<p>I'm a CC student sitting at a 3.25GPA. I'm also an Economics major, but currently I have been doing a lot of political work, since I'm mainly interested in government economics. So heres where the issue comes into play...</p>
<p>I'm aware my GPA is low for a transfer student, espically since I'm looking to Ivy League schools such as NY,Yale,Harvard,etc. I focus on the student government club, Which I hold the Vice President spot for the upcoming year. I've never been one to learn quickly. I troll the library and tutor sessions at the campus and eventually learn the material and score well on my test. A hard work > Talent sort of thing. Besides just student government, I've gained an amazing interest in local politics in Tampa. Besides flipping the campus a new one and organzing a whole wide campus clean up, help reorganize the weight room ( New machines incoming), On the local tampa level, I've joined Republican clubs, spoke with Tampa officials, two of which has said that when the time comes they would like to write a letter of reccommendation for me, and told me to apply to ivy league schools. I'm volunteering for the republican convention coming in Tampa. I've done many public speeches which most have went well. Also the deans of the campus offered letters as well.</p>
<p>I do not like going on huge rants so excuse me. </p>
<p>So without being academically gifted, but just really give a damn and want to apply myself. Will I be able to get into a Ivy league school?</p>
<p>BTW. Thank you to everyone who reads this and responds. Negative or Positive, you used your time for me.</p>
<p>I believe so. Your GPA is really low though, but it better to try and apply and take chances. I only know one person who got into Princeton with a 3.5 GPA but really good ECs. I say you have a decent chance. You have good ECs. :)</p>
<p>Thanks alot! </p>
<p>I’m also going to bump this :/</p>
<p>Your chances are exceptionally slim, though perhaps not impossible. The acceptance rate for transfers to the Ivys is miniscule. From a regular admissions rate of 5.9% for the Harvard class of 2016, for example, transfer acceptance rate will be no more than perhaps 1-2%. What will probably sink you is your GPA. These schools do not usually accept transfers on the basis of outstanding ECs, that is for freshman class acceptances. What they would be looking at is GPA and how well you are doing at your current undergraduate institution. If your GPA is low at Community College, this low GPA may suggest to Adcoms that you WILL NOT be an academically outstanding student at a presumably more rigorous Ivy. </p>
<p>It is not being a CC student that is the problem, at all. Outstanding CC students DO transfer to Ivys, including Harvard. However, these transfers are absolutely ACADEMICALLY OUTSTANDING students, not merely outstanding with their ECs. They transfer for academic reasons, because their level of achievement is outstripping the intellectual opportunities at their schools, not because they have great ECs. Transfers are not accepted on potential, they are accepted on demonstrated academic achievement. And, to be frank, you have OUTSTANDING EC achievements, no question. But your academic record at your CC is NOT outstanding. That is the issue. You say you “want to apply yourself.” Fantastic, but your academic record to date shows that you have applied yourself more to your ECs than to your classes. That is your stumbling block for a transfer. Certainly not impossible, but certainly unrealistic.</p>
<p>However, I REALLY think you should pose your question on the forums of the Ivys you are interested in just for second and third opinions. Try the H and Y and P forums. They will possibly concur. Because, really, transferring to an Ivy is SO MUCH harder than getting admitted as a freshman. And, if all these transfer applicants have 3.8- 4.0 on their college transcripts, WHY should you, with less than a 3.3 get in? This is where, of course, recs COULD help. Who knows? But, get some other feedback on those forums so that you have a more realistic grasp of possibilities.</p>
<p>By the way, I am NOT saying don’t try. But I am urging realism. Your stats make it unrealistic. Though, given what else you have said, perhaps not impossible.</p>
<p>RE: letters of Rec. Get recs from your professors and Deans, NOT from Tampa officials. Transfers are academic propositions. The more that professors and deans can say about your capacity to handle Ivy League-level academics, the better. The Tampa officials cannot speak to your capacity to handle a rigorous curriculum. Since the GPA is low, the more qualified academics who can speak about your capacity for the workload, the BETTER!</p>