<p>If someone is trying to transfer to a top tier college or university (say a top LAC or a top 15 university), does it make a difference what college you previously attended. So for example, if someone went to Wash U and wanted to transfer to UPenn, would they have an easier time than someone trying to get in from a lesser college according to rankings and all that nonsense?</p>
<p>I doubt rankings matter that much, they differ so much depending on who's ranking. however, just to give a random example, I think someone w/a 3.8 gpa from Yale transferring to columbia would be more impressive than a 3.8 from CC. because when you apply to college as a freshman, they take into account how competitive your hs is, so wouldn't they do the same if you transfer from one college to another?</p>
<p>I don't think it matters much....I went from a small state school to Cornell. Many of my transfer friends at Cornell came from lesser known schools.</p>
<p>Ditto what stargazerlilies said. It does matter, but coming from a CC or other lesser ranked school won't break you by any means.</p>
<p>has anyone ever heard of someone transferring from a top 25 school and not getting in? Obviously this excludes like Yale, Princeton, Harvard, cuz they are impossible to get into and everything</p>
<p>of course coming from a top 25 school doesn't guarantee getting in. my friend went to johns hopkins (pretty sure that's a top 25) tried to transfer to u.chicago and failed (he now goes to nyu). grades are more important than how prestigious the college you applied from is. if you earned a 2.0 at a good school, you'll still have trouble transferring to another good school. unless of course, you're talking about transferring down, from a top 25 to a crap college.</p>
<p>well duh getting a 2.0 at a good school it makes sense why you wouldn't get in as a transfer. Let's say getting a 3.9 from a top 25 school though? I mean, presuming your not a scrub in other aspects you'd be pretty set in transferring to other top 25 schools yes?</p>
<p>I went to a community college and am now attending one of the lowest-ranked schools I got into, which is still top 25 most years. I don't think it matters anywhere as much as people think it does.</p>
<p>well it depends, i think...most people on here are right in saying that the rank of your previous college may matter less than you think</p>
<p>a 4.0 from a cc will be a stronger applicant than a 3.5 from a top 30 college, so i think</p>
<p>if you have a 3.9-4.0 from a cc or state school you can go a lot of places</p>
<p>however, if you have much lower than that, then this may not hold true</p>
<p>if two applicants are applying to a top 50 school, one with a 3.4 from a cc, one with a 3.0 from another top 50, the latter will be a stronger applicant...</p>
<p>point is, i think, that most colleges are more than willing to give people coming from lesser schools a chance to excell in their enviornment and transfer...however, if you do not excell at the lesser school, you may find yourself stuck</p>
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a 4.0 from a cc will be a stronger applicant than a 3.5 from a top 30 college, so i think
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This is far too categorical of a statement. Getting a 4.0 at community college is not considered an achievement, it's considered meeting basic expectations.</p>
<p>Is a 3.5 physics or chemistry major from a top 30 stronger than a dime-a-dozen 4.0 cc student? 99% of the time, yes.</p>
<p>you my boy dufflebag, but I like what caillebotte says, mainly cuz it puts me in a better spot haha. Also, what's important to realize Dufflebag that if applying as for Sophmore admission, undoubtably the top 30 school applicant will have better high school grades, most likely considerably so, than the CC applicant. So even if the CC applicant does have a higher GPA unless its extraordinarily so, I'm betting the top 30 person has a better chance. I'm sure for applying for admission as a junior this changes though since high school doesn't count as much then.</p>
<p>For what it's worth, the average community college GPA is a 2.6, so I'm not sure what's so "expected" about that. Also, consider the fact that most community college students at working (often full-time) at the same time they're carrying a course load, so honestly, that can be a lot more impressive.</p>
<p>i cant see any sort of disadvantage as being a CC applicant other than if you dont do well, you are pretty much done and if you are from a 4 year, if you dont do well, at least you have some sort of degree. Other than that, it is fair game for everyone.</p>
<p>for my own personal reasons i wish colleges put more weight on the strength of your school</p>
<p>i recognize we are speaking in generalities, which is fine, however...there are those "rags to riches" stories all over the place of individuals in cc's who get a 4.0 and transfer to harvard, yale, blah blah blah...however, to the best of my knowledge, there are not many tales of individuals with a 3.5 from, say, colgate making the jump to harvard and the like...</p>
<p>throwin it out there</p>
<p>I see what your saying dufflebag jesus however here are my thoughts on that.</p>
<p>I'd say generally, those stories of transferring from really good schools to a better school like Harvard, Yale, or Princeton arent told as much simply because they arent as nearly interesting as "rags to riches" from cc. those "rags to riches" stories are going to be told alot simply because of the incredible nature of them, while transferring from a good school to a better one isnt viewed as that incredible or amazing.</p>
<p>also, I think the thing is with alot of people applying to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, etc from really good schools I would imagine a very large majority of them had already applied to those schools but just got rejected and thus went to the lesser but still good nonetheless schools. I've gotten the impression, and this may be false, that once harvard, yale, princeton reject you applying for a transfer there won't do much good. They look more for those unique applicants that stand out, which those reapplying probly don't but CC people would.</p>
<p>i agree!!!!</p>
<p>sometimes it seems kind of unfair though. some would argue it's much easier to get a 4.0 gpa at CC than it is at, say, Standford. So let's say that a 4.0 CC is applying to transfer to Princeton, I wouldn't see his app as impressive as maybe a 3.7 from stanford. I would hope princeton would view it the same way, but apparently everyone gets treated the same regardless of previous college. which is kind of fair, in a way, but it makes me mad.</p>
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sometimes it seems kind of unfair though. some would argue it's much easier to get a 4.0 gpa at CC than it is at, say, Standford.
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Um, I don't think anyone wouldn't argue that.</p>
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So let's say that a 4.0 CC is applying to transfer to Princeton, I wouldn't see his app as impressive as maybe a 3.7 from stanford. I would hope princeton would view it the same way
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In Princeton's case, the cc and Stanford kid would always get treated equally. :rolleyes:</p>
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but apparently everyone gets treated the same regardless of previous college.
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Not quite.</p>
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I wouldn't see his app as impressive as maybe a 3.7 from stanford. I would hope princeton would view it the same way, but apparently everyone gets treated the same regardless of previous college.
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I agree to some extent, but i'm sure the colleges will also look at your SAT,extracurricular, and much more. Coming from stanford, im sure your SATs will be superb and your internship opportunities and connections at stanford are far greater than maybe a person from a cc. So in any case, if the cc students has many internships, great gpa, and match up as a competitive student, i dont see why he or she should not get the chance of getting into a great school like princeton. </p>
<p>But in any case, i would think the person coming stanford is in a far greater advantage of getting in, not because of the gpa but because of the other nit bits of Ec, SAT, and so forth.</p>
<p>It can matter a lot, but not in the way you might think. It is not a lot easier to transfer from Yale to H or from Penn to Brown. The best reason for transfer is having outgrown or changed interests from present school so that prospective school fits a need from that new change. Kids who just don't like the current school without a specific reason do not do as well in transferring even with great grades.</p>