I was kind of in the same boat, I got accepted to a few schools but there were so many factors going on in my life that I had to go to community college. I was upset because I thought people who went to CC were dumb and I wouldn’t get a good education. Looking back I’m really glad I went to community college. I got into a school that rejected me when I was in high school. I got more time to figure out what I wanted to do. I was able to get a job at the school as a tutor. I met some really hard-working people who got accepted to schools like UCSD and UCLA. It’s like a second chance I guess. Professors at CC are good some of them have great educational backgrounds and have thought at universities.
Piece of advice makes sure to check what requirements the university you want to go to has, if you do them all you’ll have a really good chance of getting in but some universities are still impacted as you might already know so you might not always get in. Something I wish I knew earlier was that UC’s have a higher acceptance rate for transfers than Cal States.
Off-topic. My situation is kind of funny, I only had one normal semester where I was in traditional classrooms for the entire semester. The three other semesters were basically online because of personal situations and this pandemic. I’m an electrical engineer major. I think I was extremely lucky to be able to transfer out in the span of 2 years. I’m considering staying another year because I really wish I had done more research about what university I wanted to go to because I was just considering the location.