Can I transfer from Cal Poly Pomona to Community College and then to a UC?

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So a intro to my situation can be seen in the link below. Basically I’m two weeks in at my first year at Cal Poly Pomona and I’m pretty miserable with my life here and I regret not going to community college and then transferring to a UC. I was wondering if it was possible for me to transfer after this quarter at CPP to a community college and then to a UC, specifically UCI after two years or so or do I have to wait until the end of my year? If I can transfer, how will my 12 credits transfer and my financial aid work? Most importantly, will this transfer negatively affect my chances into a UC.
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/1922591-need-advice-tranferring-from-cpp-to-uci-business-admin.html#latest

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a lot of kids have a rough patch at the start of college so my advice would be to first give it some time to see if you really want to xfer.

That said, it is possible to xfer after this quarter. You can’t enter a UC until you are ready to enter as a junior. Being a junior is based on number of units you have, not time. As for credits, go to ASSIST and see what community college classes map to what you’re taking, then see on ASSIST if those community college classes map to something the UCs give credit for. For financial aid, go visit the office at CPP to see what they say about your obligations so far.

If you earn more than 30 semester units at a CC and it is the last college you attend, then you get the same priority as someone who has attended nothing but a CC.

Also look into the TAG program which is a guaranteed admission to some UC campuses (but only for some majors, depending on campus).

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For people with history at 4 year colleges who go to CC and then try to transfer to a UC, there is a unit cap that can disqualify you. So make sure you pay attention to that if you take that route.

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Thank you for much for the advice. Yes, I plan to give it some time here at CPP, but I’m still considering whether I should transfer after the quarter or year. I plan on utilizing assist.org to help me.

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this only applies if you have upper division units from the four-year college. If all the units the OP takes are lower division, there cannot be a problem