<p>i plan on going two years at my cc because i save money. What do i need to do to have a successful chance in transferring here?</p>
<p>What you need to do: keep up good GPA, continue to engage in extracurricular activities in your community, contact prospective departments at Duke about transfer credits. </p>
<p>Idk if you know this, but transfer credits at Duke is a major pain in the @ss. There are long lists of requirements to satisfy before your credits are even eligible and then it’s decided on a case by case basis. So before you take important courses, better check to see what the chances of them being accepted are.</p>
<p>Also, if you are premed or are considering it I would strongly discourage taking premed requirements at CCs, it will be viewed unfavorably down the road by the med school adcoms. If not, then you have less to worry about. </p>
<p>Lastly, it may be worth it to search on this forum about transfers in the years past. My impression is that transferring into Duke is significantly harder than being admitted as a freshmen but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>I transferred into Duke as a sophomore during the fall 2010 semester. I disagree with SBR that transferring credits is difficult; everything I took transferred and applied toward my graduation requirements. The transfer credit dean is flexible and willing to work with you. However, I agree with SBR that it is difficult to transfer credits to Duke once you are student here and take classes elsewhere.</p>
<p>SBR gave good advice. You also need to communicate why Duke is the best fit for you versus another school. For me, that was the number of opportunities in the undergrad programs offered by Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment. In fact, I’m currently spending a semester at the Duke Marine Lab right now.</p>
<p>Feel free to PM me questions.</p>
<p>My experiences or impressions with transfer credits may lie more towards engineering than A&S so maybe that’s why.</p>
<p>Duke has a policy to not accept transfer credits from any community college in the nation, but that is while currently enrolled as a Duke student. I don’t know if it’s different if you took the courses before you transferred, but that’s something to look into: </p>
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<p>[Duke</a> University | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences : Academic requirements](<a href=“http://trinity.duke.edu/academic-requirements?p=transfer-credit]Duke”>http://trinity.duke.edu/academic-requirements?p=transfer-credit)</p>
<p>I would think it would be very *very *difficult to transfer to Duke from a community college. Good luck.</p>
<p>Here’s info for how courses from your previous institution will transfer to Duke: [Duke</a> University | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences : Transfer courses and credit](<a href=“http://trinity.duke.edu/advising/transfer-students/transfer-courses-and-credit]Duke”>http://trinity.duke.edu/advising/transfer-students/transfer-courses-and-credit)</p>
<p>I don’t know how Duke transfers credits from community college if that was your previous institution. You may want to email Dr. Donna Kostyu at <a href=“mailto:ddkk@duke.edu”>ddkk@duke.edu</a> to ask her about community college classes.</p>
<p>What is the best college that i have a chance in transferring from community college?</p>
<p>Your best bet may probably be your public state university. Many of them have linkage programs that guarantee spots at the university if you do well at the CC and there are very good public state universities among them.</p>
<p>So u of I engineering? </p>
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<p>Don’t know which U of I you are looking at and what engineering. </p>
<p>I will say however, that in general, the more specialized the major (such as engineering), the harder it will be to do the CC-> uni route. This is because curricula such as engineering often require many lab courses and engineering-specific courses that you can’t take at CCs and that means you’ll need to cram them in during your last two years which will be a challenge.</p>
<p>So what should I do? I was planning on going to cc for 2 years and transfer to u of i engineering… Should I go to northern and then transfer?</p>
<p>You need to work hard to bring up your grades now, figure out what your passions are, and very importantly, study and do well on the SAT/ACT and make sure to take a math SAT 2 and a science SAT 2, just so that you have options. </p>
<p>You should probably look at going to an instate public 4 year university now to increase your chances of transferring.</p>
<p>From your posts on the MIT forum, it certainly does not sound like you are a serious student. That has to change now. You wrote “what’s the point?”… perhaps the point is to learn (that’s usually the point of attending school). Most engineering programs take only “top” students. Do what you can to become one of those students.</p>
<p>OP: I have no idea what “U of I” is or what “Northern” is. I also don’t know what engineering you want to do or what your current situation is. In any case, what you do is up to you. it sounds like you should look into the CC to uni transfer programs in your state and how they handle different majors/requirements. This may vary on a department-by-department basis.</p>
<p>U of i is university of illinois and northern is norther illinois university. Chemical engineering.</p>
<p>Here is the U of I’s transfer admissions website: [U</a> of I Admissions: Transfer Admission Requirements](<a href=“http://admissions.illinois.edu/apply/requirements_transfer.html]U”>Page Not Found, Illinois Undergraduate Admissions)</p>
<p>It lists all requirements for GPA and coursework including that for the college of engineering. It looks like the basic college of engineering requirements that you need to have done at the CC includes lots of physics, not counting chem-E specific courses that may be required by the department. </p>
<p>If you are also interested in Western Illinois U, they have a dual CC-WIU admissions programs similar to what you want to pursue. The problem is no chem E. ([Dual</a> Admission - Undergraduate Admissions - Western Illinois University](<a href=“http://www.wiu.edu/student_services/undergraduate_admissions/transfer/dual.php]Dual”>http://www.wiu.edu/student_services/undergraduate_admissions/transfer/dual.php))</p>
<p>A similar program is available at Eastern Illinois U: [Eastern</a> Illinois University :: Office of Transfer Relations - Dual Admissions](<a href=“http://www.eiu.edu/~transfer/coop_dual.php]Eastern”>Eastern Illinois University :: Transfer Relations - Dual Admission Program)</p>
<p>Northeastern Illinois U’s Dual Admissions program for Chicagoland area: [Northeastern</a> Illinois University :: Dual Admissions](<a href=“http://www.neiu.edu/NEIU%20Departments/Administrative%20Departments/Admissions/Undergraduate%20Students/Transfer%20Policies%20and%20Articulation/Apply/Dual%20Admissions/Dual_Admissions.html]Northeastern”>http://www.neiu.edu/NEIU%20Departments/Administrative%20Departments/Admissions/Undergraduate%20Students/Transfer%20Policies%20and%20Articulation/Apply/Dual%20Admissions/Dual_Admissions.html)</p>
<p>It looks like Southern Illinois U and U of I, Springfield may also have dual admissions.</p>
<p>Edit: Northern Illinois U’s dual admission program: <a href=“http://www.niu.edu/admissions/transfer/dual/index.shtml[/url]”>http://www.niu.edu/admissions/transfer/dual/index.shtml</a></p>
<p>Edit 2: It also looks like some of the Illinois CCs in the south may also have agreements for dual admissions with some campuses of the University of Missouri such as in St. Louis or Columbia.</p>
<p>So what uni do you recommend?</p>
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<p>IDK, I’m not going to do all your research for you, that’s your job.</p>
<p>I think you misunderstood. I was thinking of going to northern then transfer to u of I not cc to northern. </p>
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<p>^ Do whatever you want. Apply to some 4 year universities now, see if you get admitted, see what financial aid you get. Apply to a CC. Make a decision by May 1st, then proceed.</p>
<p>OP, in your original post you said you wanted to go to a CC then transfer to a 4 year uni. I’m just going along with that basic premise.</p>