My high school performance was weak, mid 80s with a couple AP’s thrown in the mix. Decent SAT’s but not great. 570 reading, 610 Math. Did better senior year, 95 second semester, a 99.6 my last quarter of high school. Which is when I started applying myself. I go to a local Community College, I am going into my fourth semester. I have a 4.0 GPA through three semesters, I’ve also taken calc 1 and 2 at my community college to strengthen my course rigor. I am president of my schools investment club, containing 40 members. I am a Phi Theta Kappa member, I work as a marketing director for a real estate office agent, as well as a working at Banana Republic. I also ran cross country for my community college in the fall. Colleges I’m looking at: Cornell CALS AEM, Georgetown, Boston College, Northeastern, Tufts University, Columbia University, RPI, SUNY Binghamton, SUNY Buffalo, and UAlbany. I’d like to know my chances for these schools, as there isn’t a ton of transfer info. My school also has a transfer agreement with RPI and Cornel CALS. Thanks.
@Jodi867 - Going to give it to you straight. Unless you are a star cross country runner who will the run for one of those schools on your list, here are your chances:
Cornell - No chance
Georgetown - No chance
Boston College - No chance
Northeastern - No chance
Tufts University - No chance
Columbia University - No chance
RPI - High reach (and I think you would be denied)
SUNY Binghamton - match
SUNY Buffalo - match
UAlbany - match
Your SAT scores and high school class strength (a couple of APs doesn’t cut it) are just way too low for those better schools. Sorry to be harsh, but students applying to those schools have CR and Math scores that are typically above 700, and if not, very close to it (and those are the ones who barely get in).
Good luck.
^Stepay: Jodi is a transfer. High school GPA and SAT scores no longer count. The only things that matter now are college GPA, college course rigor, academic involvement on campus, and any articulation agreement Jodi’s CC might have with a university. The private universities however are insanely selective for transfers, so odds are probably 1 in 20 or so, except at Cornell if Jodi applies to CALS from a NYS CC.
For what it is worth, I heard that Georgetown is trying to increase their transfer enrollment from community colleges. I think they are considering that adding to campus “diversity” which it truly would be. I actually think you have a decent shot at most of those schools…if you can handle the app fees, go for it. You might be surprised! Good luck.
Make sure you check the transfer rates. Emory and Vanderbilt, for example, have fairly high admissions rates for transfer students compared to Duke.