I really want to transfer after a year at a community college, but I want to know my chances of getting into a college, given my high school transcript.
I have a wide range of schools that I would apply to, but my top choices are: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, NYU, UPenn, UT Austin, Columbia, Boston College, Northwestern, USC, UNC chapel hill, Rice University, and Yale.
I’m not relying on those schools, I am also applying to: purdue university, biola university, university of utah, university of alabama, and a few more schools that are in a less competitive range. If you have the time a raw and honest response would help
High School:
weighted gpa: 3.83 (will probably be 3.86 after graduation)
unweighted gpa: 3.78
SAT: 1220
High School EC’s:
- several clubs
- internship at 15, when turned into a job for three years at a preschool
- drama for three years
- 100+ volunteer hours (volunteering since beginning of freshman year)
Awards:
- CSF honors
- Lifetime honors at my school
- 1st in county speech writing
Strengths (overall):
- good teacher recommendations
- first generation female
- first generation to take AP classes ( i didn’t know how many to take so that’s why my gpa is so low)
- hispanic (not sure how much this helps)
Community College:
- Credits (by end of summer 2020) = 35
- Intended major: Women’s studies or gender studies
- Clubs: probably will join a few women’s clubs and create my own minorities women’s club ( where we can meet can encourage others and one another to get an education).
- Work: continue to work at my job, possibly ( if time) volunteer at a women’s shelter
Hi OP. I commend you on your poise and realistic approach to this process.
What is your home state?
What are your career goals associated with your major, theoretically ? (Social work and other not for profit orgs are excellent careers but not highly paid and this can impact your economic choices for schools I.e. student loans and parental loans.
What are your family economics and situation - income level, two parent household, if not what is also the income level of the non custodial parent (this matters for some of the schools on our list)
Did you apply anywhere this year?
Do you know the difference applying as freshman vs transfer?
Would you be open to a gap year ?
Yes, being first gen and Hispanic are helpful for you. How much as a transfer vs freshman applicant is tbd.
@privatebanker
I’m from California, I want to use this major to help women in education possibly start a charity or work part-time in schools. I’m interested in nursing and plan on taking my prerequisites with this major in college and then applying to a graduate school where I can get my MSN. My families income in over 100,000, but it’s all from my father’s job, my mother does not work nor has she had a proper education. My family and I, however, live in an expensive area and are support my brother who is going to NYU. I applied to most of the schools on the list with the exemption of the Ivies and NYU, I didn’t get it to any of the others, so I want to apply again. I believe as a transfer I won’t be competing with freshman because I would have already done my freshman year at a community college. A gap year is not something on my mind, but if I don’t get in this year I might just stay another year at the community college and reapply or go to one of my less competitive schools.
Is your brother receiving any aid at NYU?
What can your family realistically pay for your education?
Have you run the Net Price Calculators at the websites of the places on your list? Is there a likelihood that they would be affordable?
Usually admission is more difficult as a transfer than as a freshman applicant, except for those places (such as the UC stystem) that specifically reserve spaces for transfer applicants. If you think that you could raise your SAT score with more thorough preparation and/or get a high ACT score, a gap year might make better sense for many of the places on your list. For example, check the requirements for the automatic merit scholarships at U of Alabama.
If you prefer to target the UC and/or CSU systems, then planning now to complete two full years at a CA community college makes good sense.
While it is possible to earn an MSN without first competing a BSN, not every MSN program offers that pathway. You should identify a few places that do so, so that you can make certain you finish your undergrad degree with any specific requirements for that type of program. If you are serious about nursing as a career but your family’s budget is overstretched because of the cost of your brother’s studies, your best option may be to begin with an ASN program at a community college that has a good track record for graduates passing the NCLEX exam and receiving their RN license, then finding an employer that will pay for your further education.