Moorpark vs Santa Barbara City College

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hi everyone,</p>

<p>Starting my Junior year, I was on path to Berkeley. I had a 4.0 uw UC, a decent UC SAT, and Berkeley worthy extra curricular activities. Albeit I was in good standing to apply and get in, I let my problems at home stand before my school studies this year. I finished with about a 3.1 weighted (with 3 APs and 6 AP tests), it wasn't because of my course load, but because of my state of mind. I want to suck up the mistakes I made this year, learn from the mistakes, and maintain straight As at a Community College.</p>

<p>Moorpark is neither a good or bad CC. It's known to try to keep its good students for more than two years (counselors are bad). It's 5 miles away, won't give me an undergrad freshman experience, but it wouldn't distract me from my studies (Ventura County). Although I'd be able to focus on my goals, it'd be hard to maintain extra curricular activities (literally, the middle of no where). I've heard that it's "so easy, that you could lose track on what is is you want to do".</p>

<p>On the other hand, there is SBCC. I'd get a great undergrad experience, it's beautiful, 20 miles from home, I could get a job, it has dorms, and I could afford it. It's slightly harder, but I could handle it. </p>

<p>Which should I chose? I plan to transfer to Berkeley (or Stanford) for Political Science. My SAT is a solid 2120 and by the time I graduate, I'll have 16 APs (ostensibly, not for sure).</p>

<p>Besides helping me chose, please tell me about your personal experiences from both schools, too! Or what you've heard! It'd help a lot :)</p>

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<p>With a 2% transfer admit rate, you are not planning on transferring to Stanford. You are applying and hoping that the dice come up your way.</p>

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<p>Thanks, @mikemac!</p>

<p>Anyway, which do y’all think I should chose? :)</p>

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<p>I suggest you go to SBCC since you’ll get more of the college experience. Take part in their honors program, which I think they call the Transfer Academy. I have written a longer post about the SBCC option at <a href=“backdoor way to get into UCSB - University of California - Santa Barbara - College Confidential Forums”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-santa-barbara/468098-backdoor-way-to-get-into-ucsb-p1.html&lt;/a&gt; </p>

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<p>Moire park is actually one of the better CCs in terms of transfer advising. If you can afford to live away from home for two or three years and want something resembling a traditional college experience, go to SBCC. If you don’t care about that stuff, and are okay with living at home, go to Moorepark. Of course there are other ways to get away from home for a bit and experience concentrated living. </p>