<p>I want to get into a top engineering school. But should I transfer from a CC or 4 year? If the 4 year isnt a reputable school, would it help? Im talking about 4 year universities like University of Wisconsin Greenbay or Milwaukee. Also, Milwaukee is a little better than Greenbay, so would it be wise to attend Milwaukee instead of Greenbay?</p>
<p>How much does reputation help in transferring? If the 4 year college isnt reputable, is there a point in attending a 4 year rather than a CC?</p>
<p>Also, lets say i got into one of these schools: Calstate Long Beach, PSU, UW Greenbay, UW Milwaukee. Are all these schools worth choosing over CC?</p>
<p>So you're looking at California, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania as far as states, right? Then no, don't attend one of those state universities because you'll be paying more than you need to and I know that community college applicants get priority in California for sure and it is likely the same in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, but you'd need to check those two.</p>
<p>Hold a high GPA at a CC for a year (or two, depending on your high school performance) and follow the transfer criteria (programs, specific courses) to transfer into the engineering program at either UW-Madison, Cal, UCLA, or PSU...wait, you're saying that you might get into PSU? That's a pretty badass engineering program buddy. What schools are you wanting to transfer into? The only time CC helps in the process is if you wanna go to a state school.</p>
<p>I'm not reall familiar with the Engineering programs at any of those schools. However, I would say that if you are trying to transfer to a UW school (assuming you are from Wisconsin) try to transfer to UW-Madison. They have more of a national name if you are ttrying to transfer to another college after that.</p>
<p>from my experience working with admissions at my school, here's what appears to be the trend:</p>
<p>top-25 school vs. CC - the top school with most likely win, unless there's a large GPA difference, like a 4.0 from a CC vs. a 3.3 at the elite. Also, a 3.5 from Northwestern has a solid shot while a 3.5 from a CC is on the edge. </p>
<p>everybody else vs. CC - not much of a difference. CC students generally aren't looked upon as 'lesser' of applicants.</p>
<p>no, i mean transferring from a 4 year college like PSU, UW Greenbay, Milwaukee, SUNY, etc. Rather than transferring from a CC</p>
<p>P.S. I want to transfer to top engineering universities like U Illinois Urbana Champagne, Berkeley, Michigan U, Georgia Tech, MIT, Stanford, Cal Tech</p>
<p>for the public schools that you are interested in, you should go to that state and enroll in a CC, get a good GPA, and follow their requirements to basically ensure acceptance. For private universities, you need to just do well wherever you go.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses.</p>
<p>But, for transferring into a private university, what is better?</p>
<p>Doing well in a mediocre 4 year and then transferring? Or transferring from a CC?
If I had same GPA and everything else, which would be better?</p>