<p>I LOVE science,especially Astronomy, so there I plan to take bunch of astronomy-related and science classes when I going to be in a community college next year, but which is the best one for me to go in order to get into a very good Ivy League school? I live in the Bay Area, California. For those of you wonderful people, can you please have my quetions answered? God bless all of us.</p>
<li><p>Which Ivy League schools are better in an Astronomy?</p></li>
<li><p>To get into those schools, which community colleges in my area (or not, in california) have Transfer Agreement with those schools?</p></li>
<li><p>Is it easy to transfer with an Major in Astronomy?</p></li>
<li><p>What are the thing I need to be careful that can make the transfer to go smoother? Like what are the reqirments? And what do they expect of thier transfer students?
(I know College GPA is the main thing they are going to look at, and I know they might want you to get involved with the community, so definitely volunteering would help, and what are the others?)</p></li>
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<p>PLEASE HELP ME ANSWER THESE QUETIONS, I ALREADY DISAPPOINTED MY FAMILY SINCE I AM NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO GO TO A PRIVATE SCHOOL AFTER HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, AND I DO NOT WANT TO DISAPPOINT THEM AGAIN, I REALLY NEED TO DO THIS! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE OF YOU TAKE OUT YOUR VALUABLE TIME TO ANSWER MY QUESTIONS, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, MY BEST WISHES TO ALL OF YOU.</p>
<p>Try using google for information and not have everybody hand feed you it. If your high school records are poor than you can probably forget about transferring to an Ivy League. Since Ivy’s tend to still look at your high school record regardless you have done well in your community college. But it still is definantly worth a shot.</p>
<p>Ivy league schools other than Cornell, which is partly state funded, have no transfer agreements. For Cornell it would have to be a NY CC. </p>
<p>You will need to do very well in college and get involved in leadership positions and maybe do some research with a prof. SAT scores will still be very important so make sure to have high SATI and SATII scores.</p>
<p>From a CA community college it’s much easier to get into Berkeley and UCLA. They don’t look at high school records or SAT scores. You might make those your goal along with the ivy league.</p>
<p>yes, thank you so much, i will definitely search on google.
and yes, i do know that ivy league schools look at your high school records too, well, my high school records are not poor,they are just not great, i can get into a CSU, or probably some UCs if i apply, do you think this is good enough for me to get into a private when i apply 2 years after community college with a GPA of 4.0?</p>
<p>hmom5
thank you so much, yes, i will think about UCB and UCLA, they are great schools too, but i really want to go to a private school, I would do anything to achieve this goal.</p>
<p>If you want to study astronomy, you need to be looking for colleges and universities that have strong departments. You should not be specifically looking at “private” colleges and universities! Some of the best astronomy departments are in PUBLIC universities.</p>
<p>If you are planning on attending your local community college, you need to make an appointment there with the transfer counselors and discuss your academic goals. Write out a formal plan of the coursework that you need to do so that you are ready for a smooth transition into a 4-year institution within the California system. Then, take a look at your other options (including “private” and “ivy” ones).</p>
<p>I am concerned about your statement that you have disappointed your family because you didn’t get into a private school this time around. What is with them? Did you apply to every single private school in the country that offers astronomy, or did you just apply to a certain set that they think is “good enough”? Do they have any idea at all where the better astronomy programs are located? Do they have any idea how much money one of these private schools might cost compared to in-state fees in the California system? Do they have that kind of money?</p>
<p>Sorry, I just kind of lost it there. It would take a lot more than not getting into a certain kind of college - something along the line of committing a felony probably - for me to be disappointed by Happykid.</p>
<p>happymomof1， thank you so much for even taking your time to reply.</p>
<p>yes, i know how much it costs to go to ivy leagues and privates, but, i’m from China, first generation of immigrant, and there is just so much pressure on me from my parents, because they want me to go back to hometown with a TOP SCHOOL DIPLOMA, its their dream to see me graduate from one of the top schools, and i’m committed to do that, both for me and my family.</p>
<p>yes, i have considerate about if there would be better astronomy education taught in public schools, and of course with a much cheaper tuition, but one thing you don’t know is, that i stated that I LOVE ASTRONOMY, not MY FAMILY LOVES ASTRONOMY 2, and in fact, they hate me for choosing astronomy as my major, because they basically think you have to study in things that would find you a lot of money,like medical, law, i understand why they think that, but i still want to do something i like for the rest of my life, even it is not a "money digger ", but i know Cornell has a great astronomy education program, so i’m basically already aiming for Cornell, and mean while look at other schools, and of course including publics schools.</p>
<p>This is a little ironic, but I’m Chinese, live in the Bay Area too and I am thinking about majoring in astronomy (I am applying in the fall this year. Do you know which UC’s have the best astronomy departments?). However, my parents are worried, because they think that I will be jobless or something. </p>
<p>I don’t think my parents will approve, but don’t you think it’s better doing something I love?
:)</p>
<p>It’s nice to have someone to talk to who probably understands how I feel.</p>