How are community college transfers to ivies viewed on the street?
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on 5/21/10 at 7:14pm
How are community college students that transfer to ivy league schools as juniors viewed by wall street?





Didn't know that was even
Didn't know that was even possible but I suppose it's legit if you can swing it. I knew a community college kid who transferred to Michigan State (obvious non target) and was hired straight from UG at Citi in NY. When the economy went to shit some of the analysts in his class were given the option to transfer or risk having their offer rescinded so he transferred to trading I believe in Chicago... so Idk if he can do it then surely a transfer to an ivey can do it. I think it just makes for a great interview story about how hard you worked and how you wanted to get there, etc. Although it depends why you were in community college maybe? He couldn't get into MSU at first so rather than go to an easier 4-year school he opted to do community college right next door so he could be up on campus, etc and then transfer after a year or two... If you were just doing community college to take all the easy intro courses, etc then it may not be such a great story..
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I've got a somewhat similar
I've got a somewhat similar question for all you bankers/consultants/whatever people. I'm a non-traditional student (23, went back to school at 22, will graduate at 26). I'm transferring to UVA in Spring of '11 from a CC. I worked for a couple years after college (first at Starbucks to pay the bills, then at a Logistics company, went from dock hand to Ops Manager in a year and a half). I'm curious as to how you all would look at me having not gone the traditional route, AND I did shitty in high school, too. Now I've got a 3.65, will be around a 3.75 after this semester, and plan on getting a 4.0 at UVA.
Looking for any advice/suggestions on self-improvement as well, I definitely have gaps in my education that I'm trying to fill.
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Once you transfer, I don't
Once you transfer, I don't know why you would list the CC on your resume...
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I know a kid from my school
I know a kid from my school (public, top 50 UG, top 25 UG bschool, non-target) who transferred from a CC and is now doing S&T at JP Morgan. It's definitely possible.
Just transfer and don't put
Just transfer and don't put it on your resume. Plenty of fuck ups at CC, but also plenty of smart kids who simply cannot afford to go to a 4 year right off the bat. A transfer is a transfer.
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if you don't put it on your
if you don't put it on your resume, how do you explain the 2 year gap from HS to college?
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You don't need to address the
You don't need to address the two year gap, at least until they ask for transcripts. On your resume only put your graduation date and forget about the CC.
Okay, thanks for the advice
Okay, thanks for the advice
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its fine. just whatever you
its fine. just whatever you do don't mention it nor put it on your resume. somethings are better left unsaid.
Also, why even put your high school on your resume, i mean unless you went to andover or exeter, its totally useless information.
sick_willy wrote: Once you
Once you transfer, I don't know why you would list the CC on your resume...
This. I didn't put my cc on my resume after I transferred to a target. My grades were just a little shy of IB and I didn't apply because of the hours (I'm already 26) but I did land a BB risk position. In a better economy I'm pretty confident I could have landed IB if I wanted it, though.
Going to a CC isn't
Going to a CC isn't necessarily about being a screw up. I know people who started off at CC and transferred simply bc they were noticing a whole lot of kids graduating from Targets and their debt being as high or higher than their salary for the first few years.. CC transfer gives you the same Target diploma but at half the cost. Even if someone does ask in an interview, just tell them to shut their piehole (obviously in a friendly interview way).
Frankly, when I went to
Frankly, when I went to Syracuse I took classes at the 100-200 level from PhD students. Nothing like dropping 50K per year to learn from people who are going to school themselves. Who cares where you go to school, it is where you end up that matters.
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Community college or not, if
Community college or not, if you transfer at all and the first school isn't well known then there is absolutely no reason to put it on a resume.
Also you'd have to be crazy to put your high school on your resume.
Okay, well I guess that's not
Okay, well I guess that's not going on my resume. And I wish I could say I'm doing it to save money, when in fact the case is I dicked around in HS and failed out of 3 schools straight out of HS. But w/e, I'm kicking ass and taking names now.
RiskyBizness, so you already graduated/got a job? Did you feel at all unprepared at the 4-year you went to and if so what if anything did you do about it?
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