Transfer roadmap?

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And another word of advice don’t listen to the community college counselors. I don’t know about your CC but at mine they’re just “there”. I went to register for classes and they tried putting me into Business Law I and Basic Computers. Neither class would of transferred. So just take control and I’m sure you’ll be fine. Good luck.

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<p>Ah. Thanks for the advice. </p>

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Am I understanding this correctly…you turned down a free ride to UTD so you could pay to go to a CC and then transfer to an Ivy caliber school?

Pretty much yes. I have more schools in mind than the ones I mentioned though. </p>

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Does your CC have any articulation agreements with four year schools? If so…your plan C might be to complete your 2 year degree at the CC, then enroll at a four year school to finish your bachelors degree…and then apply to the dream schools for grad school.

That definitely is my backup plan. If things don’t go too well then I’ll just transfer to UT then go to graduate school. </p>

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Please add “Write excellent essays” to your list.</p>

<p>Essays make a huge difference for colleges like Penn, Brown etc. Even if you have ordinary EC’s and a good GPA, you stand a good chance if you have stellar essays. MIT, Stanford etc often require stellar EC’s/research and essays… Just my $.02

Yeah, I would think so. Writing pathos induced essays are not my strong suit though unfortunately.</p>