Is it bad to transfer from a csu to a cc?

Transfer Students
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<p>I am currently a freshman at a csu that is over 3 hours away from my hometown and I am absolutely miserible there. I just don't think that it is the right school for me. I want to transfer next year but the csu I want to transfer to doesn't accept lower division transfers, so I was thinking about going to my local community college next year and then trying to transfer to another csu. </p>

<p>However, I want to know, does it look bad to transfer from a csu to a cc then to another csu?</p>

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<p>They are unit count conditions that may seriously limit your ability to transfer if you go from a 4 year back to a CC. Talk to a CC counselor about your proposed plan.</p>

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<p>Whom are you asking might see it as bad? Future employers? The CSU school you want to attend?</p>

<p>If you go this route, CSU to CC to CSU, odds are high it will go very smoothly. I believe the reply in #2 is referring to a unit cap that applies more to UC schools than CSU schools. For either system you can take a zillion units all at a CC and still apply for admission. However the UC system has a cap on the total number of units you can earn and still be able to apply for admission if some or all of those units came from 4 year colleges. It isn’t a straightforward cap, depends on the mix and so on. Here is a link in case you are interested: <a href=“http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/articulation/PDFs%20for%20Site/ucunitlimits_4yr_2yr.pdf[/url]”>http://www.cabrillo.edu/services/articulation/PDFs%20for%20Site/ucunitlimits_4yr_2yr.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>It is less clear (online, at least) if the CSU system has similar caps. But all of this is unlikely to affect you in any way. You are simply going to attend a CC for a year to get enough units to qualify as a upper-division transfer, so you will be nowhere near any caps. The only advice I’d add is to meet with a counselor at your CC or by visiting the CSU to make sure you meet each and every requirement for xfer; if you are missing just 1 class that you need to be considered for your major as an upper-division xfer student they will turn you down.</p>

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<p>Thank you that is helpful, I am planning on meeting with a counselor about it soon.</p>

<p>I was wondering about if a future employer would see it as bad?</p>

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The answer here is a qualified “no”. When you graduate from the CSU your diploma will not be marked in any way that indicates you earned some units elswhere. On a resume its common to put “BA Some_Major 2015” as the header on the education paragraph for college; again, no mention of attending other schools. </p>

<p>And for most employers, thats good enough. The only caveat is a few employers will ask you to bring a transcript to their interview, which would of course show the xfer credit. But this is not very common. And for that matter its a good idea to not rely on just a degree in some field to get a job, even if its in a “practical” major like accounting or nursing. The student that really stands out is the one that has had some relevant experience in their field thru summer jobs and/or internships. You do that and you’ll be miles ahead of someone that just has a degree but nothing else to show, regardless of whether they spent all 4 years at the same school.</p>