<p>Okay..due to financial reasons, I had to attend a local community college for my freshman year (this year). I plan to take general education requirements, such as math, english, biology, chemistry, ect. and attempt to transfer into a university for sophomore year. I had a pretty bad HS record, with a 3.4 GPA and only 2 honors courses. My ACT was a 29, and my SAT an 1850.
So...if I am able to maintain a 3.7 - 4.0 in community college, will I be able to transfer to a school that will give me enough financial aid to attend? I know schools that are the most generous are also the hardest to get into, but here's some of what I'm looking at:</p>
<p>University of Virginia (OOS)
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (OOS)
Syracuse</p>
<p>Small list right now...but I am still searching. Also...will I be prepared from a community college to take courses at better ranked universities? And...if I didn't meet the school's freshman requirements, can I still transfer? (For Example, UNC Requires 4 math HS credits, and I only had 3)</p>
<p>Thanks so much, and if you know of any transfer friendly, financially generous schools, feel free to list them!</p>
<p>Wow, you are indeed going to a CC, I thought your local CC was too far away, didn't have course offerings, or whatever. </p>
<p>Anyways, to get into UNC, make sure you have about a 3.4, which is the average GPA of accepted applicants. I would suggest making sure you get a 3.5+ and PTK, so you are open to all those scholarships. Syracuse is NOT known for good aid, they tend to gap. </p>
<p>What other criteria are you looking for other than financial aid? Are you not interested in LACs? Do you want a school with sports (I see Virginia, UNC, and Syracuse, and you were going to attend UConn, all of which are big sports schools)? Is location a concern? Is there a certain major that you want?</p>
<p>Thanks A2, it was actually the advice from you and everyone else in that other thread that made me look harder for community colleges. Turns out, there is a really small nearby "Community and Technical College" That I knew absolutly nothing about! lol. Worked out great though. But..you think a 3.4 or above would really get me in..cause even though that is their average transfer GPA, I had a pretty bad HS record, and that probably includes articulation agreements, which I know UNC has a lot of. It might be different from an oos community college.</p>
<p>Also, my criteria is that it's fairly large (I just don't like small schools) and has great financial aid. Also, I really don't like LACs, as I love science and math, but hate history and humanities. And...I want to major in Microbiology, but I would settle for regular biology is that's all that's offered. Oh..and I don't like the midwest. West Coast or East Coast basically.</p>
<p>You did not have a bad high school record, don't think it's bad because it's lower than those here on CC who are telling you it's low because they all have 1400+ SATs and looking at Ivy League schools. A 3.5 HS GPA is still very good.</p>
<p>It may be a bit higher, but if you look at the UNC forum and the transfer threads, you'll see kids getting in from OOS schools with 3.5 GPAs. Getting the PTK will open up a lot of opportunities for scholarships at schools. I know that Maryland gives about 5K/year in scholarships for PTK students.</p>
<p>If you're looking for aid, there are many schools that are difficult to get into, but will fill 100% of need. Here's a few that aren't impossible to get into as a transfer:</p>
<p>See if you can find some of brand_182's old threads. He had great results from a Texas cc and I think his story may have some good parallels for you.</p>
<p>soccer-guy, In the case of brand, he happens to have a sticky thread right here on the transfer forum. So go to that sticky thread (or featured thread) and click on his user name.</p>
<p>That will take you to his public profile where you can click on "see all posts by xxx" or "see all threads started by xxx." There are other ways, but that will work.</p>
<p>I think the Cornell stats involve some articulation-type agreements, but you can wait for somebody who's more certain.</p>
<p>Also..Cornell probably does, but the reason I say that about UNC is because I used to live in Chapel Hill and I remember people saying like 15 community colleges had articulation agreements with UNC...if the 41.2% includes those...then it's probably more like 10% without them...</p>
<p>As a community college teacher I can tell you it's usually easier after two years, especially if you've earned the AA degree. There are some schools that have scholarships for CC transfers, NYU does I know. If not, the need based scholarships would be slighly more difficult to get, but not impossible. Do your own research on websites of schools you are interested in and call the financial aid office. Students of mine have transferred to BU, NYU, Wellesley, UC Berkeley, just to name a few.</p>
<p>This school only offer's associates degrees in business and stuff...and honestly, there aren't enough courses for me to go for 2 years considering I am majoring in biology. They don't offer Organic Chemistry, though they do have Ecology, Anatomy, Micrbiology, I just don't think I could fill 2 years worth here..</p>