<p>Ima Study My A$$ Off!!!</p>
<p>I am currently going to El Camino college as well and i just sent my applications to UCSB and UCSC just to see if i can get accepted. I am really hoping to get into UCLA though for next fall so im gonna wait all that time too see. I have the same problems with meeting people at school as well. i don't live near the area at all and i only have a few friends from high school who i hang out with.</p>
<p>Would you do it again given the chance?</p>
<p>I didn't like my CC experience, but I don't if I can say I shouldn't have gone. I actually got accepted to UCSB in Fall 2003 (and no where else except lower tier UCs), but passed on the last minute decided to go to a CC instead. It wasn't for "rank jumping" reasons like many people on the CollegeConfidential transfer board because UCSB wasn't good enough, but because I don't if two years ago I was mentally prepared to go far away to college. I think in my case, it might have been good to stay at home just a little longer. </p>
<p>Lo and behold, I eventually decided on going to UCSB as a transfer, and compared to my freshman acceptance, I think I'm much more prepared for college this time around. I've done much more to prepare myself for school, and I'm very excited to start this time around. I still have a significant amount of lower division courses to complete, but I decided to go to UCSB instead of staying a third year to complete all my lower division classes and applying to more schools.</p>
<p>I go to Santa Barbara City College so it feels like im in college already because im 5 hours from home, i lived in a uc/cc dorm the first year i was there, I live in Isla Vista ( where 20,000) uc kids live so i basically have lived the exact life of a UC student except for the school i go too. I live with 5 UC students so it has been great for me and the transition to UCSB will not be hard at all.</p>
<p>Would I do a cc again? Hell no!!! But looking back, cc was the best route for me. I graduated highschool with a 2.1 GPA and had a 2.5 gpa my first year in a cc. Damn...I was still a **** up. Being isolated from a big social life because of the cc, I was able to spend more time focusing on why I was such a **** up. I found out the reason and since have gotten a 3.92 the next 1 and 1/2 years. Now I actually have a good chance at getting into schools like Cal and UCLA, something I never thought would have been possible for me. Had I gone to a university first, I don't think I would have ever solved my issues. </p>
<p>Anyway, biggest change I'm looking forward to is being with students who actually care about their work. Most cc students don't seem like they're really focused to me - most have no goals or any idea on how to achieve them. I'm also looking forward to making more friends. I've made several friends at the ccs here, but it's hard to find time to kick it since we all drive to school from different cities and work.</p>
<p>I would join intercollegiate soccer team at my new university since i refused t join my CC soccer team after i saw the training.the training was so relax and laidback......It was just a kickabout.</p>
<p>For thsoe of you who've gone to JC. Would you do it again given the chance?</p>
<p>Sure. I'm an asocial person who doesn't have the problem with the JC social scene the way other people here seem to do. I just wish I had figured out what I wanted to do earlier . . . By the time I transfer in 2007, I'll have spent 7 years in the JC system. Part of the length was due to a one-year hiatus and several years of going only part-time (the first year due to restrictions based on high schoolers, and later because of personal problems). But part of it was due to the fact I changed my major twice (Japanese to linguistics to Chinese). So I wish I had started on my final major prep earlier or had been able to retain interest in my first major, but either way, I would've chosen JCs. Seeing as how I wasn't able to make a final decision on my major or cope better with certain personal obstacles until this year, going to university as a freshman never would've worked for me. The freshman admissions process sounds way too stressful anyway, and the cost for going to university for 4 years would've been too much of a burden.</p>