<p>Hi, I am stuck in a predicament where I couldn't afford to go to my ideal school and had to reject my admission to several colleges. I was forced to move to Massachusetts in my senior summer from California. I was planning to go to the Quinsigamond Community College but now my dad has to move to Austin, Texas where I have to enroll in community college over there in the spring. I was wondering if I take courses online from Quinsigamond community college and completed around 15-20 credits in the fall semester that I can transfer these credits to Austin Community College so I can complete community college in two years and then transfer out.
Also whether if colleges like UCB and UCLA would accept this transition?</p>
<p>Why not just take courses at ACC? They have a number of 8 and 12 week courses that won’t start for 3+ more weeks.</p>
<p>Your problem with transferring to UCB and UCLA is going to be that you may be considered non-local since your CC credits are OOS. Double check the fine print on all of this, because OOS transfers are very low priority.</p>
<p>I know for the CSUs, the three buckets of transfer priority are </p>
<p>1) local CCC transfers (“local” determined by the California CC the most units were earned and then paired to the local CSU)</p>
<p>2) non-local, but California resident CCC transfer (most units taken at a California CC in a county not in the same area as the specific CSU)</p>
<p>3) OOS, the CC credits are from out of state</p>
<p>People in category #3 are having a tough time transferring into CSUs. You ask about UCs, so check the UC Transfer board for this question, knowing that some of the same types of things are happening in that system.</p>
<p>Yes, the UCs will take many credits from multiple CCs… your problem is that like the CSU structure, you may be stuck in UC transfer bucket #3, where they seem to be taking very few students because the first two buckets fill up. I think for the UCs that bucket #1 and #2 are combined-- but that still leaves you competing out of the last bucket with very few spots offered.</p>
<p>I realize you may be considered a California resident for the public California colleges because you probably graduated from a CA HS – but since your CC credits are OOS, I don’t think that helps you for admissions.</p>
<p>Well I haven’t moved to Texas just yet. I move in October which cuts right into the middle of the semester. It seemed easier to take online courses from the college that I was enrolled in and transferring those credits. I will contact the UC office and see about the out of state transfer credits, Thanks for that.</p>
<p>Make sure you save transcripts from Massachussets before you leave to Texas, you’ll need em</p>