<p>How does it work if after the first year of UC you go to a JC for sophomore year - then would it be possible to transfer as a JC applicant for junior level entry - meaning a better chance? </p>
<p>How about from UC-JC-CSU if the first one doesn't work? how does that one work?</p>
<p>a lot of people do it this way. best choice, really (aside from going to JC/CC from the start).</p>
<p>my sis did CSU-JC/CC-UC. unless you royally screw up, you'll go to a UC, any UC. just keep in mind your major and your goals.</p>
<p>alright.</p>
<p>so what happens to the UC GPA when you transfer down from the first year, and all of the other units?</p>
<p>All your UC courses are transferrable within the UC system- that GPA will stay with you.</p>
<p>So if you have a 2.0 in UC- then go to CC- get a 4.0- then transfer to another UC- your gpa when you start in that UC will be a 2.0</p>
<p>oh alright. i understand. how about does anyone know about how the quarter units transfer into the semester style JC system..?</p>
<p>so again to clarify, this is a route that has been taken before and is proven to work pretty good.. ?</p>
<p>thanks everyone so far for the information!</p>
<p>Two people I know (my boss and a friend) both went UCB > CC (soph year) > UCB. The boss did it because he had to work to put himself through college, and the friend did it because she was out of state and wanted to save money while gaining CA residency. Doesn't seem like it was such a big deal for them to do this, from Berkeley's point of view. Maybe they just had to file for a leave of absence? The boss did this about 20 years ago, the friend about 4 years ago.</p>
<p>I don't know how or if it would work if you are doing this to try to get into a "better" UC.</p>
<p>I'll bet anything that you can go UC > CC/JC > CSU without any problems, unless you are trying to transfer to a more selective CSU such as SDSU or Cal Poly with poor grades.</p>
<p>Ok.. so now there's two different answers I have going? There's one where the xleper says a lot of people do it that way and it's not much a problem because of that and your response (thatgirltoo) saying you're not totally sure because it was within the same UC. well yes I am going to become an incoming sophomore 2nd year this coming fall and I am trying to transfer to a different UC. for details, i'm currently at riverside and hoping to go to davis, santa cruz, or berkeley. </p>
<p>can anyone else help? i'm pretty sure my quarter units/credits will transfer it's just that it will be transferring to a semester system. and to that, I'm still not exactly sure if I will be considering a "JC" transfer applicant even if dropped out of the uc after my 1st year. does anyone know.. ?</p>
<p>To convert quarter into semester, divide quarter units by 1.5.</p>
<p>I sat next to a girl who attended UCI, then went back home to the same CC as me (Pierce College) and is now a senior at UCLA. She is taking summer school with me and told me that UCI crushed her soul.</p>
<p>Of course she got a stellar GPA, but still, it really doesn't matter whether or not you went to a UC first.</p>
<p>My best friend went to UCSC > SMC > UCLA. Her GPA was waaaay low for the acceptance, but since she went to UCSC first (we assume) they gave her a little lee-way on her GPA.</p>
<p>Trust me, it doesn't matter. you're a JC/CC applicant that happens to have a few classes from UC. I suggest you write about why you returned home in your essay, on the off chance that they read your essay (they don't read everyone's essay, not if you're already a shoo-in), then you can explain why you didn't like UCR.</p>
<p>Seriously, don't worry about it. Much MUCH higher chance of going to a "better" UC if you go to JC/CC.</p>
<p>If the majority of your units are coming from a CC then you can sign guaranteed agreements for all of the schools you listed except UCLA. </p>
<p>Going from the Same UC to CC to the Same UC is really not a problem, you are not asking them to admit you again. All you do is take courses at your CC for a year or for however long you want, the UC will not penalize you for that as long as you are not concurrently enrolled in your CC and UC. I left UCLA after transfer and i still have a quarter left and i took courses in my CC- all i have to do is file a petition for readmission- and the only point of that is so you get an enrollement time, you are not actually COMPETING for admission with other students. </p>
<p>You should go to the CC you plan on attending or google them and see if you can find on their website the requirements they have for guranteed transfer agreements. USUALLY the CC will require that you have less than X amount of units and that you complete X amount of units at their CC. This will give you guaranteed admission into your UCs of choice (aside from UCLA)</p>
<p>Berkeley doesn't do TAG or TAP either.</p>
<p>Yep- sorry i mis read your list of schools, i thought LA was on it and Cal was not.</p>
<p>Alright. So though berkeley doesn't have those agreements i'll still go for it but the other schools i may do those transfer agreements/guarantees. </p>
<p>So, with all this information so far, I will just have to spend one year at my local CC/JC, apply for the UC transfer this fall (since this is my incoming fall semester of my sophomore year/sophomore status) and hope to get in for next fall 2009, correct?</p>
<p>But I may have to take more courses than the average person attending CC because of the semester unit requirement, though right? And to that, my GPA when I enter CC this fall of 2008 will start all over right? That is the one the admission officers are going to look at?</p>
<p>No, they will look at your TRANSFER GPA, that will be your GPA for all transferable courses.</p>
<p>You MAY lose some credits in the process of going to a CC but you will gain them back when you go back to your UC. If you took any upper division courses for example a CC does not have anything equivalent to that but your UC will still give you credit for the courses you took at your old UC.</p>
<p>You may not be able to do it in one year, remember you have to have X amount of units from CC.</p>
<p>In total you will need a minimum of 60 units that transfer, meaning the units you have from your UC + CC should be at least 60 but more have to be from the CC for those agreements. </p>
<p>You should complete your major prep. (that can be a variety of courses plus possible prequisites)</p>
<p>You should probably complete IGETC or Breadth requirements- i am going to assume breadth requirements will be easier for you because you probably took some non IGETC courses at your UC.</p>
<p>You need to send your transcripts to your CC and see what happens, what courses you have and what you dont have, check equivalents etc. Until you have your units evaluated it is hard to tell exactly what will happen. </p>
<p>Also go to the transfer center of your CC to get the details on the guaranteed admission agreements, they need to signed a year in advance usually.</p>
<p>Hmm. OK. </p>
<p>Answers pretty much a lot of my questions so far. I have about 63 units from the UC. I hope I don't have to spend too much time in the CC before I transfer ..</p>
<p>Enjoy the sweet, sweet $20 per unit for as long as you can. UCs have better libraries and so forth, but the expense, the parking -- ouch.</p>
<p>with 63 quarter units - that is about 42 semester units, you may not qualify for those transfer agreements.</p>
<p>well, the transfer agreements are for over a period of time, aren't they?</p>
<p>yes but you can only have x amount of units in total to sign the agreements. You would have to go to your CC to see the exact details of the agreements. I am certain that all CCs require you to take atleast 30 units at their CC for the agreement, and you can only sign if you will complete it by a certain amount of units.</p>
<p>so then the agreement has to be signed immediately in the fall making me ineligible for a fall 09 transfer because of the lack of immediate units at the cc?</p>
<p>sorry, i will go to the cc soon but i'm asking questions here too haha.</p>