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Transfer Students
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<p>Hi</p>

<p>Right now I'm in a "college dilemma." I was rejected to the UC I really wanted to go to. I got into UCI but I'm pretty sure I won't be happy there. Nothing really appealed to me when I visited the campus.</p>

<p>I have two choices for next year:
1) go to UCI, transfer to UC(la or berkeley) after 2 years, planning to major bizecon
2) go to a CC, transfer to UC (la or berkeley) after 1 or 2 years, planning to major bizecon</p>

<p>The problem for me about the first option is that I don't want to go to UCI at all, let alone go there for 2 years and then try to transfer. There is also a lower admittance transfer% from UC to UC. </p>

<p>My parents are worried about choice 2 because they think it is risky. They are thinking what would happen if I don't get into LA or Cal.</p>

<p>I'm leaning toward the second option because a friend is helping me plan out a schedule and telling me how easy it would be to get into UC (la or berkeley). I'm quite skeptical about the whole plan, however. He tells me to take 2 summer courses, 4 fall courses, and 4 spring courses. The CC I might attend this fall has a TAP program. I have a few questions:</p>

<p>1) Which option would you suggest I should take?</p>

<p>2) I'm still not very sure what the TAP program means, so can someone please explain that to me? I hear that going to a CC with TAP increases the chances of getting into UC as compared to going to a CC w.o TAP even if you have a lower GPA? It sounds too good to be true... If anyone has any personal experiences with transferring from a CC to a UC with or without TAP, please share :)</p>

<p>3) is it possible to transfer to a UC after only 1 year of CC? If so, then why do most people transfer after 2 years? Do the courses I am planning to take contain enough units that would enable me to transfer after a year?</p>

<p>4) if i apply to a UC this fall, there would be no grades could be entered into the application because fall grades come out after the application deadline. So at that time would I just send them personal info.. and essays? And then do a grade update in January.</p>

<p>5) What is the difficulty level at a CC compared to high school..? I'm worried that my grades won't be good enough.. In high school I had 3.7 or 3.8 unweighted and 4.1 weighted..</p>

<p>Thank you for answering my questions!</p>

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Do the courses I am planning to take contain enough units that would enable me to transfer after a year?

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yes they do.</p>

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<p>You need 90 quarter units that satisfy IGETC method (which is just a list of classes that you have to take to be considered for admission, it entails a lot of general education. </p>

<p>There are a ton of threads on what people got including extra curriculars etc. so you can get a feel for what you need to do if you want to transfer. In fact, I remember seeing a thread on UCLA / Cal Biz Econ, which by the way is tough as you might have already figured. </p>

<p>If you don't want to go to UCI, I'd say you already made the decision. Chances are, if you work hard and maintain a decent GPA, you will get into everything up to UCI relatively easily in comparison to LA and Cal. You lose your first two years, and the college experience, if you attempt this route. </p>

<p>But if you don't want to go to UCI, then just go to a CC and go somewhere better. If you can maintain a 3.8+ at the CC, you will be in a great position to apply to schools. </p>

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<li>If I were you, and let me stress: I am not you, I would go to a CC because I want to learn and go somewhere I choose, not my only choice if you know what I mean. However, you can make UCI into the experience you want it to be if you try. </li>
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<p>2.The TAP program increases your chances with UCLA only I believe. It is a honor program, in which you take a certain number of honor classes per term while at a CC. There is a requirement on how many you must take and complete to be "TAP Certified". If you sift through previous results, you will find that it had a pretty good impact on those applying to UCLA. Most got in according to the people on these boards. </p>

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<li><p>Yes it's possible to transfer in 1 year, but let me tell you- it will be extremely hard. You need a minimum of 90 Quarter Units (60 Semester) which means you need to take 30 Units a quarter, which is about 6-7 classes. I know of 1 person who did that, who happened to be a sauvant, and went to Stanford. You need to keep in mind that completion of the courses with a HIGH GPA is necessary to have a good shot at most of the upper tier UC's. Let me stress, completion of the IGETC and pre-reqs (assist.org). </p></li>
<li><p>If you apply this fall with a semester system, you are correct. The quarter system you will have Fall Quarter grades available. This is a very risky proposition though, you are applying with no grades, and you are also saying you are going to take 7-8 classes in each semester, and you cannot use the summer to complete any courses for admission purposes. That doesn't tell the adcoms much about your academic capability. </p></li>
<li><p>I found CC to be easier because I could choose my classes and teachers (to some extent). Being able to do what you want to do really motivated me to do well, because I was having fun sometimes.</p></li>
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<p>Your High School GPA will be weighed in if you plan to transfer in 1 year. </p>

