<p>So I was accepted to UCSB, CSUN, UCR, and CSUF as a transfer student for Fall 2014.</p>
<p>I went to CSU Chico in 2011-2012, came back home and attended CC for 2 years because I wasn't learn anything up there.</p>
<p>The PROBLEM is, I was 200% sure I would attend UCSB, but as an Econ/Accounting Major we are obligated to finish a mandatory set of requirements. I have completed all, but one of the requirements and its Business Calculus, WHICH had to be done by the end of Spring 2014 semester which I failed to do so.</p>
<p>So now my offer is rescinded and I put in an appeal letter, but I am not counting on that.....</p>
<p>So I have 3 choices as of now:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Wait for UCSB to reply on the appeal, and IF I get lucky I can get in.</p></li>
<li><p>Attend CSUN (my backup school and I really don't want to go this route) for 2 years and graduate, or transfer TO ANOTHER UNIVERSITY after 1 year at CSUN, but that would mean I'd be transferring as a Senior.</p></li>
<li><p>Bum it for 1 year again at my CC, but I have 16 units signed up so I don't fall behind or slack off, plus I can boost my GPA (It stands at 3.4 as of now) and apply to another school USC or wherever.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>The whole reason I kind of moved back down to LA was to attend a better school closer to home, but obviously plans didn't go the way I intended.</p>
<p>I need some real world advice from people. Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks guys! :)</p>
<p>I think #3 sound best. Not a great option, but…
Did you write in your appeal that you were willing to make this sacrifice? That shows commitment. </p>
<p>I like #3, but the idea of staying another 1 whole year is like eh… That would mean by the time I’m graduating and getting my bachelor’s, I would have spent a total of 6 YEARS at universities for a bachelors degree…</p>
<p>I hear ya. Not a great option. Do you have any idea how often they let a person take a requirement during the summer? Is it possible? </p>
<p>This is a case where I think you need to call someone and hound them, if necessary - nicely, of course, but you need to show how much you really need this. Can you take the class online right now? And let them know it will be finished by such and such a date…</p>
<p>And another thing. In the scope of life six years is not the end of the world, and the actual education part is only about five. When I went to Berkeley I took what I would euphemistically call a gap year - for two years! So I did not start Berkeley until I was 20, and it was no biggie. (I was trying to find myself. I failed.)</p>
<p>And the application process starts in a few months so you’ll be busy with that. You can take the class in fall, maybe even a second that might thin the herd when you get to the UC. Just work, and do a little community service, just 2-3 hours a week in something, as they like seeing that you are giving back, especially UCLA and UCB. Then just resubmit the same app with the added part about having the option to go elsewhere but you were so driven to go to UC you were willing to wait a whole year just to fulfill that one class and reapply. Great stuff!</p>
<p>you know this was a TonyStark topic when you see the “VERY IMPORTANT” in the title in all caps and the incessant amount of question marks.</p>
<h1>1 is a very long shot. I wouldn’t count on it as a realistic option.</h1>
<p>I’d say the same for #2, solely based on the fact that hardly any university will accept a senior transfer, if at all. If they do, I’m pretty sure you won’t be graduating in one year cause you’ll have to finish their requirements. </p>
<h1>3 is your best choice really. Slog it through another year at CC, finish your requirements, raise your GPA, and you’ll be in good shape for UCSB as long as you don’t screw up again. Dunno about USC.</h1>
<p>I don’t think #1 is a realistic option either, as k420 said. </p>
<h1>3 is your best shot. This is pretty much a second chance to raise your GPA and finish all of the requirements (Business Calc) so that you’ll be even more prepared to transfer.</h1>
<p>Take this as an advantage. You don’t want to “bum” it out but instead work harder.</p>
<p>Can you take Business Calculus during the summer, if you can, then put that information in your appeal letter. If your appeal gets rejected, then stay another year at your community college. Most people end up taking longer than four years to complete their degree, even those who enter university after college, so don’t worry about taking 6 years to finish. In fact, look at the four year graduation rate of SB and CSUN, it isn’t very high. </p>
<p>@TonyStark93 You have to be more specific. Anyway, you have to decide which degree is better for you career goals and then decide to go to whatever university offers that major. </p>
<p>CSUN is notoriously known for being hard to get classes, and it could take you 3+ years even after transfer.</p>
<p>At UCSB, you could probably finish in 2 years. Either way, you likely won’t be done for 3 years, so just think about how you want to spend the next 3 years of your life.</p>
<p>In the big picture one year is not a lot. If my goal was to go to UCSB and I could achieve it , by taking an additional year, at a CC, I would do it. You can use the year to work and/or get an internship and put yourself in a stronger position for the future. </p>
<p>I don’t think CSUN is the kiss of death, but if going to UCSB is your goal, don’t let a tiny set back ( and a year is tiny ) keep you from reaching that goal. </p>
<p>I would not attend CSUN with the intent of transferring after a year. I would only attend if I felt I wanted to graduate from there. </p>
<p>I think you should go for option 3, just make sure you don’t get too many units. </p>
<p>Almost 95%+ of you guys are telling me thats the better option.</p>
<p>I am trying to convince myself that CSUN is a great school and that it’ll be in my best interests, but I just hate that school and can’t see myself happy there.</p>
<p>The only thing that bothers me about option #3 is that I will be another year behind, but do you guys think its worth it and really not that big of a deal?</p>
<p>Just to point it out, my assist page says that for 2015 UCSB econ, they are requiring calc 1 & 2 and won’t be letting people substitute the second calc class with a stats class.</p>
<p>“Selection criteria will change for fall 2015 applications. Completion of
calculus courses articulating with UCSB’s MATH 3A-3B or MATH 34A-34B will
be required. (A single course articulating with both MATH 34A and 34B is
acceptable.) Statistics will no longer be part of the selection criteria.”</p>
<p>So if you go back to CC I think you will need to take two calculus classes.</p>