<p>What if a student did 2-3 years at a community college until they had enough units to transfer, but didn't have a 4.0 and wanted to attend a top 10 school. If this student transferred to a top 50 university would they be able to transfer to a top 10 after a year? I know that most, if not all universities do not take senior level transfers, but is there any possibility that this can be done? I'm kicking myself for not getting higher than a 3.5 at CCC, but seriously, I had to work 2-3 jobs to get through it and I think that if I had the chance to maybe only work around 15-20 hours a week I definitely would have gotten a 4.0. I know I should just be happy with my ability to transfer to UCSB, it in itself is a great school, and I am thankful for my opportunity to attend, but I want a school that is considered more of a feeder school to top law schools. I don't know, I'm happy with UCSB, I was just wondering if anyone had ever heard of this being done?</p>
<p>Almost every university has a “residency requirement” - or a minimum number of units that must be taken at that particular school to graduate with a degree from that school. That number is usually more than can be reasonably completed in two semesters. Therefore, even if you were accepted at this hypothetical “top-10 university,” you’d be looking at more than a year before you graduated. Moreover, you’d be trying to transfer with barely one semester’s worth of grades at UCSB, which really isn’t much to base a decision on. The chances of you being accepted are slim at best, given that most “top-10” schools take only a handful of transfer students each year.</p>
<p>Honestly, you are thinking way too much about name and prestige and ******** like that, and way too little about the opportunities at your school. UCSB is a fine university. If you’re going to transfer there thinking only about transferring on somewhere else a year later, you’re going at this all wrong.</p>
<p>thank you. very much appreciated!</p>