<p>Out of curiosity, how hard would it be to get into MIT after enrolling in community college (like if you're really smart but you just were lazy in high school)</p>
<p>It's relatively difficult to transfer to MIT, because there are not many spaces open for transfer students each year. For example, for the last year reported by the common data set, 289 students applied for transfer and 17 were admitted. (And that's a pretty high number compared to past years, actually.)</p>
<p>In addition, high school transcripts are required of all transfer applicants, so someone who wouldn't have made it into MIT out of high school is not likely to make it into MIT as a transfer.</p>
<p>Haha, 17^2 = 289. Trust MIT's numbers to end up that way. ;)</p>
<p>Lol, one of my friend's cousins did that a couple of years ago...so I guess it's doable</p>
<p>My impression of the people who transfer from community colleges to MIT is that they went to community college because of financial hardship, not because they slacked off in high school. I knew a guy who transferred to MIT from a community college, and he graduated phi beta kappa in ChemE.</p>
<p>I'm in your shoes right now. I go to a community college as well. Don't be put off by how selective transfer admissions into MIT are. Go for it. Give it your best. As transfer students from community colleges, we don't know what's going to work and what's not. All we can do is hope that we're one of the lucky ones that get to claim a spot.</p>