<p>Currently I am at community college. My grades here are spectacular. I don't feel challenged or stimulated at all. My high school grades were garbage. I did fine the first two years, but did bad the second two esp senior year. Graduated with like a 2.7. After high school I did a wonderful gap year program (AmeriCorps). I have taken the SAT, and I got a perfect reading score, an average writing score, and a math score so dismal that I'd rather forgot about it. I want to transfer, but I feel apprehensive and feel that my chances are bad. The only thing I have going for me is that I got a 800 on reading, my CC grades (2 quarters) are good, and that I'm URM (Black male). But I feel that the negative aspects like my terrible h.s gap, and my dismal math SAT score will hold me down.</p>
<p>Does anyone have any guidance? Are there any schools out there that would be interested in a candidate like me? I prefer liberal arts colleges. I don't mind if they're out in the middle of nowhere, in fact I prefer that. </p>
<p>If you stay another year at cc and complete 30 units by the time you apply, the only thing that will count towards your admission chances is college work and EC’s. </p>
<p>Is that policy for all schools? Ideally I’d like to gain entry into an elite liberal college. I feel that that the higher ranked the school is, the less forgiving they are of high school. Is that an unfounded fear? </p>
<p>Transfer applicants are not treated the same as HS applicants. The grades in your college work, your letters of reference and your statement are the most important things. Some universities won’t even ask for your HS transcripts or SAT scores. The key is to have one full-time year of college credit.</p>
<p>Now, for your dream of entering an elite liberal arts college, be careful not to put all your eggs in that basket. These schools have very low acceptance rates for freshmen and that holds true even for transfer applicants. You might be the absolute best but still not get in. The competition is tough. Make sure you have some safety options. Remember, you can get an excellent undergraduate education just about anywhere, it is mostly about how you are able to take advantage of your opportunities and how you challenge yourself.</p>
<p>I’m not too familiar with the transfer process/difficulty for LAC’s, however there are plenty of people on this website that get into Georgetown, Northwestern, even Duke with less than stellar HS records. They were able to turn it on in college. The only schools that I can think of that are less forgiving of HS right off the top of my head are the Stanfords, Ivies, of the world.</p>