<p>I know UCs prefer CCC students, but do private schools prefer private school transfers? Would a CC student have as fair a chance as any other transfer applicants from other bad@$$ privates? Any insight would help, even without "hard" evidence (althought it would be much appreciated).</p>
<p>...pretty please?</p>
<p>My personal opinion is no.. private schools do not prefer private transfers. The only reason why CCC's have priority at UC's is because that is a state system. Such as other community college programs have direct transfers to their state schools. However, for private schools, I think that the usual credentials--college GPA, SAT, Extracurriculars--matter more than where the transfer is coming from.</p>
<p>which privates? i know that most privates do take into consideration where you're transfering from.</p>
<p>for example, usc accepted me with a 3.5 but i know a couple of my friends who were rejected with the same gpa but they came from a community college.</p>
<p>because cc has a easier entry</p>
<p>I think that the type of school/particular school you transfer from is just one factor in the mix that private colleges/universities consider when evaluating your application.</p>
<p>Make your application as strong as possible in every respect: recommendations/GPA/essay. Take a strong schedule at your cc. Go for it. Good luck.</p>
<p>obviously a 3.5 from a 4 year university is better than a 3.5 from a CC.</p>
<p>You need to have an excellent GPA from a CC for consideration among other competitive applicants.</p>
<p>Thanks, all - I appreicate all of your input =)</p>
<p>Private schools do not prefer 'private school' transfers. However, they prefer 4-year Universities over CCs, 2-year colleges.</p>
<p>I disagree. Not all private schools prefer 4 year students over 2 years. Some schools actually encourage accepting very well qualified CC students. However, it's a win lose situation. CC students have excellent reasons for transferring (they've gone as far as possible at current institution) whereas 4-year students must provide a very good reason why their current school can no longer serve them. On the other hand, CC students have to prove that they are academically capable of attending a selective university, which usually means they must go far above and beyond a high GPA.</p>
<p>Some private LACs have no preference...I've emailed a couple and asked. :)</p>
<p>andrea - do tell...which ones? wesleyan hopefully.</p>
<p>Williams and Colgate...but actually, I heard something from a friend about Wesleyan not giving preference to CC students. Not sure if its true or not though..</p>
<p>Williams? Wow. So they set aside maybe 4 of their 10 spots for CC students? lol</p>
<p>Yeah I was surprised as well. I corresponded with the admissions director there, and he assured me that no preference was given to 2 year college students over 4 year ones. As to the exact percentages of each, however, he did not say. Their main focus when evaluating each transfer application is the essay and the college transcript.</p>
<p>Wesleyan's Edwin D. Etherington Scholarship program is specifically set aside for CC grads. Not sure how it affects the overall percentages.</p>