<p>I'm just finishing up my junior year. I slacked off this year and last year and I suspect my uw gpa is around a 2.4. So I'm probably going to end up at cc for two years. I do plan on getting my act together and doing well there. (I'm still going to apply to four-year schools, I just don't think I'll get in. Also, no matter where I end up, I'm going to try and transfer to a better school after two years anyway.) I know many people who go to cc end up transferring to in-state schools, but none of the schools I want to go to (my first choice being USC, second choice NYU, and yes I realize those are both reaches) are in my state (Connecticut.) Even if I did well in cc, would it be harder for me to transfer to a good out-of-state school just because I'm, well, out-of-state?
Also, I know that after two years your hs stats are weighed less, but how much will my low hs gpa hurt me?</p>
<p>Top students from our local CC transfer all over the country, so I do know that this is possible. However, you will need to have a very high GPA, and you will need to have excellent letters of recommendation, in order to pull that off. Make an appointment with the Transfer Advisor at your CC, and find out where the top students from that CC have ended up in recent years.</p>
<p>Well, location does play a small role in admissions. For example, in California, Santa Monica College has the highest transfer rate to UCLA. I believe they send 1000+ students to UCLA every year. I’m not saying you can’t do it, but just remember you are competing against people all over the world, including people from 4 year universities. Just keep a high GPA participate in extracurricular activities, and do something that shows interest in your intended major.</p>
<p>I looked at schools in Cali because I’m from WA but I wouldn’t recommend trying to transfer to Cali because a lot of the classes you take there won’t transfer over.</p>
<p>I asked my counselor and I actually had an appt with an Admissions counselor at UCSD at one point but he told me that they have like a complete different system - even if you have completed your Associates degree you lose a lot of credits.
And pal, their out of state tuition sucks!</p>
<p>You could take a look at the private universities though.</p>
<p>And also - if it’s just the weather that draws you to Cali - def check out Arizona State!</p>
<p>I’m actually trying to stay instate right now because of tuition increases and budget cuts and because I love my state flagship (UW) but if you really don’t wanna stay in Conn. then I’d absolutely take a look at the U of Minnesota as well.
The weather kinda sucks but it’s a good school and their tuition is pretty low for out-of-state.</p>
<p>oh and btw: your low gpa won’t hurt you that much if you really do decide to start over and start taking classes at your local CC.</p>
<p>every time you start somewhere new you’ll have a new gpa - i.e. when you transfer.</p>
<p>just know that when you want to go to law school or med school your gpa does count at all schools and they take that cumulative gpa and consider that for admissions.</p>
<p>If you did end up at cc in ct, you may want to look into going to housatonic cc in bridgeport, because they have programs with NYU depending on major where you can automatically get admitted depending on your GPA. I’m not 100% on how exactly it works, but I know for sure that housatonic and NYU have a good relationship</p>
<p>But I transferred from Union County College in NJ to SUNY Stonybrook after a year, and most everything transferred over.</p>
<p>Now I don’t think I would have gotten into a UC Berkeley, but considering my poor high school record, once I established myself on a collegiate level I got in to a major university pretty easily.</p>
<p>Oh and for the record I flunked junior year pre-calculus and ended up getting a BS in Mathematics and now I am an actuary.</p>