To go to CC or To not go to CC(Transfer Purposes)

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<p>I have a question for everyone:</p>

<p>In the Idea of going to school in state. What do you believe matters more to colleges,(In the terms of who gets more accepted as a transfer)?
A In state Community College transfer, 3.5 GPA and enrolled in Honors Programs. OR
A in state University transfer, 3.5 GPA, and enrolled in Honors Programs.
For the purpose of this Ill use my Ideal transfer school of UT in Austin. University of Texas generally admits 40% of transfer applicants, at which from those who applied 64% are Universities and 36% are from CC. Though it does not specify which got accepted more, CC or Universities.
Which is my question, for in state purposes, which do you believe is a better route to go for transferring into a Large state college, Community or University? </p>

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<p>Are you actually talking about Texas in particular or are you talking about colleges in general? Because I think you have to go state by state. In Calif, most transfers to UCs come from community colleges. They meet California state goals by doing so. Private colleges don’t have the same goals. Although USC, for instance, admits a good amount of CCC students.</p>

<p>If you are talking about UT, I’m surprised if they don’t list acceptance rates broken down. Dig deeper. Look at the UT-Austin forum, and the transfer forum here.</p>

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<p>I was talking bout Texas in particular, and I will go hop over to their forum and have a look. </p>

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<p>You need to check the websites (and/or the admissions offices) of both the CC that you would attend,and UT Austin to find out if any formal transfer or articulation agreements exist. If such an agreement exists, then by completing a specific series of courses with a certain GPA guarantees an automatic admission. Often that is the best route for CC students to follow.</p>

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<p>The following describes automatic transfer admission at UT Austin:
<a href=“http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/transfer/before/automatic-admission”>http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/transfer/before/automatic-admission&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>General transfer eligibility at UT Austin:
<a href=“http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/transfer/before/eligibility”>http://bealonghorn.utexas.edu/transfer/before/eligibility&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>For UT Austin, the CAP system is very good, and the “lateral” transfers from, say, UTSA, is well established (in part due to CAP). HOnors college at a 4-year college would also likely be more rigorous. However check for cost.</p>

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<p>No articulation agreements with UT accept for Austin community college, which is not where I would be going. </p>

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<p>Except*</p>

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<p>@myos,
The cap system says I would have to apply to UT in the fall or summer, which the deadlines have already passed so I couldn’t do that. </p>

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<p>UT looks most at GPA. A 4.0 from a CC means more than a 3.5 at a university. </p>