<p>I emailed a college admissions consultant for a quick question.
I said: "I didn't do too well in highschool. My GPA was around 2.5
Now in my community college I have completed 35 credits and my GPA is 3.66
Would I have any remote chance at transfering to stanford or would the big gap
between my highschool gpa and college gpa cripple me?"</p>
<p>She responded with:
"They look 80% at your high school performance and dont count community college that much, so Id say you have close to no chance at Stanford"</p>
<p>So for all of you guys in the same situation as me.... well good luck.</p>
<p>I know it is hard but her honesty saved you $90.00 right off. It also saved your time and energy devoted to false hope. Now you can redirect your resources to more feasible goals.
Good Luck to you and keep up the high GPA!</p>
<p>Ya, that’s true.
Does anyone know why stanford does this?
You would think they want to see your present self and your improvements
and not indulge in the past. It’s almost like like saying
that stanford only checks 7th and 8th grade gpa and not your highschool gpa.
system is flawed in my opinion</p>
<p>Its too bad that there are no second chances here, but I suppose it would be very unfair to all the kids who did it right the first time and for 4-5 years in highschool were diligent, and hardwdworking students. </p>
<p>(I said 4-5 years of highschool for kids like my S who start more than half of their highschool course work in 8th)</p>
<p>UPDATE: So this time I emailed an actual admissions person from Stanford and asked the same question and got this response:
“We will focus on your community college work but would want a full two years. We do look at high school record but with less emphasis. Just understand the admit rate is around five percent so you should have multiple options for transferring. It is hard to get in!”</p>
<p>This is trait from the horse’s mouth… So maybe there is hope</p>
<p>Yes it is difficult but it’s Stanford! You should apply to other schools like NYU or Boston U, University of Miami etc… which may not be as difficult to get into. I wouldn’t expect anything different from the top 5 university in the country. If you really want to get out of CC, your best bet is a less highly ranked school than Stanford. Don’t forget, there is always graduate school for Stanford!</p>
<p>I don’t want to settle for less just because it’s easier to get into. Yes I am planning to apply to other colleges besides Stanford. But Stanford is my top pick because it’s top notch and I can handle it. I know i can. </p>
<p>The reason I went from a 2.5 to a 3.66 is determination. Determination to do well and go places in life. I guess you could say I had an epiphany. And yes i know 3.66 isn’t amazing, but it should go up after the upcoming spring semester. The 3.66 came from 3 B’s. The rest are A’s.</p>
<p>It’s not settling these are still top universities in the country. I understand what you mean by it being your top choice but I was just trying to be realistic at universities you might actually have a shot of getting into instead of having no chance.
I think it’s great that you became determined. I think after a certain amount of credits, transferring for your Junior year, most colleges don’t require your high school statistics anymore. I would research Stanford to see if this is true for them.</p>
<p>Stanford is more generous with CC admits than most top colleges. A few years back now, I saw the stats and about half its transfer students were from CCs. </p>
<p>I know of someone who had a terrible gpa in high school. He went into the service. Spent 4-5 years in the military. Got out and went to CC. He had straight As and got into Stanford. Now, he did have a higher CC gpa AND military service, but I believe his high school gpa was worse than yours. </p>
<p>I do think that barring some special circumstances, a 3.6 is too low to transfer to Stanford. So, check out some other schools too. But there’s no reason not to try…</p>
<p>Stanford requires high school transcripts AND a high school (secondary school) report. You should get that request to your high school counselor stat. Also, look for the Stanford admissions PDF and mailing labels. There are useful instructions on both. You may also want to consider transferring next year, 35 units is not very many, and probably not adequate major preparation. However, private schools can do whatever they want, so that may work out in your favor.</p>
<p>Yeah I was planning on transfering next year after I complete my IGETC (as my back up).
And yes I know that a 3.6 is too low for stanford but that’s my gpa of 3 semesters completed. I have this upcoming spring semester, summer classes, next fall, and next spring left and If i keep up the good grades it will surely raise my gpa.</p>
<p>And jonri, I wouldn’t say that stanford is more generous with CC students than other colleges because stanford admits around 20 transfer students a year out of 3000 applicants.</p>
<p>HeartyBowl, it’s true that Stanford only admits a tiny number of transfer applicants, but it’s also the case that a significant proportion of those admitted were from cc’s. But the thing is, the admitted applicants almost always have special circumstances, such as the military service mentioned above, or other unusual/challenging aspects of their high school situation that puts their sub-par record in perspective. Students who just didn’t get it together in high school, but then later do better in cc, don’t tend to be admitted here. Sorry.</p>
<p>Don’t forget that with most CC’s in California, the UC’s have a Transfer Admission Guarantee (TAG) system worked out, where if you have a high enough GPA at your CC, and you can maintain it, they’ll guarantee your admission. These TAG’s do not exist at Cal or UCLA, but they do exist at other UC’s like UC Davis. TAG applications are filled out during a short window of time during the fall semester, so talk with an academic advisor at your CC about this and pay close attention to dates and deadlines.</p>
<p>Also, the transfer requirements vary by major. Some majors require IGETC to be completed as well as a few lower-division courses, while science and engineering majors generally do not require IGETC, but require a significant number of lower-division math and science courses to be completed before they will consider you.</p>