<p>i am not a resident of california, and i was rejected from my two top choices, ucb and ucla. i was accepted to a few of the UCs like davis and santa barbara, but the easiest way to transfer to berkeley or LA is through a CCC, and it would also be a lot cheaper, even as an out of state student</p>
<p>if i were a CCC student, would it be the same as transferring if i was a california resident, or will being an out of state resident be more difficult in transfer admissions
i am also going to try to transfer in just one year, because i dont really want to spend a lot of time at a community college. by taking classes this summer, as well as during the winter, and taking over the maximum credit amount in the fall and spring semesters i should be able to hit the 60 semester credit minimum for berkeley and the 90 quarter minimum for UCLA
i am pretty certain i can get a 4.0 because i have a really strong work ethic and i can sit and study for long periods of time lol....i also took a few community college courses in highschool and they were not very difficult</p>
<p>sorry if the first post was confusing, basically, i am asking if it would be more difficult transferring from a CCC to berkeley/LA as an out of state resident than an instater</p>
<p>I don’t think so. If you wanted to apply to a University of California college other than Berkeley or LA though, you would be ineligible for TAG (Guaranteed admission w/ minimum GPA).</p>
<p>Also mind the budget cuts, reduced classes, plans to slash enrollment and class sections, etc. It’s not gonna be pretty for new students.</p>
<p>santa barbara and davis are both really good schools (both ranked top 40 by us news), but i dont really want to pay 50k a year for a school that isn’t one of the top in either of the two fields i plan to major in (econ or business). taking the ccc route will be a lot cheaper, and apparently ccc transfers are given priority over others, even transfers from other UCs. this might seem like a terrible reason, but community college is an easy 4.0, and to transfer to haas school of business at berkeley or econ at ucla, i will need a 4.0. it would probably be a lot more difficult to attain a 4.0 at davis or ucsb, and if i received anything under that, i would probably have zero chance of being admitted</p>
<p>With the budget cuts the CCCs will be facing this Fall it is totally unrealistic to think that you will be able to transfer to Cal or UCLA in a year. As a new student you will have the lowest registration priority for classes at the CCCs. The CCCs are eliminating thousands of courses so you might be lucky to get 20 of the 60 credits needed to transfer during your first year. Prerequisites for your major like Calculus are going to be particularly hard to register for. Transferring from a CCC is still the best way to get into Cal or UCLA but you should figure on three years instead of one for how long you will be at your CCC.</p>