Hello all!
I am attending college for the first time at my local community college. My dream school is Banard women’s college.
Does the school ever admit applicants coming from community colleges. Or do they tend to only take applicants from other prestigious 4 year schools. I would also like to know the same for the rest of the Seven Sisters.
Thank You
Bryn Mawr has a special admissions program for community college transfers. You can read about it here: https://www.brynmawr.edu/admissions/transfer-students/community-college-connection
I teach at a community college in NY and know of many of our grads who have gone on to Columbia and Cornell. I haven’t heard about applicants to Barnard, probably because it’s a smaller school, but I can’t imagine that they would be more selective than Columbia.
Also, around 15 years ago, one of my community college students won a full scholarship at Wellesley. She was a stellar student, URM, in her late 20s so not traditional college age.
Thank you both! I recently obtained my highschool diploma 4 years after my original class. (2011) due to a medical setback in my spine and neck. When my neck and spine became better I attended a charter highschool for students 15-21 and graduated number 5 in my class with a 2.9unweighted GPA. Since recovering from my spinal injury I have worked as a deputy field organizer for my states gubernatorial race. as well as participated in a fellowship program for the most recent presidential campaign.I was accepted into the honors program of my community college. However I have yet to take the SAT or ACT. Do colleges fault applicants who didn’t graduate from highschool on time? I know that my highschool stats do not make a compelling case for my admittance. I am planning to give my all in college and have a strong academic report.
I recommend that you consider the Frances Perkins program at Mount Holyoke, named after the first female cabinet secretary who attended Mount Holyoke. It is for non-traditional college age students. Frances Perkins invented Social Security! Mount Holyoke has a relationship with a noted scholarship fund that is promoting transfers of community college graduates so you would receive a warm reception from Mount Holyoke, I think.
Davis Scholars is the Wellesley version of this:
http://www.wellesley.edu/academics/theacademicprogram/davis
I looked at Barnard’s website and didn’t see an equivalent program, however, there may be one and perhaps I wasn’t searching correctly.