<p>Admitted to Cornell CALS AEM as a Community College transfer student!</p>
<p>Still waiting on Columbia, Dartmouth, NYU Stern, BC Carroll.</p>
<p>Any other community college students have luck with Ivy League transfer? :)</p>
<p>I am so excited!!!</p>
<p>What was your SAT and both HS and college GPA?</p>
<p>If you don’t mind me asking, what compelled you into CC after High School as opposed to a regular four year college?</p>
<p>Sure thing… I didn’t get into where I wanted to get into (including Cornell). I am a business/mgmt. major, and I didn’t exactly apply to a plethora of great business schools.</p>
<p>I got into RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology), SUNY Binghamton, RPI (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), Univ. of Scranton, etc…</p>
<p>If I’m being completely honest, I don’t think I realized what I was doing when I applied to college the first time around. I didn’t take it nearly as seriously as I should have. </p>
<p>I had low SAT scores for places like Cornell (1250 Math & Writing) out of high school, so my confidence wasn’t at an all-time high. </p>
<p>I was offered completely free enrollment at my community college (awarded to select top 10% of graduating seniors from local high schools), so I took them up on the offer. It gave me 2 years to think about my life, to work hard in and out of school (35-40 hrs. per week at a Solar PV company), and figure out what I wanted to do.</p>
<p>I couldn’t be more happy with my decision. I am happy, I know what I want to do, I feel like I am smarter than I have ever been (no, not everyone at community colleges are dumb, contrary to popular belief), and I have grown all around as a person.</p>
<p>I retook my SAT and jumped from a 1250 (out of 1600) to a 1450. </p>
<p>I’m sure that probably didn’t hurt during the admission process :P</p>
<p>I held a 4.0 through CC, challenged myself (Calc II, Calc III, etc.), and worked A LOT of hours. It’s amazing what we humans can do if we put our minds to work!</p>
<p>Are you thinking about going to a community college?</p>
<p>@lilmelonred See above post for my SAT scores. (1250–>1450).</p>
<p>HS GPA 4.0 (5 AP courses), CC GPA 4.0 (see above post)</p>
<p>Wow impressive! You’re allowed to retake the SATs freshmen year of college and then send the new scores to them for transfer applications?</p>
<p>More of your high school stats (eg. what non-community college colleges you were accepted into, ranking, unweighted gpa, type of high school, specific classes, etc.)</p>
<p>congrats!!!</p>
<p>High School GPA: 4.0
AP Calculus AB – 5
AP English Lang. & Comp. – 4
AP English Lit. & Comp. – 4
AP Macroeconomics – 3
Class Rank: 15/330</p>
<p>SAT: 720/730/750 (R/M/W)
ACT: 31</p>
<p>Community College GPA: 4.0
I’ve taken mostly business courses (econ, acct, mktg, mgmt, etc.)
Current Classes: Calculus 3, Effective Speaking, Macroeconomic Theory, Statistics, PE</p>
<p>EC’s: Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Beta Gamma, a bunch of miscellaneous volunteering
Work Experience: 3 years at a Solar PV company (sales, marketing, contractor support, etc.)…30 hrs. per week.</p>
<p>I attended a community college because I was offered absolutely free tuition coverage, because I didn’t get into where I wanted to get into, and because I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life. I have since realized that I want to continue down the business/economics path, and have spent the past two years balancing work (30 hrs/wk) with school (full time).</p>
<p>@lilmelonred I wasn’t exactly sure. I did. I’ve never heard of a rule that says you can’t retake them. I know some schools don’t take SATs taken past high school…</p>
<p>When you send your SAT scores to schools via CollegeBoard, it will tell you what rules/regulations each school has in place. Some schools make you send all scores, some allow you to send only your best.</p>
<p>I planned on retaking the SATs regardless…I was personally curious about how much better my score might get (after three years of calculus, I could understand why my math score might go up 100 points, but I still can’t figure out how my reading score improved so drastically).</p>
<p>Best of luck to any college-bound hopefuls!</p>