<p>For internationals do you think it is easier to transfer to a big school (think Ivy and minor ivy) from a US community college or a "safety school" instead of applying directly from your home country?</p>
<p>Many of my friends and acquaintances are getting into ivy league schools from CC's and smaller cheaper uni's with lower threshold requirements.</p>
<p>I don't know how they do it.</p>
<p>I have the chance to study at my national university on a full scholarship and if I can't get into the school I want I'd rather study here than attend the school I couldn't transfer out of. </p>
<p>Which would give me a better chance of acceptance?
Which would give me a better chance of receiving financial aid (I need full)?</p>
<p>Transfer admissions are more difficult than freshman admissions, and it’s <em>much</em> more difficult for international transfer students (even from other US colleges) to get financial aid. Don’t go to some other school expecting that you’ll be able to transfer to an Ivy League and get a full ride.</p>
<p>I’d like to second amarkov. Foreign students seeking financial aid should secure it as a freshman applicant. Your odds of getting a full ride as a transfer student are astronomically low.</p>
<p>That aside, could you even afford to attend a community college? You said in another thread that you cannot afford to pay the application fees. If you sincerely can’t afford those, there’s no way you could pay for community college…</p>
<p>":Many of my friends and acquaintances are getting into ivy league schools from CC’s and smaller cheaper uni’s with lower threshold requirements"</p>
<p>I think your “friends” are self inflating. The Ivy leagues probably admit 100 transfer students any given year in total. The vast proportion of them are not international students. </p>
<p>Back to your original question. There are likely maximum 10-15 successful CC transfer applicants into the 7 Ivies that accept tranfers. This it statistically, a non-starter for you. </p>
<p>Focus on your great home university and look for a grad school fellowship at this point.</p>
<p>“Back to your original question. There are likely maximum 10-15 successful CC transfer applicants into the 7 Ivies that accept tranfers. This it statistically, a non-starter for you.”</p>