<p>I haven't been rejected yet, but I'm kinda freaking out here. UCLA is basically the only school that I have any interest in attending next year. If I'm not accepted, I would like to take summer school there and then get an apartment (I already have a potential roommate) and then take classes throughout the fall and reapply for spring semester (quarter?) but I'm not really sure if that's even possible! If it's not possible, is there anything else I can do? I live on the East Coast, and I'm anxious to head out west!</p>
<p>Any help is appreciated!</p>
<p>You need to contact UCLA and find out if it is possible to enroll as a visiting or non-degree student. Even when a college or university allows this, usually there is a limit to the number of credits you can take during any one term, and a maximum number you can take before you must be enrolled formally or leave. There also are restrictions in the course selection (basically you get the very last pick), and you would be expected to be full-pay. Taking classes as a visiting or non-degree student rarely improves your chances of being admitted as a regular student if you later decide to apply for admission.</p>
<p>Okay, thanks. (hypothetically) If I do reapply for admission and am accepted, can those courses that I took then be used towards my degree?</p>
<p>You have to ask them about that. Again, this is something that each institution decides for itself.</p>
<p>Summer sessions at many schools commonly allow visiting students.
[UCLA</a> Summer Sessions-Home Page](<a href=“http://www.summer.ucla.edu/]UCLA”>http://www.summer.ucla.edu/)</p>
<p>During the regular academic year, being able to take courses is unlikely for visiting students. Some schools allow doing so on a space-available basis after all of their regular students have registered, but it is not obvious whether UCLA does.</p>
<p>Taking transferable courses at a nearby community college and then applying as a junior transfer is more feasable (see [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) for transfer credit). However, as an out of state student, even community college will cost non-trivial amounts of money.</p>