<p>So let's say I get accepted to UCSD, UCI, and UCD. Would the fastest, most efficient, and most secure way of getting into UCB through a transfer from one of those UCs or a local community college? <em>I know this may have been asked for before but I couldn't find it in a search</em></p>
<p>Additional Info (dunno if it makes a difference):
I think I'm getting into UCI, UCD (3.91 GPA, 2040 SAT). UCSD is a reach but less impossible than UCB or LA.</p>
<p>If I was to go to a community college, I'd most likely attend Irvine Valley College. I've already taken a college writing (4 credits, grade B) and an intro to physics (4 credits, grade B) class there. I'm worried about transferring my classes with those two B's because it affects my chances at grad school right?</p>
<p>Irvine Valley College has a honor program which is suppose to heighten student's chances at a transfer.</p>
<p>I'd much rather transfer from a UC.</p>
<p>If I pass all my APs this year, I should be at sophmore standing in college. In IVC, I will have completed 36 out of the 60 necessary units.</p>
<p>CC is the way to go if you want to transfer. But you need to be getting very high grades at CC in order to transfer, some majors are more competitive than others.</p>
<p>Well, let's say I'm pretty set on finances 'cause I could live at home and got to UCI and my parents would be able to pay for me living at home for 1 or 2 years then going off somewhere on my own.</p>
<p>I just wanted to know which method would they most likely accept me in.</p>
<p>Transferring from a CC was probably one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life.
I know people who went to UCs and transferred but at far lower rates than those from CCs.
I know that transferring from IVC is easier than it would be from UCI because IVC is catered to transfer students as far as requirements, resources, and what not. It's a whole different system (UC reciprocity) when transferring from a UC. But it is possible.
Also, believe it or not, you'll get a better lower division education at IVC than you would at UCI. You take introductory/survey courses your first two years in college. Would you rather be in a bio lecture with 400 people with curved tests, GSIs making or breaking your grade, and identified by your Student ID number OR at IVC with thirty classmates, relatively easy tests, and a teacher who knows your name and educational goals?
Community College is not that bad. I debated going to the mediocre UCs I got into along with my friends from HS, but I put my pride aside, went to Fullerton College, got straight A's, and even had time to study abroad. Now I'm at Cal and laughing at my friends who thought going to UCSD/UCI/UCR was a better decision. :)</p>
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Go to another University. Try to transfer from their, otherwise just stay there and try to come to Cal for graduate school
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<p>Not to pick a fight, but people always say this. Cal takes very very very few new grad students. In many disciplines, the acceptance rate is 5%. The idea that people can "go to Cal for grad school" is completely unrealistic. However, for many people, going to CC and transferring to Cal is very very realistic.</p>
<p>If you talk to any admissions person or dean at Berkeley, they will tell you that CC transfers have top priority in admissions, especially over those who are already attending a UC school. They LOVE the CC transfers and it is part of their mission statement to accommodate them.</p>
<p>By definition, it is easier to transfer from a CC. The UC program directive prioritizes CCC transfers over any other transfers.</p>
<p>Cal does not have a TAP program like some of the other UCs (including UCLA) do, however, so there is no "guarantee" about anything. But since it's pretty GPA- and requirement-satisfied-based, as long as you get a high GPA and finish your IGETC & major pre-reqs, you should be fine.</p>
<p>... but you're worrying about this now, before the first UC acceptances have even been released?</p>
<p>Definitely CC. UCs give priority to CC transfers. Also, a major part of transferring is your grades and classes are generally easier at a CC. You'll still have to work hard, but the bonus is better stats and costing less.</p>
<p>Although I myself am a transfer student, I don't think making the choice to transfer is exactly so cut and dry. While it is substantially easier and less expensive to transfer from a cc, you will find that you have missed out on some of the college experience. It is more difficult (although not impossible) to make connections with professors, join in on clubs and schools activities, or make changes to your major when you only have two years. Most transfers handle these things perfectly well in the end, but I think many of us still hold an extra layer of anxiety in regards to the little time we have to accomplish everything we want to do.</p>
<p>Be aware that you are making a sacrifice if you do decide to take that route. There is nothing wrong with going to a cc and transferring, but you should be aware that there are pros and cons to each path.</p>