<p>Community college credit acceptance at private colleges depends on the college. But since elite private colleges like Stanford and Columbia do accept some* junior transfers from community colleges, it is not necessarily the case that community college credits will not be accepted. However, it is not really knowable for certain until one gets the credits individually evaluated, which is usually not done until after matriculation (although some private colleges like USC do have premade course articulation lists like state universities typically do).</p>
<p>Duke’s transfer credit policy is here; it does not mention refusal of credit from community colleges:
[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>