I regret not going to Community College

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>I am a current UCSD student. I pay full tuition, and it is obviously so expensive. I do not know why I went here in the first place. It is an okay school, but I wish I went to a community college first. The transition is going terribly. How can I transfer to a community college and then transfer back to UCSD or any other school? Would it even be possible to go withdrawal from UCSD, go to CC, then go back to UCSD? </p>

<p>I know most people will say its a waste to do what I am doing but I really want to. I know I am already at UCSD, but I want to go to CC first so I can save money.</p>

<p>Please help.</p>

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<p>You may want to read these pages:
<a href=“https://students.ucsd.edu/academics/enroll/withdrawal/withdrawal-undergraduates.html[/url]”>https://students.ucsd.edu/academics/enroll/withdrawal/withdrawal-undergraduates.html&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“https://students.ucsd.edu/academics/enroll/special-enrollment/readmission-to-ucsd.html[/url]”>https://students.ucsd.edu/academics/enroll/special-enrollment/readmission-to-ucsd.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>If you decide to withdraw, it is best to do so after completing the quarter in good academic standing.</p>

<p>It is not clear from the web pages how easy or difficult it will be to be readmitted after withdrawing.</p>

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<p>What are your parents saying?</p>

<p>Are they saying that the cost is too much for them? Are they/you borrowing to attend there?</p>

<p>How much did YOU borrow to attend this quarter?</p>

<p>I’ve seen others leave a UC in good standing, go to a CC, and then transfer to a UC again. </p>

<p>since you’re now on the quarter system, you may need to get some extra units over the summer to stay on track.</p>

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<p>Well my parents have been complaining about the costs, especially with our mortgage extremely inflated from the housing crash. We are trying to make ends meet. </p>

<p>Do you know if the people you saw leave UC then go to CC (that left in good standing) be readmitted easily? </p>

<p>I don’t understand how I will be behind since I am in the quarter system. can you please explain that part?</p>

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<p>Suppose you take 15 units per quarter or semester. 15 quarter units = 10 semester units, since each quarter unit = 2/3 semester unit.</p>

<p>If you transfer to a CC on the quarter system or stay at UCSD, you will not be behind on units, since you will take 15 units for two quarters in winter and spring, resulting in a total of 45 quarter units = 30 semester units for the academic year.</p>

<p>If you transfer to a CC on the semester system, you will have 15 quarter units for the fall and 15 semester units for the spring. This equals 37.5 quarter units = 25 semester units for the academic year. This means that your frosh year will be 7.5 quarter units = 5 semester units short of a full year of course work.</p>

<p>If you came in with lots of AP or college credit from high school, that may not be too much of a concern. But if not, you would have to take course overloads or summer sessions to “catch up” on units.</p>

<p>Another issue if you transfer to a CC on the semester system is that if you are taking sequenced courses (e.g. typical lower division math courses like calculus), the breaks between quarter system courses and semester system courses will not line up, so you may end up having to repeat some of what you already took. For example, if you took a quarter system calculus 1 course at UCSD, that covers only 2/3 of a semester system calculus 1 course, so if you transfer to a semester system CC, you would not be able to go into its calculus 2 course.</p>

<p>If you do transfer to a CC, you may want to check for nearby quarter system CCs where the courses you want to take match one-to-one with UCSD courses according to [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) , particularly if you are taking sequenced courses.</p>

<p>If a semester system CC is most convenient (for location purposes), but you are in sequenced courses that misalign between quarter and semester systems, you may want to consider finishing the academic year at either UCSD or a nearby quarter system CC (even if it is less convenient), then switching to a more convenient semester system CC the next year.</p>

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<p>If, as you suggest in another post, you live in the San Diego area, it looks like all or most of the CCs are on the semester system there. So consider the misaligned sequenced courses problem carefully if you decide to transfer to a CC mid year (it is usually less of an issue if you transfer at the end of the academic year).</p>

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<p>Thank you so much for your detailed response. I will read over it to make it more sense, but thanks for taking the time explaining it to me.</p>

<p>I have 41 units not including fall quarter so do you think that is sufficient enough? I think I will have to retake some classes I already took according to your explanation.</p>

<p>I don’t see the point of going to cc after one academic yr at ucsd has already passed, so I think I will just repeat some classes</p>

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<p>41 quarter or semester units? 41 quarter units = 27+1/3 semester units, while 41 semester units = 61.5 quarter units.</p>

<p>In any case, if you had that before even starting college, that would be sufficient buffer against begin a few units short at graduation. But whether those units (presumably from AP scores and college courses taken while in high school) help otherwise depend on the subjects that they are in and whether they apply to your major or breadth requirements.</p>