Transferring after 1 year at a CC, my chances?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I want to get into a good name university after I finish my second semester here at Howard community college. I did horrible in high school which is why I ended up here.. motivation and work ethic being the main problems</p>

<p>2.2 GPA (Challenging classes however)</p>

<p>on the SAT</p>

<p>Critical Reading 650
Math 590
Writing 620 </p>

<p>So far community college is mind numbingly easy... I would be very surprised if I didn't get a straight 4.0 here, being able to manage my own time and dragging my ass to the library daily have helped me overcome some procrastiantion problems.</p>

<p>So to estimate, if I were to complete 30+ credits here, with atleast a 3.8 GPA, after this year what kinds of schools should I expect to be able to get into?</p>

<p>Reaches</p>

<p>Georgetown
Johns Hopkins
Duke U</p>

<p>Matches</p>

<p>UMBC
UMD college park</p>

<p>BTW, I know I sound a bit misinformed, or trying to get into those colleges for the wrong reasons, but I family pressures I guess would be the main reason I really want to be able to get into a school with a prestigous name. It may not be the best reason for choosing a certain college, but I don't see why I can't make my parents happy and get a good education none the less. Thanks in advance for any advice.</p>

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<p>Do you have any ECs? Internships? That kind of thing?</p>

<p>What was your W GPA in HS?</p>

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<p><a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=485%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/forumdisplay.php?f=485&lt;/a>
^Transfer forum</p>

<p>I don't think colleges will consider your HS grades that much, so I would find it hard to believe that, at this time, you could be accurately chanced regardless. Do have some ECs, though, if you truly do want to get into those big named schools. GPA is a bigger piece of the pie for transfers, but certainly not the only one. You still need ECs, which the above poster has mentioned, you aren't listing.</p>