<p>I was told that a 4 year university transfer is preferred because I would be going through the similar workload, but if I go to a Junior college, would that drastically decrease my chance?</p>
<p>I’m no expert, but I’d imagine that going to a junior college would decrease your chances. Cornell is a really competitive school, and I’m sure that there will be many students with excellent grades from other top universities trying to transfer there. Going to a junior college instead of a four year university will probably hurt your chances.</p>
<p>Its no cake walk transferring into Cornell. I would go to a 4yr to have the best chances possible. It; however, possible to transfer from a CC, but you need to have more going on outside of the classroom i.e. EC’s.</p>
<p>Would that be the same with a lot of other competitive private schools too?</p>
<p>It all depends where you’re applying. For instance, the state-assisted schools look for CC students who have extreme love and pride as well as the requirements completed for your potential major. I guarantee my acceptance to Cornell from a community college was based mostly on my contact with the dean of admissions, consistent emails with interest and questions, and my essay which displayed my passion for Cornell as opposed to just any school I could transfer to. </p>
<p>There are also tons of other private schools that accept plenty of kids from both CCs and state schools. I mean if you’re a NY resident for instance, I don’t think Cornell is going to see a difference between SUNY Albany and Hudson Valley Community College. You’re going to be taking general classes at both during your first year or so, but it’s the extracurriculars/interships/recommendations, the interest-level, and your essay that’s going to set you over the other kids applying with 3.6+ GPAs from CCs or state schools.</p>
<p>For me, it was a monetary issue. We could afford the $2,000 tuition of a CC, but it seemed stupid (if I wanted to go to Cornell in particular) to go to a SUNY school, spend $20,000 for a year or two and potentially not get into my dream school. Just something else to consider, especially since even at one of the state-assisted schools the tuition is still troublesome.</p>
<p>So overall, CALS/ILR/Ecology have better acceptance stats on taking transfers, but the other schools accept them too, so don’t be discouraged. In fact, if you are a NY student, a lot of community colleges have ‘transfer plans’ with Cornell so-to-speak. I believe Nassau CC on Long Island has this - it’s not an official thing, but they prepare you with the courses and requirements Cornell likes to see in their transfer students.</p>