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<p>Hi, I'm currently a sophmore at Drexel University in Philadelphia. I joined the 5 Year Co-op program and am now working as a part of that program, as an intern in Northern California near Sacramento. It's a six month internship and it ends at the very begining of April 2011.</p>

<p>I was born and raised until college in Maui, Hawaii, and always wanted to attend college in California but for financial reasons choose Drexel's Lebow College of Business to study Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and Business Law. After being in California for almost six months I have fallen in love with Northern California and want to transfer to UC Santa Cruz. Obviously, its late in the year and all admissions for transfer students for next fall are closed. </p>

<p>I'm looking for advice to hopefully transfer to UCSC next fall as a junior. I have 79 credits from my freshman year, but I do not know exactly which ones are transferable. My transcript is coming in the mail but what makes Drexel's program so unique and complicated is that my school gives me 16 credits for doing the internship. UCSC probably will not take those credits so, as a sophomore, I have no credits. </p>

<p>I'm considering taking a leave of absence from Drexel and taking classes at the local community college for Spring term. I thought I could apply for UCSC summer program as well to hopefully get enough credits in the UC system to get out of the way. </p>

<p>I'm wondering if its best to not return to Philadelphia this spring and stay in California long enough to get residency and take classes in a community college until I can apply as a junior to UCSB or return to Drexel University for spring than come back to California for the UCSC summer program and attend a community college until the following fall. </p>

<p>I've very competitive and have a 3.2 GPA with alot of extraccurriculars. </p>

<p>Any advice or recommendation would be so helpful. I'm so torn and it's all so last minute.</p>

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<p>Bump…please help!</p>

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<p>Well you said that admissions for transfer students for the fall are closed. So how can you transfer as a junior or anything else? You would wait a whole extra year?</p>

<p>Are you altogether sure that community colleges there haven’t already started for the spring? </p>

<p>Maybe you should stay put and then go to California for grad school? </p>

<p>Perhaps you should post this in the UC Transfer forum. I don’t know the UC’s at all but a 3.2 is relatively low for most good schools.</p>

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<p>Yes, post on the UC Transfer sub-forum. UC admissions/transfer admissions are a world unto themselves… doing a number of things differently from most other schools.</p>

<p>Also, be sure you explain the 79 credits from freshman year. That is a huge number compared to what most students have… even allowing for the 16 internship credits. 13-18 credits per semester (ie, 26-36 for freshman year) would be more typical from most schools.</p>