The above is a service that helps high-achieving, low income or URM community college students from about ten community colleges across the country apply for transfer to 14 top colleges/universities. Acceptance rate for transfer through this program is about 20%, higher than the overall transfer acceptance rates. It’s no guarantee, but it does help talented, high-achieving students transfer to colleges they would never have dared even dreamed of.
Why those specific ten community colleges?
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It’s interesting to see why these community colleges were selected. It’s interesting that there were no community colleges west of Houston included, and that there were three community colleges in Florida (but no associated 4-year colleges). Also, this was a truly coastal phenomenon, as no state that doesn’t hit an ocean/gulf had a 4-year or 2-year institution included. The real community college outlier to me is Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College (MGCC) as the other cc’s (except for the ones in Florida) are all either near a 4-year institution and/or are in major metro areas. I did not that MGCC does have an honors program. I don’t know if that’s common at most community colleges, or if it’s a common trait between the ones on this list.
I have no idea why just those ten comm colleges, but I viewed it as an incredible opportunity for the top students from those schools to finish at highly selective colleges. It’s true that most comm colleges have transfer agreements with their local state 4 yr schools, and sometimes with their flagship state U’s, but this gives them a shot at some of the best schools in the nation, which are often very generous with fin aid. It’s a new program - maybe they’ll be able to expand it to include more comm colleges and more top private colleges/U’s.
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