<p>If UCLA means that much to you. Enroll in a California Community College and kickass. You will more than likely get accepted to UCLA as a transfer. When it is all said and done your degree won't say that you were a transfer, it will be the same as everyone else who worked there.</p>
<p>Yeah, have fun at CC for 2 years. THOSE ARE THE WORDS OF A REJECT!</p>
<p>Amen, save ma and pa some $.</p>
<p>Community college was awesome! Low standards, less work, more time to hang out with friends. :D</p>
<p>Not the best idea; if California doesn’t get out of this economic slump, expect more budget cuts to the UCs. This will lead to decreased transfer admittance, especially in the top tier UCs.</p>
<p>don’t do it if you’re going into a hard major like engineering unless you know you can teach ucla level calculus by yourself</p>
<p>Site, what’s the best idea then? </p>
<p>If you got rejected from UCLA, how else will you get in? You can always transfer to a less competitive school, so you will have a backup. But what other way can you try to get into UCLA?</p>
<p>Yes, and instead of having a transformative, intellect-challenging, horizon-expanding comprehensive college experience, you can revel, as you trudge across the vast expanses of cc parking lot, that you are getting your general ed out of the way.</p>
<p>^and rest assured that they will NOT f ed ur UC gpa. god DAMN i hate those ■■■■■■■■ GEs and stupid pre-major courses…</p>
<p>ditto, hater<em>of</em>haters. f earthquakes. class, prof, and grading system was such a POS. f ec41. class, prof, and grading system was such a POS.</p>
<p>The best idea would be to go to a college that you’ve already been accepted to. I wouldn’t go to a community college for 2 years just to have a CHANCE at UCLA. If it were guaranteed, however, I probably would think otherwise.</p>
<p>Site - You will probably get into the colleges you’ve already been accepted to if you go through the cc system. For certain CC’s, as long as you score a high GPA and enter into a transfer agreement, you will have a very high chance of getting in, not just a “chance.” Most things are not guaranteed, but in at least my CC, I knew I would get into UCLA. </p>
<p>Some people really want UCLA, and they can’t handle anything else. It’s fine to still aim for it because budgets or not, going to a CC gives you a good chance at getting into UCLA.</p>
<p>I suppose if you REALLY wanted to go to UCLA, then I guess there wouldn’t be any other option. Of course, you would have to find a good CC, work hard, and sacrifice two years of university life. It all depends on how badly you want to get in - some people I know just half-ass their way through CC thinking that they’ll get admitted and end up disappointed.</p>