Transferring with a 3.5 GPA

Transfer Students
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While having a 3.5 GPA at my local SUNY Community College, what chance do I have that these schools with only a few ECs. My ECs aren’t like leadership things or anything but I have a parttime job and did a few community service things and campus clubs. What would my chances at transferring to these schools from my community college be? I will transfer as a Computer Science major.
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List:
USC
Northeastern
Vandy
Drexel
Cornell (Maybe this isn’t possible period)
Clark U
RPI
NYU
Villanova

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Do you have financial constraints?

I would be surprised if you could get into Cornell or USC or Vanderbilt or Northeastern with a 3.5 GPA.

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@DadTwoGirls yeah, I have some SUNY instate schools as my safeties. I just wanted to see my chances at some of the big universities.

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I am not really 100% sure about your chances. However, when I was trying to transfer, I made multiple phone calls with an admission counselor about how they accept transfer students. First, the popularity of your major matters. If your major is very popular at universities that you want to go to, the chance of transferring gets harder. Second, only your GPA matters. Don’t focus on ECs or any other activity. I was lacking them too (since I only had like two volunteer works and one club that I joined). However, the counselor who I talked to told me that ECs really doesn’t matter when you transfer. So Don’t worry about that. Now, it just becomes your GPA. This is a question to yourself. Do you think your GPA qualifies for each university that you listed out? If yes, you will be admitted. However, if no at this moment, you should try to get higher GPA. If you show a progress, it may be possible. Also, try to talk with admission counselors so that they can help you better. I hope you can transfer to a school that you really want to.

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@deepblueocean Thank you, I wasn’t so worried about my GPA because I have another year of community college to go. But my ECs are kind of not great because my job is taking over haha. But I have done a few volunteering and stuff like that for my church. I will be reaching out to admissions when time comes!!