<p>A little update</p>
<p>AGE: ~30
HS: Dropout <1.0 GPA – math only to pre-algebra
CC GPA: 3.69 (Nevada)
EC: PTK, VP Services and some political stuff
Work: Warehouse and manufacturing jobs before, Math tutor and Math TA now
Major: Software Engineering/CS
Applied: U of the Pacific (CS), Occidental (Geology), RIT(SE)
Accepted: Pacific and RIT
Waitlisted: Occidental
Attending: RIT(SE)</p>
<p>Age: 21
HS GPA: 3.4 ish
CC GPA: 3.5 with sharp upward trend
SAT/ACT: Never took sat/act, only AP Spanish Language (5) & AP English Literature (4)
Extracurriculars: President of the Feminist club, some volunteer work.
Work experience: Family restaurant, that’s all.
Transfer standing: Junior
Intended major: History
Applied: UCR, UCD, UCSB, UCI, UCLA
Accepted: UCR, UCD, UCSB, UCI, UCLA
Rejected: none
Attending: UCLA :)</p>
<p>dear givemeliberty,</p>
<p>congrats on the acceptance to all those great VA schools - and W&M is just awesome. I have a niece who is in cc in Arizona (she has a 3.6+ GPA, don’t know about test scores) and wants to come out east (we live in DC) and transfer to a VA school. any advice on applications and the process to follow? also, are you a VA or out-of-state resident?</p>
<p>Age:21
HS GPA: 3.3
CC GPA: 3.89
SAT/ACT: 1800ish
Extracurriculars:None
Work experience:CSR, Tutor
Transfer standing: Junior
Intended major: Environmental Science (+Physics)
Accepted:UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, USC, CSULA
Rejected: CSUN
Attending: UCB</p>
<p>rajeevkswami -</p>
<p>Thanks! I would just strongly advise to maintain the highest possible GPA she can, take all of the pre-reqs she can if applicable for her major (i.e. business), and complete as many if not all of her GRE’s before transferring. Obviously, a more rigorour transcript will help as well.
One thing that I can confirm per my attendance yesterday at the transfer student orientation is that more students came from VA CC’s than anywhere else (most accepted from NOVA & TCC). I can’t recall anyone being accepted from an out-of-state CC, so that may be a bit of food for thought.
I am a VA resident.</p>
<p>Ill have to second that liberty, at Tech it seemed like most of the students for transfer orientation were from VCCS schools (according to Tech 50% of transfers are). I dont mean to discourage anybody as there were plenty of OOS transfers there as well, besides from what Ive seen that majority of students at TCC are transferring to ODU, and I imagine in NoVa and Richmond that top choice is GMU and VCU respectively. In my two years Ive met very few trying to go to UVA, WM, JMU, or Tech.</p>
<p>Off the top of my head, if I remember correctly the following is the number of students from each/some of the VA CC’s attending W&M this fall:</p>
<p>J. Sargeant Reynolds - 2
Piedmont - 2
TCC/TNCC? - 16?
NOVA - 18+</p>
<p>Also, I agree with msc261 as MOST of the students I came across while at JSR (in Richmond) planned on transferring to VCU (actually probably 8.7/10 were).</p>
<p>hey…if possible, could you guys also post what community college you got into? I live in California so the community colleges that are offered to me are Palomar, Miramar…etc…so I’m wondering if what community colleges we go to also affect which colleges we get accepted in…cause so far, I like a lot of the colleges that I saw some of you guys get accepted to…and a 4.0 GPA too… WOW!</p>
<p>Age: 19
HS GPA: 3.2
CC GPA: 3.5
SAT/ACT: 970/25
Extracurriculars: (High School) Key Club, TV, School Paper, FBLA, etc
Work experience: Anchor Blue for 8 months, and Toys R Us for 2 months
Transfer standing: Sophomore
Intended major: Communications
Accepted: Ohio State
Rejected: USC
Attending: This Winter</p>
<p>Age: 20
HS GPA: it wasn’t great… lack of maturity.
