<p>I am currently a hs senior an my dream is to attend ucla or ucsb. Unfortunatley I don't think my grades are high enough and can't afford it. My parents said If I go to a cc for a year I could transfer to one of the schools. I know you need 60 credits. Could I take 15 credits during the summer and then take regular classes and then take summer classes after my freshman year to reach 60? Or do u need to have 60 by when u apply? Please help... I just don't want to spend 2 years at a cc. Other option is go to Colorado state univ</p>
<p>I think you would need to do 2 years. The summer after your first year wouldn’t count toward admission for that fall. The only way I could see it working out is if you start taking a couple classes in the spring then take heavy loads in the summer and during the school year. The risk there is that you may not be able to handle the load and your GPA could suffer.</p>
<p>As pointed out, what you propose won’t work because you have to have completed the 60 units by spring of the college year in which you’re applying. And as you already know, your parents are wrong about 1 year at a CC; the UC schools only accept frosh and junior students.</p>
<p>You might want to take a look at my older post about the backdoor way to UCSB, 2 years at Santa Barbara City College while living in the same town as the regular UCSB kids. See <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-santa-barbara/468098-backdoor-way-get-into-ucsb.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-santa-barbara/468098-backdoor-way-get-into-ucsb.html</a></p>
<p>Yeh 30,000 for a cc, i cant do. Does UCSB accept transfers for Spring terms if all 60 credits are received?</p>
<p>A degree from UCLA or UCSB looks a lot better than one from Colorado St., even if you did the first 2 years at community college.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s possible to earn 15 credits in the summer. Plus, not all needed classes are offered during the summer…usually only limited offerings.</p>
<p>BTW…are you not a Calif resident? Do you know how expensive a UC school is for non-residents??? The tuition (including fees) will be about $30k per year PLUS about another $12k per year for room, board, and books. </p>
<p>So about $42,000 per year total. Is that in your budget?</p>
<p>What will your major be? Is it worth it to spend that much?</p>
<p>BTW…those cost estimates are based on this year’s costs…OOS cost is rising about 10% each year…so by the time you get there, there could be 3 more 10% annual increases.</p>
<p>If you’re an OOS student I’d think again about attending a UC. For the OOS price you can find a school with smaller classes, much more personal attention, etc.</p>
<p>so after 2 years at a cc for 4 grand and then 84, 000. Yes i can afford that. i will want to major in communications, pre law, marketing… something like that… Idk if it is worth that. I guess ill go to CU</p>
<p>The 84k is based on 2009 prices…By the time you would get there, it would have gone thru 3 more 10% OOS increases. So, the cost would easily be over $100,000 for the UC school (plus any transportation costs and personal expenses).</p>
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<p>Wise choice. Are your only other choices University of Colorado-Boulder and Colorado State University? Aren’t there some other choices in your state? </p>
<p>Although…UC-Boulder is a very good school. Why isn’t that one of your top choices??? It’s ranked around a 75 for National Universities…I don’t remember exact ranking.</p>
<p>yeh those r prolly the only schools I could get into. 3.5 and 24 on act</p>