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Re:US colleges struggling with low enrollment are closing at... by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @04:44AM (#22043278)
> Downside is that transferring into competitive top ranked programs is very difficult. And if you have anything shy of a 4.0, you're unlikely to get in.

That...depends. There are a number of very highly ranked public universities with transfer agreements with same-state community colleges, in which case it's not all that difficult.

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Re:US colleges struggling with low enrollment are closing at... by bradlys on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @05:02AM (#22043360)
UCLA and UCB do not have those agreements. I don't know if UT Austin has the agreement anymore (they had some agreement about being in the top 10% of your high school or something). UW has no such agreement either.

Most of the high ranked public schools afaik have gotten rid of such things because they are impacted heavily on all their programs.

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Re:US colleges struggling with low enrollment are closing at... by compuguy on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @12:52PM (#22047252)
It does seem to be a trend that state universities are ending transfer agreements to 4 year universities. George Mason University ended their transfer agreement with NVCC 5-ish years ago.
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