CC GPA: 2.8
SAT/ACT: not sure
Extracurriculars: (High School) sign language, interact
Work experience: daycare for 4 years
Transfer standing: junior
Intended major: Communications
Accepted: Ohio State
Rejected: only applied to OSU. Got lucky. slacked off my first year of CC. ended up bringing my grades up but even getting all As only got me to a 2.8. I got very lucky
Attending: This Winter</p>
<p>As a parent reading this, I find it incredibly encouraging!! </p>
<p>To those of you who slacked off in HS, can you say what finally got you to put it into gear? What it something in particular (eg, an event, a mentor, finding a passion, etc.), or was it maturity and/or the realization that you needed to pick it up and advocate for yourself? I see my S (a HS sophomore) possibly following this path, so I am very interested.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Thanks! </p>
<p>BfloGal,</p>
<p>I’m glad that you’re encouraged by these results, I am too! As a current community college student and upcoming applicant myself, I can say that going to community college was the best decision of my life.</p>
<p>In high school, I wasn’t the greatest student; although I certainly had a lot of potential, I simply transferred my effort/energy to other things–sports, parties, girls, etc. For the first two years, I was an average student–by CC standards–at about a 3.3-3.5 GPA; with those grades, I was sure that I could get into a mid-level UC school, which by my standards at the time, was fine. However, my junior year, I completely gave up on school entirely and focused all of my efforts on my social life; and although my social life certainly flourished, my grades suffered. Badly. In fact, during the second semester of my junior year, my GPA was at a 2.0. </p>
<p>Although I had picked it up my senior year, I knew that my “dreams” of going to a respectable UC were over, and I decided to end up enrolling at a community college–and like I said, it was the best decision of my life. I actually took my academics seriously, and to this point, I currently have a 4.0 GPA and am applying to USC, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Bowdoin College–all schools I could never even dream about coming out of high school!</p>
<p>You asked what finally made us put it into gear, and take things seriously. Well, for me, it was this single question: If I don’t take things seriously now, when am I ever? </p>
<p>Of course, everyone has a different story, but I thought I’d share my two cents with you. Going to community college is an excellent choice, especially for those students that could use a second chance. I know I did, and I’m glad I took it.</p>
<p>Thanks MartinSMC! Your HS GPA is much higher than I suspect my S’s will be (I’m guessing a 2.8 or so), so I am hoping that he will at some point (soon) start picking it up. Are you working while in school?</p>
<p>Best of luck to you! I hope you get accepted to all of them so that you will have the enviable dilemma of having to choose which one to attend!</p>
<p>Don’t worry about your son’s GPA right now; however I think the important thing for him to be able to do is to write well as well as understand the concepts of higher-level math. If he can do those things, he’ll be fine in community college. </p>
<p>Also, for the first couple of months in CC, I wasn’t working; however, I’ve been interning at a talent management company since June and I’m loving it. It certainly is harder to balance out the workload, but it certainly is doable. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>This makes me really happy because I’m transferring from a Uni to a CC near me and am hoping to get into a good college after.</p>
<p>As a current community college student, this thread gives me a lot of hope! Congrats everyone.</p>
<p>Age: 27 now (25 when I graduated CC)
HS GPA: G.E.D. @ 17
CC GPA: 3.79
SAT/ACT: 29
Extracurriculars: PTK, Literary Magazine
Work experience: I had a lot of work experience but none was related to my field so I put it on my application mostly to explain what I had been doing after HS.
Transfer standing: Sophomore + (49 credits due to some credits that didn’t transfer, Junior = 60 credits)
Intended major: Communication
Accepted: UMiami, UCF, FIU
Rejected: none
Attending: UMiami</p>
<p>I didn’t apply anywhere out of state but now I wish I had, even if just to know where I could have ended up.</p>
<p>Age: 28
HS GPA: great until I got a car, around a 3.0 when I finally graduated - thankfully it was 10 years ago
CC GPA: 3.57, Honors program
SAT/ACT: N/A
Extracurriculars: PTK, Young Dems
Work experience: Have worked full time for the past 10 years while attending school part time
Transfer standing: Junior (I think, have to see how some courses transfer from CA), 67 hours
Intended major: BS Psychology, Pre-med
Accepted: The University of Texas at Austin
Rejected: None
Attending: UT Austin</p>
<p>Age: 20
HS GPA: 3.7
CC GPA: 3.96
SAT/ACT: 1950
Extracurriculars: Student Trustee, Student Government, Debate Team, Business Honors Society
Work experience: Small Business
Transfer standing: Junior
Intended major: Management (Business)
Accepted: Drexel, NYU Stern
Rejected: MIT, UPENN Wharton
Attending: NYU Stern</p>
<p>For more resources on transferring check out the following links, I think you will like them:</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.nuovoordoseclorum.com-Transferring%5B/url%5D”>http://www.nuovoordoseclorum.com-Transferring</a> From Community College Made Easy: 3 Word Truth To Attending Community College And Transferring</p>
<p><a href=“http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-Attend-and-Transfer-From-Community-Colleges-Wake-Up-Call-For-Ivy-Leaguers[/url]”>http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-Attend-and-Transfer-From-Community-Colleges-Wake-Up-Call-For-Ivy-Leaguers</a></p>
<p>[Community</a> College Transfer Students Are Top Quality](<a href=“http://hubpages.com/hub/Community-College-Transfer-Students-Are-Top-Quality]Community”>http://hubpages.com/hub/Community-College-Transfer-Students-Are-Top-Quality)</p>
<p>Age: 22
HS GPA: 3.5
CC GPA: 4.0
SAT: 1410/1600</p>
<p>Extracurriculars: I didn’t go to college after high school to found a non profit organization that trains the homeless in basic job functions and sets them up with basic employment. I worked on it for 3 years in downtown Los Angeles before deciding to pursue an education. Besides that, debate team captain in high school, blah blah lots of peppered in stuff that ultimately probably didn’t matter. </p>
<p>Work experience: Founder of a non-profit organization. Various community organizing, mentorship and nonprofit events around Los Angeles. Also, various campaign work in California in 2008 and 2010. </p>
<p>Transfer standing: Junior</p>
<p>Intended major: Double Major - Philosophy (Ethics, Law and Value Theory) and Physics</p>
<p>Accepted: NYU, Northwestern, all of the UCs including Berkeley and LA, USC, Cornell and waitlisted at Stanford (I chose USC before hearing their final decision so I don’t know if I would have gotten in or not)</p>
<p>Rejected: None</p>
<p>Attending: Proud USC Trojan</p>