<p>Hi since i have a 3.0 average gpa for soph-junior year , ( i did really bad soph, and this year i am getting all A's except for spanish which is a C) should i consider a JC or CC then transfer to a UC? I am kind of confused on how it works.</p>
<p>So i do the 2 years at a JC/CC then when i transfer i do 4 years at the college i get into? Or do i simply do the remainding 2 years at the 4 year college? It would be really great if i could do the 2 years then do ANOTHER 4 years at the college of my choice... Also would i have to take a SAT or ACT when transfering? Or do they simply just check my gpa? Also is it different for other schools? I really want to get into something within the business field and maybe take a few history classes along the way, maybe double major...</p>
<p>It's different for each school whether they'd want your SATs. And no, you typically wouldn't do 2 years at the cc/jc and then 4 more years. The school you are transferring to doesn't HAVE to accept all the credits you earned at the first school, but usually they accept a lot if not all. It's up to them, and they usually evaluate your transcript course by course. Factors playing into their accepting the credits include your grades, the similarity of the courses you took to ones offered at the new school, and the overall reputation of the first school. Also, even if the credits for your cc/jc classes transfer, usually the GPA for those courses does not transfer. </p>
<p>And you don't have to stay there for 2 years and complete an associate's degree. If you kick butt in your first semester of your freshman year, you could try applying for admission for the following fall. If you don't get in any colleges you like, then come back for the second year and try it again.</p>
<p>thanks, yeah i feel that a CC would be the best way for me to go, even though i have heard horror stories about not being able to catch up and then just dropping out...</p>
<p>I don't know what kind of horror stories you've heard, but in a lot of states going to community colleges for a year or 2 and then transferring to a 4-year school is very common. I did terribly in high school and went to a jc for one year and then switched to a 4-year school. It went amazingly smoothly, and even though the 4-year college I went to was far more prominent than the jc, the jc prepared me to compete at the university level far far better than my high school did.</p>
<p>The people who post on this site seem to think going to a 2-year college is the worst thing that can happen to a person. But in reality it is sometimes the best thing. It made all the difference in the world for me. I learned how to study, how to write term papers, all about course selection and time management, etc. And it was in a low-pressure situation where any mistakes I did make were not embarrassing or fatal to my eventual 4-year-college GPA.</p>