@eagle21 you are very fortunate to have supporting parents who will allow you, after describing yourself as having no motivation in high school, to move and attend pricey schools for your future. Turn a new leaf and study hard! Good luck to you!
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I’ll recommend SMC too. @luckie1367 and I both transferred from there to UCLA.
The school was made for sending people off to UCLA. Really.
I would also consider CCCs near a CSU so one could take Mech E courses during the summer or via cross enrollment.
@Cayton does SMC release stats as to the number of engineering students accepted to UCLA?
1,769 applied, 626 admitted (35.4% admit rate), and 476 enrolled for SMC to UCLA–the largest feeder to UCLA by a significant margin. Pasadena City college is second.
1,192 applied, 233 admitted (19.5% admit rate), and 128 enrolled for SMC to Cal which is very respectable as well.
Source: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/admissions-source-school
@eagle21, You might a problem registering as the CCCs will usually require written proof that your local CC approves of you taking the course combined with the fact that most online courses fill up fast. Your best best is probably taking the online courses at the more remote campuses like Lake Tahoe Community or Imperial Valley Community. Best of luck though.
Yes @SDGoldenBear but how many are engineering students? With only 105/466 accepted/applied for Mech E at UCLA in 2014, I wonder if there are stats showing which CCCs send the most engineering students to UCLA/UCs.
@eagle21 Be careful – do not take some of the series courses (e.g. Physics, Math) at different CCs.
@SDGoldenBear What if I plan to go to a CCC straight after college?
Right now my best option is to go local CC > CCC > UCB/UCLA. Should I check with both (some) CCC’s and UCB/UCLA if the credits are transferrable first?
CCC course catalogs should say if the course is CC transferable.
When going CC->CCC, just make sure you don’t split up any math/science sequences. For example, if your CC has Chem A/B, and you take Chem A there, you might not get credit at the CCC or the UC. Its really weird (and frankly I don’t fully understand it) but it is something to be aware of if you don’t start at a CCC
Whoops, I meant to show that SMC is a good choice.
I agree with @luckie1367 and @Happy2Help.
Generally, you don’t want to take any course series until you get to your “main” CCC. This is really limiting as a engineering hopeful, but there really isn’t any other option.
@eagle21, With regards to the online courses, if you can officially add the course then there is no problem regardless if your from a OOS CC or CCC. The problem is adding those said courses.
CCC’s tend to ask OOS students for a “enrollment permission verification” from their local community college district before they allow dual enrollment.
For example:
If a HS student Sally in Arizona wanted to dual enroll in a online CC class in California, the California CC would want verification from her local Arizona CC that she is eligible to take CC classes in Arizona before they allow her to enroll in California. The Arizona CC would in turn need verification from her high school that she is allowed to take classes at the Arizona CC prior to granting her verification to the California CC. This can be a lengthy process and needs to be done well ahead of time. Additionally, depending on the local procedures, Sally would normally will be one of the last students to register for classes due her dual enrolled special status.
It’s very important to note that UC-transferable online courses are very popular as IGETC fillers and are normally some of the first classes to fill up. HS dual enrollees usually register too late to be able to add them. Finding ones that work for you as an OOS dual enrollee will be especially tough.
Edit: Clarified the example.
@luckie1367 says “CCC course catalogs should say if the course is CC transferable.” She means if the course is UC transferable.
@eagle21, I recommend you take major prereqs at CCC. You can try to ask a UC if an Ohio CC course is transferable but it is one of those hypotheticals that they don’t like to answer until you show them a course syllabus and whether a department will accept it upon petition. Lots of hoops to jump through! Perhaps you can take GE courses at your local CC, according to the IGETC plan - freshman comp, social sciences, and arts & humanities courses.
If you are 18 years old, I don’t think you need permission from your local CC to dual enroll (high school and CC) to take online CCC classes and you don’t need a HS diploma. http://home.cccapply.org/colleges/requirements
Oops, thats what I meant, my bad!
@happy2help, there are a huge number of parents that can afford that tuition, even for four years. I see it daily.
Thank you @lindyk8!
We see student posters in the California Colleges forum that disappear after financial reality sets in. Since we’re here on CC to help and support, I’ve become very cautious when giving advice, both academic and financial. I am one of those parents that can afford 4 years of OOS tuition – I’ve got DS at one, but I sure tried my hardest to coax him to follow in his sister’s footsteps and do the CCC-UC transfer. My advice to eagle21 remains the same – cautious in academic advice as well as financial.
I agree @happy2help, and I can see where you are coming from. ;))
But I also don’t like to see students vehemently dissuaded from applying (not you, I’m not talking about you), and I also see that side more than I would like. Since any commenter doesn’t know the financials, it’s not necessarily an accurate assessment to just flat-out dissuade someone. You did not do that at all. I was just bringing up that some can afford it. 