<p>I am a Senior in high school, and I will be going to a community college next year. I want to transfer into a UC after the two years, possibly UCSB. I was just wondering if they count summer courses you take at a Community college, because I want to finish all IGETC courses in time. I remember UCI said they didn't or something, so I was just wondering what the restrictions are regarding this. Also, I will be trying to get a guarantee agreement and was wondering how that would affect it. Any help would be appreciated...</p>
<p>Yes, they count summer, fall, winter, and spring.</p>
<p>blue, 2 things that might be of interest to u.</p>
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<li><p>SB has guaranteed if u have 2.8+ GPA w/ no special contract</p></li>
<li><p>U can transfer to SB in the winter.</p></li>
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<p>Thanks for the information :) Any other suggestions?</p>
<p>BlueHue,</p>
<p>A few tips for you during your time in the community college phase:</p>
<p>-have <a href="http://www.ratemyprofessor.com%5B/url%5D">www.ratemyprofessor.com</a> become your best friend. This will give you a heads up on how your professors are and feel if you can handle them. You do not necessarily need to look for easy professors, but you actually want to look for professors that actually TEACH! You do not want to ruin your college GPA, thus ruining your chances of attending the university of your choice because of some bad professor. </p>
<p>-Decide on your major as soon as possible. Hopefully you already have one in mind that you plan to stick with, but if not...no worries. Just use to the upcoming summer to figure out what field you would like to study in. I say this because the sooner you figure your major out, the sooner you can start getting the lower-division major prep courses for your particular major under your belt, therefore the sooner you can tranfer out. </p>
<p>-Use <a href="http://www.assist.org%5B/url%5D">www.assist.org</a> to determine the courses you need to complete for your major. The site will link your certain community college to the university you want to transfer to (UCSB) and layout the transfer agreement guidelines for the particular major that you select. </p>
<p>-Once you finally decide on a major, find out if the major is impacted or not to see the level of work intensity that you need to achieve. If it is impacted like Business or Engineering, then know that you need to buck down and perform very well. This is because competition is very high for majors like these, so I just want to give you the heads up. Of course, hopefully you plan to work hard no matter what your major is. Simply put, the better you perform...the better your chances are...and that goes for all majors. So work hard. </p>
<p>-Look into the Honor programs that your community college offers. Depending on where you plan to go, being in your school's Honor program can help you. If you feel the program isn't for you, no problem...it will not hurt you by not being in it. Plenty of people get into the UC's without being in the honor programs. </p>
<p>-Most importantly, the main factors for being admitted into the UC's are based on two important things: GPA and the number of major prep courses you finish by the time you transfer out. Having a higher GPA & completing a high number of major prep courses...increases your chance. Having a lower GPA & completing few amounts of major prep courses...decreases your chance. It's that simple.</p>
<p>-Last but not least of course, visit <a href="http://www.collegeconfidential.com%5B/url%5D">www.collegeconfidential.com</a> frequently! Haha, this site has been helpful to so many students including myself and it would be a shame for you to not use it to your advantage. Some of the community college counselors aren't very helpful and this forum tends to be the place for better source. Come here if you have any questions at all and we will be happy to assist you. </p>
<p>On a final note...work hard and you'll be fine. Good luck to you.</p>
<p>the most important advice I can give you is RATEMYPROFESSOR.COM if I had known about it previously it would have spared me a lot of pain</p>
<p>Wow thanks a lot, I shall definately check all of this info out. Thanks :)</p>
<p>Heres a link to information on which schools accept summer school work before fall enrollment.
<a href="http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:ogF7wPMjVWAJ:www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/transfer/advising/answers/preparing.html+ucsd+transfer+summer+before&hl=en%5B/url%5D">http://64.233.179.104/search?q=cache:ogF7wPMjVWAJ:www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/transfer/advising/answers/preparing.html+ucsd+transfer+summer+before&hl=en</a></p>
<p>nice find eric.</p>
<p>SD has the best policy. U can take classes in order to meet major prep or igetc. </p>
<p>LA has the worst policy.</p>
<p>but might be nice in regards to people being able to enjoy their summer. :)</p>