<p>Berkeley rejected me, but I am offered admission to NYU, Binghamton, and UC Santa Cruz.</p>
<p>California is the dream, but stupid me only applied for Berkeley on my UC app. Santa Cruz e-mailed me later saying they see my interest in UCs and offered me a spot. </p>
<p>Should I play it safe and go to Santa Cruz, where at least I'll be in California?
Is there a better chance to transfer into UCLA or Berkeley if I attend NYU or Bing my first year? If so, which school?</p>
<p>Thank you guys :]</p>
<p>You might be better off checking this forum out: [Transfer</a> Students - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/transfer-students/]Transfer”>Transfer Students - College Confidential Forums)</p>
<p>We specialize in community-college-to-UC transferring.</p>
<p>If UCLA or Cal is your ultimate goal, attending a California Community College will give you the best odds (30% acceptance rate). If you attempt an intercampus transfer from UCSC to UCLA or Cal, you’ll be looking at around a 20% acceptance rate. If you attempt to transfer from an out of state school like NYU, you’ll be looking at less than a 10% acceptance rate.</p>
<p>Guess it all depends on how badly you want UCLA/Cal</p>
<p>Thank you for replying :]</p>
<p>Is it not too late to apply for a CCC?
And oh wow, I didn’t know out of state transfers would be so hard. I’ve researched and found that UC to UC transfers are the hardest, or is that wrong?</p>
<p>DON’T OUT OF STATE TRANSFER. it’s what I’m doing now and it’s horrible. Literally figuring out how to do it could’ve been a 3-4 unit class for me. That’s how much work it took. As of right now I’m in at Davis and San Diego but honestly it was close to impossible: 22 units both semesters + ecs + good grades + anxiety of being 3000 miles away + figuring out how to transfer = disaster. Go to ccc</p>
<p>No, UC to UC transfers are second priority, behind CCC transfers but before other 4 year universities. I am actually a UC intercampus transfer from UCSB to UCLA, haha</p>