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I currently attend a community college and holding a 3.9 GPA...I realize I don't have many options in my state to transfer because the "good" schools are almost impossible to transfer into even with a 4.0 GPA and I don't know what other credentials they are looking for, and the other reason being the "decent" schools cost a lot and the maximum financial aid/Federal government loans most likely won't cover the costs and I don't know anyone I can borrow money from (I doubt banks will let me take out money with my credit history).
If I transfer to a rather unknown school, will I have a difficult time getting into any Physics PhD programs in the country, especially if the professors aren't stellar (I'm not saying they're incompetent, but students at other schools are getting recommendations written by exceedingly more outstanding professors)?
I think I will have trouble getting REU experience if the professors in my Physics department don't write very recommendations very well and I'd really like to get into something like the RISE program at DAAD so I can at least have something on my application to be competitive with, but I see no reason why RISE would take a chance on some student from a no-name school to enter such an exceptional and especially costly research program so I've pretty much given up on the notion of applying to any of the top Physics PhD programs since I won't have anything on my application to stand me out from those that already have a good head start at good schools.
If I transfer to a rather unknown school, will I have a difficult time getting into any Physics PhD programs in the country, especially if the professors aren't stellar (I'm not saying they're incompetent, but students at other schools are getting recommendations written by exceedingly more outstanding professors)?
I think I will have trouble getting REU experience if the professors in my Physics department don't write very recommendations very well and I'd really like to get into something like the RISE program at DAAD so I can at least have something on my application to be competitive with, but I see no reason why RISE would take a chance on some student from a no-name school to enter such an exceptional and especially costly research program so I've pretty much given up on the notion of applying to any of the top Physics PhD programs since I won't have anything on my application to stand me out from those that already have a good head start at good schools.