I’m looking into transferring to Dartmouth College, however, I have a very poor high school record as I was going through some rough times (Learning Disability), and have been diagnosed with several types of “dysfunctions,” along with some health issues that I needed to take care of. I would like to know how schools like the Ivy leagues frown upon poor high school grades-2.6 average (B’s and C’s across the board) if one has improved and aced every class in community college?
This would be a long shot for me, but I’ve always wanted to go here and any advice would be helpful. Should I retake the SAT? I have poor test scores, and I think that might hold me back. Also, my major is Finance/Economics and I want to end up in an MBA program here if possible.
-On a side note, my EC’s were Boy Scouts and I have my Eagle Scout. In addition, I participated in Mock Trial, and have an internship at a non profit organization.
Successful transfers from CC tend to be students who were excellent in HS and in all likelihood, would have been admitted as freshmen in a slew of very selective colleges but for different circumstances, ended up at other schools. Many people blossom later like you have in CC. However, this alone, doesn’t put you near the top of the pack of the many transfer applicants who apply to schools such as Dartmouth.
In your other posts, you mention that you’ll have completed calculus by the time you leave CC. If you start as a Junior in an economics program, you’ll be 1-2 years behind in this – not to scare you off – but many kids finish calculus in HS. Continued good luck to you on your search for your next college home.
It’s been a year from community college, and I ended up doing well enough to transfer to an out of state college and earn in-state tuition for an engineering major! Thanks.