<p>Let me clarify, can a person with low stats CC-wise in HIGH school (3.0 1800) and like a 3.8-4.0 in a CC have a chance to transfer to an ivy.</p>
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<p>No, they are not.</p>
<p>Sorry, the "university" in the end and the reputation must have confused me. What are they?</p>
<p>I dont get what you mean martini</p>
<p>Firebird, it will be tough without raising the SAT for the Ivies. Some top schools have easier transfer admission (namely Georgetown, UNC-CH, Michigan, UCs), so you have a shot at those for sure.</p>
<p>As for this sub 3.3 talk, I had a 3.35 GPA and got into Harvard, Brown, Dartmouth, and Duke. Of course I had great high school stats, great ECs, and was coming from Columbia. But it can be done.</p>
<p>From what I've heard, schools like Cornell are trying to find more transfer students from CCs.</p>
<p>Cornell is the one Ivy that is more CC friendly. Yale is too, but you need to have excelled in high school for Yale.</p>
<p>Fortunately or me, Cornell is the only ivy I am interested in with the other exception of Columbia. And it cant hurt that I am hooked in many ways and have a rising trend every year</p>
<p>The problem with many of the other ivies is that they seem to be have a never-ending supply of people like martini</p>
<p>Congrats on your accomplishments skipper. Where are you now and how do you like it? Were you a sophomore or junior transfer?</p>
<p>gomestar- it seems as though you are pretty familiar with Cornell's transfer students. Does the transfer class at Cornell have much diversity as far racial, social, and academic backgrounds?</p>
<p>Thanks! I was a sophomore transfer. I actually chose Dartmouth but I graduated in 2002. I chose it for a bunch of reasons including the fact that its so great to transfer into. You really get many special opportunities to integrate very well there, orientation is awesome, great housing, etc.</p>
<p>Firebird, why Cornell and Columbia? Those two are night and day socially.</p>
<p>well, i go to cornell, and i want columbia badly, i think that social stuff is hard to predict, as it can vary for person to person</p>
<p>one of my best friends goes to Columbia and LOVES IT. I have another friend that goes to NYU and HATES IT. Both swore that they were city kids...nothing else.</p>