I don’t have such a good transcript from 9th and 10th and my GPA isn’t a 3.5+. Would it be possible to transfer from Community College to UPenn. Now, I don’t know if I will go to community college. I am still looking at other schools. But if I were to go to community college and I do really good there would it be possible to transfer as a sophomore?
A few comments:
– Take one step at a time. Do as well as you can in HS for the rest of your time there.
– There are plenty of college choices between a CC and Ivy League.
– It can be done but is generally very difficult to transfer into an Ivy League school. --If you look at Penn’s common data set you will see that the admission rate for transfer students was a very low 8%
–Colleges generally consider the HS record for students transferring in as sophomores.
–There is way more involved in admissions decision than just GPA…things like HS course rigor, HS standardized testing, performance in college, essays, letters of recommendation, extracurricular involvement/leadership etc.
May I be frank?
Don’t start thinking about college as “I should be at an Ivy League” and then any grade you get that is not 100% is taking away from that goal. Now you are desperately trying to think how you can meet that goal. What you are saying is very unrealistic.
Think about your college goals as “I am a 3.X student. What colleges can I attend that have that kind of student?”
Do you really want to transfer to a school that most everyone else has a 4.0+ and a 32+ ACT, you might find you don’t have a lot in common with them. Take to heart what @bopper says.
CU123 You do know not everyone takes the ACT, and that not everyone that goes to an Ivy League school has a 4.0 GPA, right? And I said IF I do good my first year at the college or university which would mean having a really good GPA (3.5+) and do good in the courses. It seems if you’re trying to discourage me rather than giving me actual advice or tips that can help me.
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Bopper Its not unrealistic. Many students have started out at a different university or college having not such a good GPA from high school and getting into an Ivy League school as a transfer student.
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Happy1 Thank you for the tips and information.
Basically no, unless you like tilting at windmills. The kids from CCs that get accepted to Ivy colleges generally had a good chance of getting accepted out of HS but for various reasons (health, family situation, whatever) decided to start locally.
I see in post #5 you don’t want to believe this, so I wish you the best of luck
Sry, but that is incorrect. Few transfers are accepted into the Ivies, with the exception of Cornell’s contract colleges (which has connections with NYS community colleges.) Penn also accepts a fair amount of students.
OTOH, P’ton and Harvard (and Stanford) accept about a dozen transfers each year. Dartmouth accepts a handful.
But note, that many of these transfers are non-traditionals…
OP - Here’s the link to U Penn’s transfer page/guidelines. As you can see, the requirements differ based on your intended major/college within UPenn.
Are you a junior? Make sure that your grades have strongly rebounded from 9th/10th, and study hard for your standardized tests. That’s the best gift you can give yourself in terms of setting up a foundation for success.
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