Best community college for physics major to transfer to a 4-year-college

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I am a community college student in MA. I am thinking to transfer between community colleges because my school’s physics program is poor. So, I am looking for a better program. The university I am planning to transfer after getting an associate degree of physics is Berkeley

Must
A good program of physics to transfer
Internships opportunities
Coad
Available to transfer credits from a community college

Want
Student-Faculty ratio is 20-1 or better
Honors Program
Small classes

My status is below
An American (English is my second language, and I have language difficulties; TOEFL score was 48 2.5 years ago.)
3.3 GPA
Courses; Calculus 1,2, Linear algebra, College writing 111,112, Introduction of Sociology, Applications/Concepts, Honors

seminar

Please do not consider a budget.

Thank you

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Hello. I think you accidentally posted this in the wrong area (this is the Caltech forum, which isn’t relevant if you’re planning on going to Berkeley).

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Yes. I have posted in the right area.

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@T Learner: Cal Tech is a 4-year university and a separate university than UC Berkeley nor is it a community college.

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Is this another Cal poly-Caltech mixup? Then again, Calpoly isn’t a community college either…

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I am curious; is there a particular reason you want to transfer to another community college and then again to Berkeley? In particular, have you considered transferring directly to Berkeley? I’m not an expert in what Berkeley requires for undergraduates, but it intuitively seems to me that it would be logistically simpler to fulfill graduation requirements at Berkeley rather than trying to get transferred credits counted for those requirements.

I don’t have much personal knowledge of what community colleges are good for physics. For a starting point, I recommend searching the internet for highly rated programs according to various publications/organizations/etc. Because there are so many community colleges in the United States (and they tend to be less well-known than many four-year colleges), it may be difficult to find what program is right (or the best) for you just by asking individuals.

Finally, I advise contacting people in Berkeley’s physics program or admissions office for guidance on what choices could be good for you; I expect that they would be fairly knowledgeable on this subject.

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Gumbymom, theChinaman

I know what you are asking mean. I just post in the wrong area.