<p>If you sift the older threads you can find some really, really useful information. </p>

<p>Good Luck</p>

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<p>it's tough to gauge exactly what it takes to get into berkeley. i applied as an econ major after my sophmore year with a 3.92 gpa from a california community college, satisfied the igetc requirement, completed the calculus series, and took diff. equations and linear algebra, and was rejected. other students got in with gpa's in the 3.5 range, and hadn't completed the calculus series (or finished up to calc 2 with a b or a c in either calc 2 or calc 1), so who knows what it takes? it's "risky" regardless, so just attend whatever feels right. if you attend a community college, at least you'll get to save some cash.</p>

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<p>hellojello: ignore

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which means you need to take 30 Units a quarter, which is about 6-7 classes.

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This is a very risky proposition though, you are applying with no grades, and you are also saying you are going to take 7-8 classes in each semester, and you cannot use the summer to complete any courses for admission purposes. That doesn't tell the adcoms much about your academic capability.

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Your High School GPA will be weighed in if you plan to transfer in 1 year.

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^^^^^^^^^^^</p>

<p>jna: ouch owned :P</p>

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<p>^^ haha seriously. where's some affirmative action when i need it? :P</p>

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<p>go TO !!! UCI </p>

<p>CC sucks, all the losers from HS is there and you will feel depressed every time you go there.</p>

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<p>yeah but if you go to UCI you'll feel depressed for life :(</p>

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<p>hahah i didnt mean to "own" anyone. 1 year transfer sounds really intense, as an engineering major, i would have died, not to mention the pre-reqs stop me from actually completing it in 1 year.</p>

<p>jna, affirmative action works?!!!</p>

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<p>niggit: I didn't mean to say that jna was owned by what you said</p>

<p>I meant to tell hellojello to disregard some of the stuff you posted (since some of it is based on bad assumptions and some of it is just wrong)</p>

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<p>and that jna got owned :D</p>

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<p>Go to community college and transfer to UCLA BizEcon. That's what I did. Complete 60 units and make 15 of them honors units, and you will be a TAP certified applicant. Meet with the Honors Coordinator and a TAP counselor at the CC to plan it out.</p>

<p>I got into UCLA BizEcon with a 3.46 CC GPA :) TAP certified!!</p>

<p>I'll be there in the fall.</p>

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<p>The TAP (Transfer Alliance Program) roughly doubles your chances of getting into UCLA. For me, it made all the difference. I had no chance without it, and with the TAP, I was accepted.</p>

<p>Almost every person with over a 3.0 who is TAP certified is admitted into UCLA (assuming they have all their pre-reqs done). From my school last year for example, all but one of the TAP students were accepted to UCLA, and the one that wasn't accepted had less than a 3.0 GPA.</p>

<p>It is the closest thing to gauranteed admission.</p>

<p>If you are too nervous about that, you can get gauranteed admission to UC Davis and UC San Diego. Schools have contracts where the rep from UC Davis or UC San Diego comes to your school and signs a contract with you that says if you stay over a 2.8 GPA and finish certain classes, that you are automatically accepted to their school. They are called TAG agreements. My school has TAG agreements with UC San Diego and UC Davis.</p>

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<p>5) In HS I had a 2.3 GPA and now I have a 3.46 GPA at CC. It is easier to me, perhaps because I am more dedicated. I don't think you will have any problem maintaining a 3.5 at a CC if you got 3.7s in HS.</p>

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<p>I heard that UCLA accepts more CC transfer students from the Los Angeles area as compared to from other parts of California. Is this true?</p>

<p>lostincode.. i sure hope you know what you're doing...!!</p>

<p>And thank you everyone who has replied so far :)</p>