apps. Stand out! Do the best you can! And take it one step at a time. You never know where a choice will take you! :)</p>
<p>"Cornell has the appearance of a high acceptance rate for transfers because that number reflects all the legacy kids who got the "letter of transfer". as I call it."</p>
<p>Get over yourself, they don't just give GT's to legacys. I'm not a legacy and I'm out of state and I got one to ILR.</p>