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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"We are seriously considering the "guaranteed admission" program at Northern Virginia Community college where, if you maintain a 3.4 (or 3.6) for the first 2 years at community college and then transfer to UVA (or William and Mary). "

Is this really a thing???  [/quote]

The community college transfer option is “a thing” but it’s not as easy as it sounds or everyone would be doing it. You
Must meet HOA requirements in core courses. Read comment 8:07 on p 2[/quote]

Y[b]eah, if OP and family want to explore this option, I suggest meeting with someone at the CC. In my state the guaranteed admission route is very regimented. So you need a certain number of credits and a certain GPA and you can't have more than a certain number of credits. I'm not sure how that would work with a double transfer. You need expert advice![/quote][/b]

+1.  The Virginia guaranteed transfer program is not easy and many (IMHE) NVCC officers don't understand all the prerequisites (there are different standards as you can see by the attached for different colleges at UVA).  On top of that, Each 4 year Virginia institution has its own guaranteed transfer program for transfer from NVCC to, say W&M, but those rules each differ, too.  The burden is on the student to figure it out or you might wind up spending 3 or four years pulling together what you need to transfer.  Remember to take advantage of the summer courses at NVCC.  My kid took one while in high school (horrible adjunct professor who should not have been teaching but they pay her only $1500 a course).  Anyhow, here's a start from the UVA website to get you going.  Note the particular courses that must be taken (sometimes very hard to get when you are in a public college or even a big public university like Berkeley) and the GPA needed.  https://admission.virginia.edu/transfer/transfer-course-requirements#:~:text=The%20School%20requires%20students%20have,Arts%20and%20Sciences%2C%20not%20Commerce..  I don't know of anyone who has actually done it but its a great financial savings to parents and a smart way to get into UVA.  Off the top of my head I believe UVA takes 600 community college transfer students into the junior class each year, but check on that.  DO call the UVA officer in charge of this and make sure you are working off the correct giudelines because they do change.  https://admission.virginia.edu/transfer/transfer-course-requirements#:~:text=The%20School%20requires%20students%20have,Arts%20and%20Sciences%2C%20not%20Commerce..[/quote]

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