<p>Hey all recently i planned to stay at UCsc for 2 years and transfer to another uc, but is this way also possible?</p>
<p>Stay at UCSC for 1 quarter, transfer to a CC, go to that community college for 2 quarters, and apply to another UC. All this will be done in one year and when it is November(time to apply) i will apply.</p>
<p>Is this possible? what are the requirements?
Thanks</p>
<p>People aren’t going to look at your threads just because you think your own questions are good.</p>
<p>You can’t transfer as a UC sophomore. You would have to do 2 years not 2 quarters. For lower division education, teachers, location, and overall CCC quality Cabrillo College is very good. I don’t think anyone will know your requirements with more information.</p>
<p>kmazza - I believe he is saying he will be applying as a sophomore in Fall, not transferring.</p>
<p>92Korea - yes, you can drop out of a UC and register to a CC during Winter quarter (I’m assuming that your first quarter at UCSC is Fall).</p>
<p>Ok thanks for the reply guys.
So i will actually have to keep going to a CC after year1?
or is it possible to apply as a sophmore?</p>
<p>-and yes i will be spending fall at UCSC :)</p>
<p>You can apply when qualify as a sophomore then transfer when qualify as a junior.</p>
<p>huh can you explain that more clearly please? 
so i apply in november(sophmore year), while still going to a cc?
then when im a junior i will transfer?
so in the end i will take 1 quarter at a uc and 5 quarters at a cc?(2 years)</p>
<p>Yes that is correct. It goes like this:</p>
<p>Year 1:
Fall - at UCSC, then drop out after finishing the quarter and register for CC
Winter - begin at CC
Spring - CC</p>
<p>Year 2:
Fall - Still at CC - you apply during November of this quarter
Winter - CC
Spring - CC - application results usually come out early spring, maybe winter depending on school</p>
<p>Year 3:
Fall - Start at your new UC as a Junior</p>
<p>Just note that since you are now on a qtr. system and most CC’s are on semester, you may need some extra credits to be able to transfer after soph. year. Just be aware of it and check with a counselor. At the CC it would be best to complete your IGETC (Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum) so that when you re-apply to UC the transfer will be easier. Go to igetc.org or see your CC counselor for details.</p>
<p>Yuo guys have been very helpful! Thanks Alot
a few more questions, when you say “drop out of the uc” will the schools see it as actually dropping out? dropping out just sounds so negative. And i will need to apply for the Winter CC quickly right? because of the classes and it sounds like i need extra classes</p>
<p>sorry to double post but, since the cc is a semester system and UCSC is a quarter system…
I will be going to cc classes in the middle of it?
I am so confused right now and have alot more questions :(</p>
<p>If you’ve decided to attend another UC after CCC, why are you going to UCSC first?</p>
<p>If you’re set on transferring to another UC from a CCC, there is no advantage, and quite a few complications, to starting at a 4-year. Frankly, it would be possible for you to earn units more quickly at a CCC, since you can attend multiple CCCs at once. It’s a lot less expensive, too.</p>
<p>UC’s will not hold it against you if you told them you started something you discovered was not what you were looking for. UC’s would rather students go to a CCC because after 2 years generally have a better idea of educational system and what they want to major in. It is very common for students to find out by their 3rd year that their proposed major may have not been what they thought it was, was interested in, or saw themselves doing the rest of the life.</p>
<p>The CCC’s in the bay area that are on the quarter system are Foothill-De Anza. They were one of the pilot schools to start and help standardize online education. Classes start Monday and are full but there is a chance to be an accepted wait list student.</p>
<p>I think the OP is already enrolled at UCSC but wants to leave after this quarter. If you can go straight to a CC that is on a quarter system, that would be the best. You would earn credits for 3 quarters of classes this year; one at UCSC and 2 at a CC.</p>
<p>If you go to a CC that is on a semester system, you would earn credits for one quarter of classes at UCSC and 1 semster at a CC. I’m not sure how that would affect your total credits when it is time to re-apply for a UC. You would have to talk to a counselor. Usually to convert from quarter to semester units, you would multiply your quarter units X .667 to get equivalent semester units. For instance, if you earn 15 units of credit at UCSC and then transfer to a CC that is on semester, you could transfer 15 X .667 = 10 semester units.</p>
<p>I’ve never been able to understand the great lengths that people will go to in order to transfer between UCs at the undergraduate level.</p>
<p>I mean, sure, UCSC isn’t necessarily UCLA or UCB, but… frankly, unless you’re looking at undergraduate research or something, what difference does it make? Why, after already getting established at UCSC, would somebody want to go back to a CC only to try for another UC down the road?</p>
<p>I don’t get it. Can somebody make an attempt to enlighten me?</p>
<p>Ucsc just dosnt seem for me.(its alot cheaper to go to cc too)</p>
<p>anyways, im still wondering on the transition between a quarter system and semester system. Will i have to go in while the semester system is taking place? like i will get in the middle of class?</p>
<p>92Korea:</p>
<p>What do you mean “will I have to go in while the semester system is taking place . . . like i will get in the middle of class?” Seeing that modern science has as yet been unable to manipulate the forward progression of time, when else do you propose that you’d be arriving at a CC?</p>
<p>If you really want to bail on UCSC mid-quarter, which seriously boggles the mind, you have two options: You can try to squeeze yourself in at your CC mid-semester – and most CCs have been up and rolling now for over a month – or you can kick back and wait until January and start at the beginning of the next semester. The latter is probably best if you’re looking for A) squeezing into classes you actually want and B) getting the kinds of grades that might allow you to transfer back into the UC system down the road, unless you’re some kind of savant that can pick up mid-semester and finish out with an A. And no offense, but from where I’m sitting, that doesn’t seem to be the case.</p>
<p>No he just needs to finish up fall at UCSC and just go to Cabrillo College if is already established in the SC area. If he want’s quarter system then he would have to drive over the mountains or take online classes at Foothill-De Anza. I’m sorry but I don’t think lower division at UCSC is worth 10 grand a year either.</p>
<p>Gtarrant:
nah im just asking how will the differences between the semester/quarter system work out if i get out of UCSC? If i finish 1 quarter, wont the 1st semester still be in progress.
but if like you said, if semester 2 at a cc starts at january that is perfect for me, because ucsc 1st quarter ends early December and there is christmas break.</p>
<p>@92Korea: I was in a very similar situation. I was accepted to UCI but didn’t get into UCSD because my TAG got screwed up. I’m attending UCI this quarter, then dropping out and enrolling at my CC again. The KEY is that you can’t go over 30 quarter units at UCSC. If you do, you’ll have to apply to your new UC as a “UC transfer” which sucks BIG TIME. Also, you’re capped at 90 semester units when you transfer from a CC. If you have more than 90 UC-transferable units and they’re all from a CC, that’s fine. However, if you have 80 UC-transferable units from your CC and 20 from UCSC (for example) you will not be eligible.</p>
<p>So basically, the key is to not take any more than 30 units at UCSC (which you won’t do if you’re only there for one quarter) and to make sure you stay below 90 total UC-transferable semester units between what you’ve earned at your CC and what you’ve earned at UCSC. 30 quarter units = 20 semester units, so that leaves you with a maximum of 70 UC-transferable units you can earn at CC. Now, if you take 20 units at UCSC, that equates to 15 semester units, which leaves you with 75 UC-transferable units you can earn from CC.</p>
<p>Make sense?</p>