ClickNSmart Team
I have interviewed 50 college students that are recently transferring into top universities, like: UCLA, UC Berkeley, and Harvard Universities. The purpose is to find the “smart” way of transfer from community colleges/ junior 2-year colleges to 4-year institutions. Below are some of the tips I would like to share with you guys based on my inteview result and also from my personal experience as well:
“Smart” way to transfer to Top University:
1) Finish all your general education (GE) requirements before transferring to 4-year university
If you don’t finish this general education (GE) requirements while you are in junior college, you may need to take more GE courses once you are attending the 4-year university.
2) Strive to get a high G.P.A
The truth is that “G.P.A Matters” when you want to transfer to top universities. The higher your G.P.A is during junior college, the higher the chance of getting admitted into top university of your choice. For some impacted majors (business, psychology, economic, and other popular majors), many of these universities may set a minimum G.P.A for admission to their program.
3) Prepare your personal statement in advance
The university admission officer reads more than 10,000 personal statements each year, so they could easily tell various personal statement (made only 1-day before submission v.s made 3-4 months before submission). The admission officer look at well-crafted yet brief personal statements that show the quality of you as a person (besides academic quality, since they can easily find out from your academic transcript) and how you would benefit from the program you apply.
4) Get recommendation letters from Professors that know you personally
Some universities often ask for few recommendation letters. If so, ask only professors that know you personally; this way, they can provide you with good and meaningful recommendation letters rather than the generic recommendation letter based on template.
5) Contact the School and Have a Campus Tour
Almost all of the students that I interviewed, including myself, went to campus tour before sending out application; moreover, during the campus tour, try to also contact the school admission to find out criteria and any tips for admission to the university. It is very helpful for you to find out whether you like the campus or not and also to get admission tips before you applying to these universities.
I highly recommend that you follow these tips. If there is any further suggestions, comments and tips on how to transfer to top universities, please feel free to leave comments on this article so that the reader may benefit from our discussion.
Written by ClickNSmart Team
Wednesday, 14. January 2009
Wow,
This is such a good article. It is very informative and offers lots of great tips.
It is true indeed what Bunga has said about all the 5 key points above. I myself did all those 5 points and got into UCLA.
I greatly recommend you to consider following Bunga’s recommendation; It works for me, and maybe it will work for you as well.
Sunday, 18. January 2009
Thanks Bunga for your advise.
I am in college now and want to get into Stanford University. I will follow your advise here.
Sunday, 18. January 2009
Nice post you have here,
I am transferring to UC San Diego; your tips are very helpful for me.
Sunday, 18. January 2009
I want to get into UC Berkeley.
Thanks so much for this practical tips; I would keep your advise in mind.
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Monday, 29. March 2010
I did not follow any of these and now go to community college
Saturday, 26. June 2010
This is good advice, but does this also help for students from a 4 year institution to a top 4 year university. I am just wondering whether there is any other things or ingredients that can help me to transfer into these top universities.