<p>I currently attend a community college and I had first planned on transfering to an in state school but I just don't think colleges here have anything to offer me. That said, I've searched for colleges that have good programs for my major field of study(POS/History) so I've considered going to UNC-Chapel Hill, Univiersity of Virginia and University of Maryland-College Park. Mind you, I didn't choose these schools because they're ranked higly but because I really liked them, I actually didn't know the ranks until after I decided to apply. Here's what my academic record is like:</p>
<p>High School-2.5 GPA, ACT score was 23. Not very proud of that but I did win awards in Engineering and Music. No extracurriculars.</p>
<p>Took a year off to work full time</p>
<p>College-3.5 GPA, took SAT and scored 1350, Extracurricular activities: Writing for school paper, Writing for City news paper, script writing. Member of NAACP since high school and I'm active in the community. </p>
<p>What do you think are my chances of getting accepted to these schools? I'll be applying as a sophmore though. I know it's highly unlikely but I need an opinion from someone else...</p>
<p>Did you really bump after 19 minutes or am I reading it wrong?</p>
<p>It is possible for a community college student to go to even the very top schools. </p>
<p>Your HS record isn't that impressive, and the fact that you don't have any EC's at all really hurts; however, your college gpa is fairly good and 1350 is I think in good range of those schools. It's also great that you started on some focused ECs (although saying that you were a member of NAACP contradicts you not having any ECs in HS, but I don't know what NAACP is so w/e).
I don't know anything about UMaryland, but I know a little about unc and uva. Since you are applying to transfer, the laws of instate vs outofstate don't apply as much so your lucky in that sense. Uva may be a little bit of a stretch, and so is Unc, but you have a better shot at UNC. I'm still not that optimistic to be honest though. You show a lot of improvement but your HS record may be too low. good luck</p>
<p>If you were applying for junior transfer with a 3.5 I'd say your chances were very good for all 3 schools. For sophomore transfers however, most universities look at the high schools records more thoroughly, because one semester of college work is not enough to consider on its own.</p>
<p>I think that so many people in community colleges sell their abilities short. No university cares that you spent two or more years a a comm. college instead of going to a four year school straight out of high school. It is drilled into our heads that we HAVE to go away to school that first year and "experience" all their is about college your freshman year. Its a myth. As long as your transfer grades are good and you have a solid G.P.A you should have nothing to worry about. And lastly...dont let those douche bad tools who went away their first year make you feel inferior cause trust me, not everyone who went away to school their first year should be there!</p>
<p>Community college students can get into some of the best schools with good grades and good activities. You would be smart to continue there for one more year, see if you can get your grade point average up just a bit and then you might have a chance. UofMd is much harder to get into than it used to be, with GPA average 3.8. Good luck</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies, it helps alot. After reading what ckrajewski said, I might consider going back to CC for another semester of even a year because I haven't completed the core requirements for most of these schools. Really what matters to me the most is taking my major courses at one of these schools so thats probably what i'll do.</p>
<p>And NAACP is the largest civil rights organization in America with around 500,000 members. It was founded in the early 1900s and played a major role in ending segregation, racism blah blah blah u get the point.</p>
<p>I also attend a community college in NJ and I think it's a great way to complete your first two years. It is also a very smart financial move for attending college. This year I paid 1/4th the amount the kids at state college did, and when I transfer most courses will be accepted. All in all I think it is a sweet deal.</p>
<p>Look, I don't want you to think I'm trying to turn you away from your plans, I am just telling you how some of these schools think. It's mentioned right on the UNC website that they focus more on high school records for soph applicants, whereas they put more weight on college coursework for juniors.</p>
<p>i attended a community college (in-state va) and was accepted to UVA, and UMD-CP, along with several other schools.</p>
<p>My stats?</p>
<p>~1.9 High School Gpa
25 year old nontraditional</p>
<p>3 years overseas work experience
3.7 GPA - overload, 63 credits in 11 months</p>
<p>You are a lock at UMD-CP - applicants with a 3.0+ usually get in though it is slightly more competitive to get into the Robert H Smith School of Business</p>
<p>For UVA, Transfer Dean Roberts has told me applicants with a 3.4+ are competitive though it seems from a community college, an applicant needs a 3.7+ for a really good shot. But don't get me wrong, a 3.4+ has a good shot.</p>
<p>It won't hurt you to apply now to UVA because if you don't get accepted you can always try next year but I do know that as a sophmore applicant, your High School records will be carefully looked at by UVa - you'll have a much better chance as a junior applicant</p>