<p>I wanted to apply to Berkeley to transfer from my community college</p>
<p>would I be able to also apply to the following schools from community college?</p>
<p>Havard
Yale
Stanford
MIT</p>
<p>Anyone can give me a reason why or why not and how?</p>
<p>yes you can!! but u gotta find out how to cure cancer!</p>
<p>You can, but they are increasingly difficult to get into. It should also be noted, Harvard didn't accept any transfer students this year due to NO TRANSFER HOUSING.</p>
<p>I initially intended to apply to the Ivies, but decided against it at the last minute when weighing the costs of OOS tuition in regard to the benefit an Ivy would provide in terms of UG education over that of UCB/UCLA. It appeared to me, that the added costs of an Ivy League UG education were not worth it when planning on 5 years of post-grad education.</p>
<p>Though, I would still apply; I, to an extent, regret I didn't.</p>
<p>I thought Harvard not taking in transfer for the next two years...I saw it in one of the threads here at CC..the reason was no housing for transfer students..weird.</p>
<p>Ektaylor, to go to Harvard you MUST live on campus, it's part of the "learning experience," they are currently over-capacity so wont be accepting transfer students until 2010. Where did you come up with budgetary concerns?</p>
<p>Interesting fact on Harvard.</p>
<p>By the way, I haven't looked at any recent stats, but in 2005 Stanford accepted one transfer student. ONE!!</p>
<p>I made it up.</p>
<p>Nice edit ;)</p>
<p>To the people concerning Harvard.</p>
<p>Im a high school student and I am the class of 08</p>
<p>So I go to a community college for 2 years</p>
<p>1st year - 08-09
2nd year - 09-10</p>
<p>Am I included in it?</p>
<p>Unlike the UCs community college students do not get priority to Ivie league schools (and equivalent schools) and I believe that the prestige of the school that you currently attend plays a factor in the admissions process. Considering that that all the schools you picked I believe have a transfer rate under 5% it will be amazingly difficult to get in. Keep in mind you will be competing against students from top notch universities for a spot at these institutions you selected. Although, there are stories of students whom transfer to top private schools so if you have a great application you should apply to any school you think that you have a shot at because there is a chance. Sorry for being a pessimist. But if you are a returning student to college and have a good college record I suggest you check out Columbia</a> University School of General Studies - Admissions Home.</p>
<p>AirArlen, yeah you will be eligible to transfer to Harvard, but like thedude44 said, the transfer rate is 5% at best. Even when Harvard was accepting transfers, it was only 15-20 a year. A 4.0 and great essays wont cut it. You need some unbelievable ECs.</p>
<p>I understand, My heart is set on Havard but not just yet, I want to apply after Berkeley for Business (as I see it CC-Berkeley-Harvard) I was just curious that's all, maybe even apply just for the experience.</p>
<p>Hey and another question, When you say 5% transfers that includes every other school not just CC's right? Kind of silly just making sure.</p>
<p>Yea it's nation wide, so it's probably much much lower from CC's considering a lot of the transfer applicants are already coming from prestigious schools. I'm looking to go to Harvard too, but not until graduate school. As a transfer student, I figured I'd have basically no chance at getting in. I'm transferring to UCLA this fall (fingers crossed), and looking to get around a 3.9 or higher and nailing my LSATs. As long as you graduate from a good university (UCB, UCLA, UCSD etc.) close to the top of your class, you are very capable of getting into Harvard law, Harvard business, or whatever it may be given you also do very well on the tests (LSATs etc.).</p>