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Hey so I recently transferred from a community college to a top ten Computer Science program in the US.
At my CC, i was really active on campus; had a job, volunteered, had one of the highest GPAS (top 10%) at my school in my degree, etc. I really want to be just as active at my new school but it's huge. I was talking to an adviser about getting into research, finding a job, etc. and she said it's pretty competetive and I most likely wouldn't find one my first year. But, as a transfer student I need to graduate within 2-2.5 (max 3 if i double major) years. So, realistically i feel like i want to do a lot of things but the feasibility isn't realistic as a transfer student.
At the same time, I just want to say screw the adviser and go ahead and try; such as getting a job on campus, double majoring in math (she advised not too), and doing whatever i want. I just feel really anxious that I won't be as successful as i was at my previous college.

does anyone have any advice? ideally, id like get into a good (top ten) phd program in computer science or computer engineering.