<p>I’m NOT saying I should have priority. I’m saying there should be an equal playing field. Being rejected with a 3.6 while others are getting in with 2.9 simply is not an equal playing field. haha and yeah I get that you’re not trying to say I shouldn’t have gotten in. No worries. </p>
<p>Un-PC joke time: clearly critical reading isn’t a skill taught at CC (don’t get offended, it’s just a joke. Feel free to poke fun at me in return for one of the stereotypes I fall into). Did you read my last response? I’m not denying that 4 yr students have lower priority. Indeed, that is the crux of my argument. Please re-read my last posts…</p>
<p>I understand that you don’t think you should have priority. What I am saying is that the outcome of non-UC 4-year transfers receiving last priority results in an apparent deflation of non-UC 4-year transfers’ credentials.</p>
<p>Before posting, I had already read your stance on priority (with which I agree.) If you reread my posts, you will see that I did not assume you wanted equal priority. I was simply attempting to show you that your denial and the deflation of your credentials was a result of your and my belief.</p>
<p>And regarding you poking fun at me (which comes in the midst of the transfer community dealing with attacks on the transfer student body): I do not like to talk about myself. But because I feel the need to defend myself, I will tell you this: I attended a private 4-year institution and my GPA was a 4.0. I was a Mathematics and Business - Finance double major. At that institution, I completed all but two of my IGETC requirements in one year while taking over 20 credits each semester. I was required to declare a Physics and a Sociology third and fourth major so that I could register for all the classes I needed to fulfill IGETC. Competing along Physics majors in my Physics class, Sociology majors in my Sociology classes, and Math and Finance majors in my Math and Business classes, I was at the top of every single one of my classes receiving no grade lower than an A. In addition to this, I was smart enough to research and understand California’s education laws. After researching, I noticed that the most logical step for my gaining of admittance to UCLA and Cal was to leave my 4-year and attend a CCC. This is what I did and I was successful in my efforts.</p>
<p>And so, because I do not want to poke fun at someone whom I feel sorry for (I know how horrible it is to be at a 4-year you don’t like), I will simply defend myself and end it there.</p>
<p>This is because, the course and curriculum for transfer students from a CCC very rarely synchronizes with the transfer requirements from an OOS or even some in-state CSU’s. Aside from the IGETC, which regulates a general education breadth that covers both CSU’s and UC’s, major preparation varies vastly. So a student at a CC spends 2 years studying coursework that makes them a BETTER candidate to fill a spot at a UC than you. Regardless of your “top 30 in the nation” ranking, that doesn’t mean dirt when it comes to articulation. That’s the key word. Articulation. </p>
<p>Community colleges in California were designed and influenced to be “feeder campuses” to 4 year universities in California. A gateway system to pass reinvigorated students into their bachelor’s degree. It’s a well lubricated and efficient system, graduating over 70% of its CCC transfers per year on average and drastically increasing the amount of graduation among minorities period. </p>
<p>They designed this system from the ground up, with community college students in mind. The primary reason transfer spots are open, is to allow transfer students from CCC’s in. Or would you prefer the UC’s be like Harvard and admit no transfers a year? </p>
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<p>It’s not about taxes. In fact, a lot of lower income students don’t pay taxes at all beyond California sales tax. What it’s about is participating in the California Community College system, period. Going to those schools does the state government a favor because a lot of federal funding comes from the demand to keep those schools open and how successful they are. Don’t get it yet? </p>
<p>The CCC-UC transfer system is beneficial to the UC system, the state government AND California Community Colleges.</p>
<p>wow…dude you just made me feel really grateful I got into UCSB…wow…considering I’m transferring OOS from a rinky dink community college in Hawaii AND missing prereq’s…wow…i feel unusually lucky…</p>