I am wondering would it be possible to transfer after I receive my associates from a community college to Harvard, U Penn, Cornell or any other ivy league school?
here is some info to help you form your opinion:
-I am a mother of two who has support from the father and grandmother.
-I am a GED recipient who will start this upcoming Fall (full-time 12 credits On Campus)
-I will be taking Math Prep 1 (there are 2 prep courses you must complete before receiving college level credit)
I am a Volunteer at my local Economic Development Commission 10 hours a week. I also Volunteer once a month at the homeless shelter to make food for the Women’s and Children Division.
I work a regular job 30 Hours a week.
I am planning to apply for honors Next Fall.
I am also a videographer and photographer.
From my understanding, the Maximum of years completed is 2 years minimum is one to be able to transfer and they don’t under any circumstances accept online class. Thanks in Advance.
I would say that it’s a little early to tell if you’ll be a competitive candidate for any of those schools. Do your best at CC and ask again in a year.
And, yes, people transfer to ivies all the time. The year I transferred, though it seems like a hundred years ago, I got into Brown, Dartmouth, and Columbia. I had been at my CC for two full years. Though, I specifically chose those schools - among others - out of an interest in a specific undergraduate program. Admissions officers are pretty good at sniffing out people who only want to get into an ivy league school as a I’ll-show-you sort of affront to anyone who has told them they couldn’t do it. Don’t get swept up in the branding.
Why not ivy league? This is not about anyone else but ME. I have nothing to prove to anyone but myself. I want meet and grow with the greatest of minds and talents. I think it’s a gift to be able to mingle with such a diverse and keen group of individuals, from all walks of life. Whether it be meeting a trust fund baby, the gifted scientist, the international law student or even the passionate social activist. It’s not about “brand” but the rich sense of community and history that these schools entail.Yes it would be a privilege to have such access to a top notch education, but besides that wouldn’t you want to surround yourself with great minds, people that can inspire and challenge your ideas? That is something that would be embedded in me for eternity.
I agree that you need to see how you do at CC. A 4.0 is not required, but a good start. I would recommend no less than a 3.8, however, to stay at the top of the transfer pile.
I also recommend drafting a list of transfer colleges that include safeties, matches and reaches. ALL ivy league schools and other super-elites like Stanford are considered reaches because the competition is so fierce.
You will be able to meet “trust fund babies, gifted scientists, international law students, etc” at schools other than ivy league, so be sure to research a range of truly excellent schools that you can include in transfer apps.
I have friends that started at CC and ended up at ivy league and elite schools across the US. But some of them that started out with “ivy league” or bust had to adjust slightly when their grades dipped. Others didn’t get into first choice elite schools (ie: Vassar) but found out another small excellent LAC was brilliant for them and accepted them.
The reality is that at the top 10 - 20% of colleges (which includes far more than the ivy league) you will get that kind of stimulating experience.
So, yes, every year some transfer students make it into the very <em>few</em> spots opened up at the ivy leagues for transfer. The other many thousands disperse into the other fine institutions–many of them quite elite–and have a great undergrad experience.
Thank you both. My goal is Barnard College at Columbia University. But, I am setting the Bar high (Harvard) for a reason. I was once told: “it is better to aim high and land somewhere then to aim low and land nowhere.”
I aimed for Yale and ended up at Mount Holyoke College… I got into a great top science school… but in the end I choose to be at a smaller school where it would be easier for me to stand out and where I felt at home…
Remember that the better the competition the lower your grades will dip, and the more difficult it will become to move on to grad school.
Also, do not be blinded by statistics. Research where the numbers are coming from… Harvard has around a 90% med school acceptance rate… because that is 90% of the students their Med Advising Committee decides to endorse. Wouldn’t it be terrible to go to a bigger school, fight through four years of hell thinking you have a great chance at grad school only to find out you didn’t make the schools cut for being capable of going to grad school?