<p>Hey so i was accepted to UC Davis last week, but i was rejected from UCSD (my top choice.) I knew i was going to get into Davis, but now i'm not to happy about actually going there. If i was to attend UC Davis for fall 2012, do you think there is a way I could transfer out within a year to another UC if i did really well? What is the likelyhood of me being able to transfer? Do people even do that?</p>
<p>Well, you have no GPA if you go to Davis. Your GPA resets, so what GPA will you be reporting?</p>
<p>UC’s only accept Junior level transfers (and a small, if any, percentage of lower-division transfer), so, no, you would not be able to transfer in a year. If you’re heart is not set on UC Davis, then why bother attending? You’re better off saving your parents some money and going the community college route. You would have the highest transfer priority, even above a UC-UC transfer. You’d also be able to TAG with UCSD, assuming they don’t do away with the program in the next year or so. Can anybody confirm whether its TAG 2013 or 2014 when the program is nixed? In either case, going to UCD with no intention of staying there is a silly idea compared to other available options.</p>
<p>I heard ucsd is no longer able to support TAG due to high number of applicants and they might do.away with it in few years so i would rather goto davis and get good grades to transfer. dont miss out college.</p>
<p>Going to UCD and trying to transfer is a risky plan especially if you want to do it in a year. UC-UC transfers are notoriously more difficult. However, you should have a decent chance if you maintain a competitive GPA, do all the necessary pre-reqs before the spring before you transfer, and pick a non Bio related major. </p>
<p>If you go the CCC path, you run the risk of not being able to transfer within a year, maybe even 3 in some cases. It’s getting tough to get classes as I’ve heard from friends. </p>
<p>Is there something about Davis that you don’t like specifically? Have you even visited? Also, Davis and SD shouldn’t be your only choices. Go visit other schools you got into.</p>
<p>I’m a 1-year transfer applicant, although not from a UC. I was accepted to Davis, UCSD, UCSB last year in HS but was rejected from my top two choices, UCLA and UCB. I will let you know how it turns out for me if you’re interested, but people here make it seem a lot more difficult than it really is. </p>
<p>The key is to either have some AP credits from HS or take summer classes before the fall semester when you start college. I had credit from six AP exams I took in highschool, three classes I took during the summer, and a somewhat larger courseload during my 1st year of college (16-17 credits each semester). They require 60 semester credits (or 90 quarter units), basically junior standing, by the end of your spring semester, which isn’t hard to do</p>
<p>I’m went the same route at Godsgift1 except I was accepted to UCLA out of high school hehe. Anyways its look like they might be rejecting me now risky business :/</p>
<p>Godsgift
What’s your major?
Are you using AP for your 1st semester english requirement?
Transfer GPA? Units per semester? What CC?
Us 1 year transfers need to stick together ahha</p>
<p>IMO
take UC davis, community college sucks ass. Taking 25+ units a semester at a CC is the worst possible thing you can do. Plus I guarantee you won’t be able to have the same major possibilities you have now if you try to transfer in 1 year. You don’t want to turn down that freshman year of college experience. Man I regret turning down UCLA 
stupid Berkeley -___-</p>
<p>kingdomsroa48 brought up a critical point that everyone else seems to be overlooking. If you’re coming into DAVIS as a junior level transfer from a CC and you want to transfer to UCSD, you can’t take a full load of courses or else you’ll end up as a senior level transfer. UCs don’t accept senior level transfers. Also you’re going to set your graduation a year back and you’re going to be paying thousands of dollars more at a UC to take more difficult courses which seems counterintuitive if you need to maintain a competitive GPA to transfer. Not only that, your GPA has to be even higher because you’ll have a lower priority as a UC-UC transfer than you would as a CC transfer or even CSU transfer. If money, time towards graduation, or the difficulty of your courses are all insignificant to you then by all means go for it. But if you really want to transfer to UCSD, your odds are FAR better coming from a CC, plus you save money and you graduate on time.</p>
<p>Graduate on time? He’d have a better shot at that going straight to a UC.</p>
<p>^It depends what their specific situation is. For a lot of majors the “required” pre-reqs for admission don’t cover all of the lower division coursework, so some of it can still be completed at a CC or after enrolling at a UC. If they completed every possible lower division requirement for their major than it would be quicker to go to a UC, but not my much because of their limitation on units.</p>
<p>Bear, I’m really sorry about your situation. That sucks, but the thing is, if he has a decent amount of credits from AP exam scores, he can pull this off if he wants to. And to be honest, graduating on time depends on the individual, you can transfer from a cc in one year, two years…for some people it takes five years. It simply depends on your own sense of commitment and effort you will put in. Some people in UCs do drop out or don’t graduate on time as well. </p>
<p>I am a one year transfer like many that posted on this thread. I never really considered community college at ALL, until the end of spring semester in my senior year of high school. I was accepted by UCI, UCSB, and UCD in my senior year, and I came out with 7 AP exam scores. First off, what I recommend you do is go to a community college near you to see how many of your AP exam scores will transfer and fulfill IGETC requirements. It also depends on your major, if you are a science/math oriented major, Davis WILL have better programs than a cc, and science/math classes at ccs are no walk in the park either. </p>
<p>If you have less than 30 transferable credits from your AP exams, you will want to take summer classes at the cc to get extra credits and take around 15-17 units of course work in the fall. I had around 34 credits when I entered in fall 2011 in the cc, and took around 15 credits a semester. It was not hard, at a cc, if you work hard, you can transfer in a year. I have a 4.0 and got accepted to UCSD via TAG, although I am mostly waiting on UCLA and Cal. Good luck!</p>
<p>ricewater you had 34 units including AP?</p>
<p>There is no way you can transfer in as a bio or chem major in 1 year. You need 4 semesters of chemistry.</p>
<p>@bearterritory3
Yeah I did bear xD And that really sucks about the chemistry :< I’m a social science IGETC transfer, so I don’t know what the other fields require (I saw one of my friends walking around with another sort of IGETC or requirement form for her major which included much more math and science courses). The only way I think you could do 4 semesters of chemistry in one year (if it is a sequence of them where you need one to move on the another chem course) is to get one canceled off with an AP Chemistry score, then take one chemistry course in the summer, and then one in the fall, and one in the spring. I don’t know though, I’m not a chemistry major or anything like that. xD;</p>
<p>I was a bum my senior year and I only took 1 AP test when I had 5 AP classes. Came in with around 21 AP units and totally ****ed myself over in that regard. Then took 27 units last semester and 23 this semester. Did you take english 1st semester or 2nd?</p>
<p>Forgot to tell you how hard it is to get classes at cc now lots of ppl transfer after 3 years just goto UCD.</p>