<p>I'm currently attending UCSD as a freshman. I am considering transferring to USC. Would it be better to stay in UCSD or to just drop out now and go to Mt. SAC (Community college in California) and then go for USC after two years? </p>
<p>Serious advice needed. PM me or post here please. Very appreciated.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>dude, UCSD is a great school. Just stay in SD.</p>
<p>stay at ucsd and still apply</p>
<p>Stay at UCSD if tuition isn't a problem - USC does not prioritize CCC applicants like the UCs. At least not officially.</p>
<p>protege-grey is right. Plus, if you drop out of UCSD to go to a CCC, it's going to look kind of shady without a good reason on your application. USC is good about weighing the relative difficulty of a four year versus a community college. Try your best at UCSD and then apply. :)</p>
<p>wot, I see that Marshall worked it's way into your location. Are you doubling up?</p>
<p>well...if financial issue is a problem for you, then you can do it. One of friends went to a CCC first, got a pretty good GPA, and got into USC as an international student (without financial aid though...also no SAT).... As long as you can do well at school and explain the reasons that you want to leave UCSD, you are fine, I think. I dont know your major, but I heard many good things about UCSD's engineering and bio-related programs. Also the nice location. Good luck!</p>
<p>grey_syntactics: I decided to pick up a business minor, Consumer Behavior. I'll have to take 5 classes a semester for 2 semesters but I'm still graduating on time. I just feel like it will be valuable for me to have a business background, especially because Communication is such a broad major.</p>
<p>I would transfer directly to USC from UCSD. Keep up your GPA at UCSD.</p>
<p>I am struggling between the two. It's a huge decision to make and I'm considering going Winter 2009 quarter to community. It's not a matter of price, it's a matter of:
1. happiness at UCSD (not so)
2. difficulty (it's easier to get A's at community, less competition)
3. going to community can open up better transfer opportunities to other UC's as opposed to UCSD --> UC transfer, which is harder.</p>
<p>What you guys think? :(</p>
<p>I think you have a good plan. But will you be struggling at other UCs and USC as well if you get accepted. Is your major difficult at UCSD?</p>
<p>It's not really a matter of struggle I want to transfer. I think it will be challenging as UCSD is, but not so much that I'm failing. Just enough so I'm learning. I just want to switch because of environment and place.</p>
<p>Go to CC sounds like a good plan. Are you still wanting to transfer to USC for sophomore?</p>
<p>Yeah I want to get in as a sophomore. I'll have enough credits to transfer by end of this freshman year. Any idea which colleges are easier to transfer into at SC?</p>