<p>Is it easier to transfer to a 4 year than when you apply as a freshmen? My GPA right now is a 2.7 and I don't i will be able to raise it up to a 3.0 in time when applying for college comes around! I'm planning to go to community college and transfer as a 2nd semester freshmen or a sophomore! Is this a good idea?</p>
<p>There are colleges that will accept you as you are. But I suspect you’re meaning colleges with more selective admissions which would unlikely accept you as an incoming freshman. The answer is mixed. If you can prove yourself at a comm college, you’ll definitely have more options – plus the cc’s transfer office can help you tailor a great list of colleges. Again, this presumes very good grades at the cc.</p>
<p>You need to be careful b/c cc can sometimes seem to be glorified HS and a good no. of your classmates won’t be focused – and likely, it’ll be their only venture into college. You’ll need to be disciplined to stay on track w/your eventual goal: transferring into the best 4year college possible.</p>
<p>A benefit is that cc is a LOT less expensive than 4-year programs. Plus, if you commute, you can save money that way too.</p>
<p>Good luck</p>
<p>Well I’m planning to transfer to some big flagship universities that have an acceptance rate of 50-70% !</p>
<p>Bump 10 char</p>
<p>Can you afford the 4 year college? If you have a 2.7 right now in HS they may want you to wait until you’ve finished two years of CC to prove you can handle the workload.</p>
<p>I see! Should I transfer as a 2nd semester freshmen or a sophomore?</p>
<p>You would probably have to apply at the end of 1st semester Sophomore year to get admitted for the fall.</p>
<p>Is it harder to transfer than to apply as a freshman?</p>
<p>Bump please!</p>
<p>It depends. Some four year colleges have articulation agreements with CCs. Look at the common data set for the school. Section C shows you the info for incoming freshmen, section D shows the info on transfers.</p>
<p>My community college has no articulation agreements and none of the credits will transfer over to the colleges I want to attend…what do I do?</p>
<p>What schools accept the comm college’s credits then? Someone must take them.</p>
<p>What do you mean by common college credits? Like general Ed courses?</p>
<p>T26E4 said comm college as in community college.</p>
<p>“My community college has no articulation agreements and none of the credits will transfer over to the colleges I want to attend…what do I do?”</p>
<p>Colleges and universities have access to national databases of course equivalency. If your classes will transfer to your own home-state public U for full credit, normally they will transfer to colleges and universities all around the country. Have you been in communication with the colleges/universities that you would like to transfer to? What, exactly, have they told you about the courses at your CC, and what, exactly, is their rationale for denying all transfer credit for those courses?</p>
<p>“none of the credits will transfer over to the colleges I want to attend”</p>
<p>What community college are we talking about?</p>
<p>Pasadena Community College to be exact!</p>
<p>Is this where you got the notion that your credits wouldn’t transfer?</p>
<p>[Pasadena</a> City College - Transfer Center - Transfer Requirements](<a href=“Which PCC Courses will Transfer? - Transfer Center - Pasadena City College”>Which PCC Courses will Transfer? - Transfer Center - Pasadena City College)</p>
<p>If so, it looks like only institutions in CA are included in the system. If you are looking at places OOS, stop by the Transfer Office and ask if the advisors can give you any specific information about the places that you are looking at because they aren’t in the online database. This isn’t unusual. Our local CC only has links for MD institutions, but the kids transfer all around the country without problems. I expect that you can transfer wherever it is you want to as well.</p>