<p>I guess you are out of state for CA or your wouldn’t put it that way. UC’s are not considered branch campuses. They are all research universities with their own strengths and national rankings. If you want to try to transfer to a different UC, they only take Jr year transfers. Community college students have priority as each UC will take a good number of qualified CC students, but they do take UC to UC transfers, just not in large amounts.</p>
<p>What is the relative cost to you of these options and your 4 year estimates if the transfer target is a different price (UCs are roughly the same.)</p>