CCC students complete their programs and transfer to colleges and universities across the state and across the country. A Transfer Center at each of the City Colleges helps students with the transfer process, and can provide information on university partners, guaranteed admissions, transfer agreements, scholarships, the Transfer Scholars program, and more.
Category: Transfer
Alejandra Cosio
Alejandra Cosio is a classic high achiever. As a student at Queen of Peace high school in Burbank, she was a member of the dance team, robotics club, environmental club, National Honor Society, and the math honor society. She worked hard to prove her worth as a student and eventually chose to further her education […]
Jermaine Glenn
When he was growing up only a few blocks from Daley College, Jermaine didn’t know the role it would play in his education and in his career. Jermaine was first introduced to Daley when he took his GED test there after dropping out of high school. He worked a few different jobs before landing at […]
Amy Szkorla
At the end of high school, Amy, like many others, was unsure of her next steps. She graduated from Lane Tech High School in June of 2015 alongside 1,100 other students. While some choose to attend a four year institution straight away, Amy and her family knew that community college would give her the chance […]
Jose Antonio Lorenzo Valdespino
When Jose Antonio Lorenzo Valdespino moved to the United States from his homeland of Michoacán, Mexico, he knew the first step to succeeding was to become proficient in English. He had already taken some college courses in engineering back in Mexico and wanted to continue his education here. His dedication and positive mindset outweighed the […]
Hortensia Castro
Hortensia always had faith that she would we make it into UIC’s nursing program, but it took her almost 30 years to get there. Starting at the age of 17, she worked in a factory and at a boutique before she got a job working in housekeeping at a hospital. That’s where she found her […]
Salma Campos
Sometimes life gets in the way. For 19 year old Salma Campos, that’s exactly what happened, though it all worked out for her. This fall, for the first time in her life, Salma will not live in her Gage Park home – she’ll reside in Evanston as a Northwestern University sophomore. Salma graduated from Solorio […]
Martha Osornio
When Martha graduated from Benito Juarez High School, the life-long Pilsen resident knew she wouldn’t be able to afford a four-year college, and wasn’t certain what she wanted to study. In her own words, she “needed to learn about myself. I didn’t know where I was headed, or what I wanted to do.” She […]
Omar Martinez Gonzalez
Omar Martinez Gonzalez came to the United States at the age of three from Mexico City, Mexico, and grew up in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, graduating from Roger C. Sullivan High School’s Medical & Health Careers Academy in 2009. He enrolled at Wilbur Wright College during the fall 2009 semester because it was […]
Adeola Fayemi
A graduate of Amundsen High School, Adeola Fayemi was unsure about what he wanted to do after high school until he heard about the Star Scholarship from one of his teachers. The Star Scholarship made enrolling at Wright College and pursuing a degree in computer science an easy decision, especially when it allowed him to […]
Nidia Carranza
Nidia was often truant from her classes at Lane Tech due to family issues and ended up graduating in 2007 with a low GPA. After graduation, started working full-time as a customer service representative for a garbage company. She trained new employees, created a training manual, and she was the stand-in supervisor when needed. She tried […]
Genesis Carreon
After she graduated from Little Village High School in 2013, Genesis got her associate degree from St. Augustine College. However, they didn’t offer a business degree, and after working in retail, Genesis knew that was the direction she wanted to go. So she did some research and found that Daley College, which was close to […]
Lashaunta Moore
Lashaunta Moore has always been an exceptionally driven individual. During her time as a student at Percy L. Julian High School in Washington Heights, Lashaunta was a member of the National Honor Society, vice president of Student Council, and participated in several student clubs and organizations. When she began to explore options for college, Lashaunta […]
Naomi Brown
Naomi has been a part of the Daley College community since 1997, having attended child care there while her parents went to class. When it was time for Naomi to go to college after graduating from Perspectives Charter School – IIT/Math & Science Academy in 2012, she thought that she would like to leave her […]
Julisa Jimenez
Julisa was excited when she found out she qualified for the Star Scholarship, which paid for her tuition and books at CCC while getting her associate degree. “I didn’t have the money to attend a four-year university, so I decided to take advantage of the Star Scholarship to get me halfway through. It was a […]
Diamond Webb
After graduating in the spring of 2018 with both her diploma from Sarah Goode STEM Academy and an associate degree from Daley College, Diamond Webb is off to the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. She’ll start there in the fall as a junior and aims to study political science. Getting to this point took a […]
Ellijah Fristoe
When Ellijah Fristoe graduated from high school in the south suburbs, he thought he wanted to go right to work. But the more he thought about the kind of job he wanted, and the more his mom talked about the importance of education, Ellijah thought that college was the best option. Having spent his childhood […]
Zubair Ahmed
After graduating from Northside College Prep in June of 2017, Wright was Zubair Ahmed’s next stop. He didn’t stay there long—he received an associate degree in only two semesters, graduating in May of 2018—but that’s only because he had other goals to get to. Zubair, 19, will start at Northwestern University in the fall of […]
Kyra Washington
Sarah E. Goode senior Kyra Washington, 18, earned both an associate degree and a high school diploma in the spring of 2018. Kyra was a member of the volleyball, swimming and track teams, while also managing her rigorous Daley College coursework. She started taking college classes at Daley during her sophomore year, describing the experience […]
Anais Velazquez
You could say Anais Velazquez is into computers. She will graduate in June of 2018 with both a high school diploma from Sarah Goode and an associate degree in computer science from Daley College. The 18 year old will start as a sophomore at IIT in the fall, majoring in computer science. When she completes […]
Alondra Arciga
You never know where inspiration will strike. As Alondra Arciga was getting ready to graduate from Curie High School, she started applying to four-year universities with the goal of majoring in business. While she researched programs, she stumbled across a description for an engineering major, which made her recall a engineering project she worked on […]