<p>If I want to transfer to Cornell or MIT to study Business Administration what course should I take at a Community college which is quite tough and challenging ...</p>
<p>I have to go to a community college since I really don't think I will get into these colleges as a freshman .. as my high school GPA and SAT scores are average...</p>
<p>If I work hard and get a 3.75 - 4.00 GPA in a community college .. do I have a chance at Cornell, MIT, U Penn, Harvard, Columbia ...</p>
<p>With your SATs and your coming from the even tougher Transfer pool, your chances are for all intents and purposes, nil. Even with a 4.0GPA in community college.</p>
<p>You need to re-calibrate reasonable colleges to target. Good luck.</p>
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<p>Cold hard truth. But truth, nonetheless.
Admission for transfer applicants is rough.
Besides, you never know what kind of financial aid they choose to or not to reward you. Cornell and MIT carry pretty hefty price tags, not to mention they are impossible to get into as a CC transfer. </p>
<p>I would choose some better ‘reach’ schools.</p>
<p>Check out the flagship public college in your state. Often it will have an “articulation agreement” with the instate community colleges that will guarantee transfer admission to any kid who takes the prescribed set of courses, gets high grades, and finishes an associate’s degree. Your SAT scores, hs grades, etc. don’t matter. In schools where the articulation agreement is well-established, there are also often services to help you with the transition to the generally harder environment of the university. This is a great option both for kids who can’t afford all 4 years at the flagship U, and for those whose hs grades and test scores don’t reflect their true ability.</p>
<p>Cornell, MIT, Harvard and similar schools take virtually no transfers from anywhere.</p>
<p>I thought you’re international… You’ve been posting threads about transferring from India/CBSE scores etc.</p>
<p>You guys are definitely spot on about MIT which takes transfers in the single digits for Sloan. But Cornell AEM (i assume you would be applying here) is under the CALS at cornell and they definitely take transfer students. A large percentage of their total AEM class is composed of transfer students. Cornell Arts and Sciences is the really tough one, but CALS AEM isn’t impossible or way too hard to transfer into. In fact the CALS school itself has a lot of transfer agreements with many community colleges. Do your research and find out what classes they require and make sure you take them. And then theres all the other stuff.</p>
<p>Oh yeah and guys, I knew of a kid who transferred from a community college to Harvard, and my cousin transferred to dartmouth from a community college. It’s hard to do, but nonetheless has been done before. Realize that Harvard, MIT, Columbia, and other colleges on that really really top notch level take few transfers in general. That goes for transfer applying from other ivy leagues, privates, publics, and yes community colleges.</p>
<p>So in all honesty it doesn’t really hurt to apply, to any of these places, but the thing here is that you need to make yourself a “Harvard” or “Columbia” type student for them to accept you. The whole thing of kids at community colleges having this or that is bull.</p>