<p>Hi! I'm currently a freshman at UCLA and looking to transfer either up to UCB or out of the UC system altogether. I have NO CLUE where to start. We had very intense college counselors at my high school so I got a lot of guidance in applying, and I know there won't be anything similar for this but I was wondering if there are guidance or resources out there for students trying to get the hell out of their current school. </p>
<p>Thank you. </p>
<p>You can look up individual schools for their requirements online. For example, UCB writes: </p>
<p>“Students who wish to transfer to Berkeley from another UC campus are considered in light of their personal circumstances and the availability of space in their prospective major; these students must apply as junior transfers with a minimum of 60–80 semester units (not to exceed 90–120 quarter units). These units must be completed by the end of the spring prior to fall matriculation.”
<a href=“Transfer Requirements - Office of Undergraduate Admissions”>http://admissions.berkeley.edu/transferstudents</a></p>
<p>So you’ll have to stay approximately two years at UCLA. </p>
<p>If you’re transferring out of UCs you’ll be just a regular transfer student from a 4yr university to another 4yr. There’s definitely resources out there on the internet. What type of schools (besides UCB) are you looking at? What about UCLA do you not like?</p>
<p>I read Berkeley’s transfer page… looks like I’m not shooting for them. I’d like to be a sophomore level transfer. </p>
<p>I’m looking for something smaller, weirder, though still having a reasonably strong CS program. I’m not really into the campus culture, and I’m not a huge fan of the city of Los Angeles. Thus far, I’ve looked around at Columbia, UNC, and U of M. Still some big state schools on there, but not as much of a culture shock (I’m from the Midwest). Peripherally interested in the University of Chicago (though their CS program is a little weaker). I’m not really sure what else I should be looking at/for. Any recommendations would be really helpful, I want to put myself in a good place to apply. </p>
<p>A different question-- I’m currently transferring into the CS program at UCLA (my major entering was biology), would it be better/clearer to change my major to undecided for the purposes of applying? I’m taking computer science and computer science-related classes, but my current transcript (which doesn’t have grades yet) would still say “Biology” at the top. </p>
<p>SUNY-ESF (Environmental Science & Forestry) located in Syracuse. One of tops in country for Environmental Science. Syracuse University right there too. Excellent J-school. Not sure if you can take courses across the 2 campuses or not - you might look into it.</p>