<p>I know that Smith accepts Ada Comstack scholars and have a transfer program with a Hispanic-focused community college/area college, but what about out-of-state community college students? Can anyone give me more info on transfers? I've found the data for transfer acceptance from a few years ago, but not much. When looking at transfers, what is most important to them? It's my first semester at an RI CC, and Smith will probably be my top choice, since it seems to be a near-perfect fit. Thanks!</p>
<p>The only community college transfers that I know of at Smith were Ada Comstock scholars. It doesn’t mean that it doesn’t happen for non-Adas, but all of the transfer students I was familiar with who weren’t Adas transferred from other colleges or universities. I would get in touch with the admissions office ASAP and see what they say about requirements for a community college transfer.</p>
<p>I know of non-Ada’s who have transferred to Smith from Santa Monica CC, so it’s possible. Beyond that, I don’t have details.</p>
<p>Yeah, Santa Monica CC was the CC I was referring to…but thanks. I like to think very few do not because they wouldn’t get accepted, but because they either haven’t heard of Smith or are opposed to going to a women’s college. Does anyone know about the average GPA for transfers, and how much high school grades count? My college GPA should be fine, but my high school GPA was mediocre at best…but hopefully admissions will understand, since I have valid reasons.</p>
<p>I believe that college GPA pretty much trumps high school GPA.</p>
<p>Also, there’s a fine line between noting reasons for low grades and sounding defensive or belaboring the point. Don’t overdo.</p>
<p>Yes, I see, but it fits in, I think. I’m planning to volunteer with DayOne soon because I was sexually abused my junior year, and that relates to why I want to go to Smith. I want to help other women go through what I went through, and at Smith, I’d be surrounded by other strong advocates of women’s rights (or so I hope). I want to turn lemon into to lemonade, so to speak. If they really felt like going back and looking at my grades, they’d see the plummet between freshman/sophomore year to junior/senior year, but I doubt they will. I’d like to believe that this is a legitimate reason, but I’m sure I’m not the only with problems. Thanks for the advice, though, I see how excuses could seem annoying to admissions.</p>
<p>My D transferred from CUNY Brooklyn.</p>
<p>You won’t know until you try :)</p>
<p>I’m a transfer from a public university, and maybe it’s just in the particular group I transferred in with but I think 5 or 6 of the transfers this year are from CC, including my roommate (who transferred from a Rhode Island CC - though she got her associate’s degree before coming to Smith). For transfers it’s mostly about the essay, recs, and college GPA, not necessarily the prestige of your former school. If you have any specific transfer questions feel free to PM me!</p>
<p>Thanks, radiosonde, that makes me feel A LOT better, especially since there’s only technically one in RI, so she must have gone there. I’m waiting to get my associate’s, so it won’t be for another year that I’ll be applying, but I wanted to try to get as many class to transfer to Smith as possible. If I don’t get in to there or my other choice, RIC or URI will still take a good amount of credits, so I should be fine. Plus I’m using transferring as a bit of motivation, when genuine interest in the class isn’t quite enough. After all, few people love EVERY class, and the interest is probably less for people at community colleges. I mean, I like to inquire, comment, and answer the questions so that the class will avoid that “awkward moment”, so I think that having classes with other interested students would be great. : )</p>
<p>ArtsyLover, it sounds like you’re doing all the right things: thinking ahead about transfer credits at various schools and staying motivated to participate and learn when the rest of the class is less so. Keep on rolling!</p>