Transferring from a CC? Or a University?

Chance Me / Match Me!
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<p>I am a senior in high school and right now I am wondering whether it would be better to go to a CC and transfer to a school like Caltech, Stanford, Cornell or to go to a four year university for several years and then try to transfer, here are some of my stats if it helps:</p>

<p>Residense: Born and raised in California</p>

<p>Unweighted UC Gpa: 3.7</p>

<p>Weighted UC Gpa: 3.9</p>

<p>Class rank: Top 10%</p>

<p>Sat Composite score: 2120/2400</p>

<p>Intended Major: Mathematics</p>

<p>Sat Math section: 800/800
Sat Math 2 score: 800/800
Sat Physics score: 800/800</p>

<p>Awards/Honours:
*Project-Euler.Pb Ranked #2 in the United States
*Stack Exchange inc. Math rep. Ranked #5 in California</p>

<p>Extracurriculars:
*Self Study; Mathematics / Student
Hours spent per week: 45
Weeks spent per year: 52
Participated in: 9th,10th,11th,12th
*Collaborative blogs and online community Q&A/research sites
Hours spent per week: 25
Weeks spent per year: 52
Participated in: 10th,11th,12th
(E.G. Mathoverflow, MathStackExchange, ProjectEuler, etc)</p>

<p>All SAT scores are from first sittings, I am white in ethnicity and I come from a low income family.</p>

<p>Also I think I can get some decent recommendations from people who I have conversed with for quite a while online and have helped me through self study, one is a professor at Columbia and the other is a grad student at Princeton, along with some entrepreneurial type folk who program and do consulting jobs.</p>

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<p>Columbia: Reach
UCLA: Match
Berkeley: Match</p>

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<p>I was asking for a response as to weather or not I should go to CC or a university, if I wanted to transfer into a more prestigious school like some of the ones listed</p>

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<p>bump any advice appreciated</p>

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<p>it doesn’t matter unless your looking at price. I went to a 4 year university and transferred to Cornell but I know others who came from CC and transferred in as well.</p>