<p>Hello all! Long time reader, first time poster. I really need help clarifying whether the amount of time I spend at CC will affect my admissions. I read in the wonderful UC Transfer FAQ post</p>
<p>14. Will my chances be affected if I stay a ccc for a very long time?
Most people take 2-3 years to transfer. If you stay longer, you can still get in as long as you finished your prereq's. I know someone who was at a ccc for 4 years before she transfered into ucb. But, it probably won't look too good if you're applying for grad schools.</p>
<p>But I'm not sure if my situation falls under that.</p>
<p>I graduated when I was 16 and enrolled in community college. This was in '07. I applied to several universities in the Fall of '08 as a sociology major. My GPA is a 4.0. It's my dream to attend Berkeley, but I'm happy to know that at least I'm accepted into my 2nd dream school, UCSB.</p>
<p>But I'm having my reservations about attending university in the fall of 2009. I'll be a junior, but I'll also be 18. I'm reconsidering my decision to enroll as a junior at 18 and instead enroll when I'm 19 or 20. My brother, who was a junior at 18 as well, told me that if he could do it all over again, he would take a gap year or two. He said that since most of his courses were upper-division and his roommates and friends were traditional junior transfers (aged 20-21), it was hard to maintain a lot of friendships because the 21 year olds would go out often, leaving him back in the dorms. Also, since he had friendships established with traditional juniors, doing things with other 18-20 year olds (freshmen and sophomores) was difficult to do.</p>
<p>So this is where it all kinda ties in.</p>
<p>I want to learn several languages. I already speak Spanish and English fluently, but I also want to learn French, Italian and German. I plan on living in Europe after graduation, but so does everyone else right? haha. </p>
<p>I planned on learning the languages at community college after I graduated from university, but then this got me to thinking, the earlier you learn a foreign language, the better right? I know learning other foreign languages at eighteen isn't the same as learning them at six, but it has to be better than learning them at 20 while you're trying to work and you're no longer under your parents' insurance. My brother's already graduated and trying to take community college computer courses while working full time, but he says it's tough. I can only imagine how tough it would be trying to learn several foreign languages.</p>
<p>So I was thinking of studying abroad with my community college for two years, or even just taking foreign language courses, until I'm a traditional junior age. It's definitely cheaper than doing it at university and I'll get the language immersion experience. </p>
<p>So I guess my main questions are
Will taking the extra semesters affect my admissions to a sociology major again, especially at Berkeley? I'll only be taking foreign language courses for those two years, so the courses I'm taking aren't exactly sociology related. But the study abroad experience is sociology related. I'm not sure... Also, say I get in as a sociology major for this fall, will applying again as a sociology major again in a year or two affect my chances?</p>
<p>Also, will the extra CC semesters affect how long I can stay at the UC I decide to go to? If I go straight to university this fall, I'll only have had 3 semesters at community college. If I wait a year, I'll have had 5 semesters. And if I wait two years, I'll have had 7 semesters. At Berkeley it says </p>
<p>*120-Unit Minimum
You must complete at least 120 semester units to graduate.
You may take more than 120 units as long as you graduate in no more than eight semesters (counting all the institutions you have attended). *</p>
<p>So what does this mean for me if I wait two years and have 7 semesters under my belt?</p>
<p>Any advice? Should I just get done with it, wait a year, or wait two years?</p>
<p>I'm so sorry for the dreadfully long post. Thanks for reading. Any input and advice would be greatly appreciated.</p>