CSU Student switching to a CC? Will I be able to get accepted to another CSU or UC ?

Transfer Students
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<p>Hello, I need your guys' suggestions on what I should do. Is this really a good idea???? </p>

<p>Previously in high school, I had the passion for doing well in school. I was in AVID & lots of ap classes. My GPA was a 3.7. I was accepted to CSULB in Fall 2012 and attended the university. </p>

<p>It is my 2nd year @ CSULB.
I am majoring in health care administration, but so far...the pre-prerequisites classes (such as economics and accounting) are okay..I realized that I do not like what i am majoring in at all.</p>

<p>However, I am doing poorly for my second year!
My circumulative GPA went from a 2.7 down to a 2.4.</p>

<p>I am doing poorly because I do not have the motivation to study anymore here at cal state long beach..The campus, people, and everything here are okay, but I don't feel right being here. I'm not determined to do well. Whenever I come home, I procrastinate and do not care about studying at all. </p>

<p>I am highly thinking of switching to a community college such as (City College of San Francisco) where I can focus on earning good grades and improving my GPA. I spoke to my parents about moving away from them. I want to start living by my own, work part time for the first time, and be independent. I am determined to do this. (In the past when I was 16 & 17 years old, I was in an academic program called VOA Upward Bound where I was able to dorm and take college level classes there + I was very motivated in wanting to do well.)</p>

<p>After fulfilling my ge breadth / igetc requirements, I will apply to a UC/another CSU. I understand that if i do apply to a UC/another CSU such as CSU San Francisco, the UC/CSU's will average all of my GPA from the different schools I attended.</p>

<p>I really want major in nursing, but I am so afraid that i might not get accepted to any of the UC/CSU's will accept me because of my weak 2.4 GPA from CSULB. What if my community college GPA improve drastically? Yes, i know I will have to spend at least another 2 years at a CC. </p>

<p>I'm not sure if i should do complete either the ge breadth requirements or the igetc one. I do understand that if I do want to major in nursing, completing the ge breadth one is the way to go because there are a lot of pre-requsite classes i will have to complete for nursing. </p>

<p>I also want to apply in the TAG/TAP program, but this is for igetc only right?????????
If I do apply to a UC, I want to write an essay informing the readers about how I lost motivation at my university, ended up doing poorly, switching to a cc to improve and redeem myself in succeeding drastically, and becoming motivated again.</p>

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<p>1st unless I am mistaken UCs don’t offer nursing. </p>

<p>2nd you need 30 units in residence at a CC to gain CC transfer status. </p>

<p>3rd how many units do you have? <a href=“http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/articulation/PDFs%20for%20Site/ucunitlimits_4yr_2yr.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/articulation/PDFs%20for%20Site/ucunitlimits_4yr_2yr.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>4th correct. Do you know how much living costs? Food, Rent, Gas, Insurance, etc? Working while going to college is possibly one of the most difficult things you can do for yourself. If you do want to go the CC route than you should live at home and leach off your parents. </p>

<p>5th your GPA. 1st of all CSUs don’t read any personal statements for transfer nor do they do a holistic process and consider upward trends. So you’ll be working with GPA alone. For San Francisco Nursing it says "Have an all-college total GPA of 3.0 or higher at the time of application. " By my math it IS possible for you to reach this if you can pull off Straight As in CC.</p>

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<p>Yes living expenses can be pretty expensive if you’re not living with your parents. Renting a room can be around 500-1000$
Food expenses, gas, etc can be around $300 and more</p>

<p>I am able to pay off everything for about a year. I am also considering to work part time. I also have leftover scholarship money.</p>

<p>I realized that I am still leaning toward the business/health care/nursing field but I’m not really sure what to major in.</p>

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<p>Without a plan it is very easy to to get stuck in CC and a dead-end job. Trust me, this is where I have been since 2010.</p>

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<p>May I know more about you? How come it’s easy to get stuck in CC?
Can you also give me advice on anything? I’m happy to listen!</p>

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<p>Keep in mind that CCSF is having accreditation problems. Also, meeting the prerequisite requirements qualifies you only for consideration for admission and does not guarantee admission to the Nursing Program. They currently select by a lottery process AFTER completion of academic prerequisites. </p>

<p>Also, as others have said, the UC’s do not have nursing. Nursing is impacted at all CSU’s.</p>

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<p>Without a plan it’s easy to get stuck at community college because there are specific requirements to transfer into each major at 4-year schools. People who are unsure of what they want to do end up taking loads of general ed classes which do nothing to prepare them for any specific degree program at another school.</p>

<p>It’s especially easy to become complacent for those who are supporting themselves and taking very few units at a time. I haven’t viewed the data for the amount of people who manage to transfer out of CC, but my Stat professor said that the figure is dismally low.</p>

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<p>I graduated HS with 2.8 GPA in 2008 and basically did nothing with my life until 2011. I started community college in 2010 and after 1 semester I dropped. I started working on cars in 2011. Then I was on and off in college for the last 2 years. About 1 yr ago I decided on a major and start working towards achieving it. As of right now I should be able to get into USC next fall. Basically I should have graduated college last year, instead I am transferring next year. Because I didn’t have a plan, I got stuck in CC for 4 years. </p>

<p>Without a plan people get stuck in CC. It’s especially easy when you are working and other priorities come up like paying the rent, going out with your friends or boyfriend, you get a child etc.</p>

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<p>I attended CSULB for my freshmen year from 2010-2011 until financial reasons forced me to move back home and go to a CC in Los Angeles. </p>

<p>From 2011 to now, I’ve had the most stressful time getting the classes I needed to transfer out, because the CCs are incredibly crowded. There have been two semesters where I was lucky enough to get just one class. As if that weren’t annoying enough, it’s been stressful trying to fit in work hours around what little classes are available. So, it’s taken me nearly three years to transfer out of a CC when I had only planned for it to take a year, or, at the most, two years. </p>

<p>So, I’m seriously urging you to carefully, carefully weigh your pros and cons. Make a plan and then a backup plan for that plan. </p>

<p>By the way, UCLA and UCI do have a nursing program. However, from speaking to advisors and friends admitted into those programs, you need to have at least a 3.5-3.7 GPA to be considered a competitive candidate for a nursing program.</p>

<p>I wish I had more helpful advice to give you, but I wish you the best of luck.</p>