<p>Am I the only person who is applying to transfer after only one year of community college?</p>
<p>Why dont you do a 2 year transfer..?</p>
<p>Because it's not really a race. The last thing you want to do is overwhelm yourself in the first year of community college, mess up your GPA, and end up not transferring to the school of your choice.</p>
<p>I'm not asking for people's opinions on transferring in one year. I'm asking if there's anybody else applying besides me? </p>
<p>I have the units, the classes, and the wheel's in spin. </p>
<p>The only thing I am hesitating on is transferring and not having any connection with others. It is insecure, but it's a feeling that I've been having.</p>
<p>And in response to transferring in two years, I could follow that route but then i would only have a few classes left for my second year. </p>
<p>And if I do stay another year it will be all elective units.</p>
<p>Hey beyopi,
I'm doing the same thing. I am taking 20.5 semester units (19 UC transferrable), 9 classes this semester and next semester, I'm taking 19 semester units, 6 classes. I just recently graduated from high school too with the necessary credits.</p>
<p>I major in Political Science and the schools im applying to are:
UCLA, Georgetown, CAL, Cornell, Columbia, NYU, UCI, UCD, UCSB </p>
<p>If I don't get into UCLA or CAL or Gtown+, I'm probably going to stay another year and take all elective units plus more political science courses that aren't major prereqs to help boost up my GPA.</p>
<p>How is that going for you with those many classes?</p>
<p>Should be fine... s/he should get a job like me and see how it goes, hah. I'm taking 18 units (only, I guess) and working 40 hours/week. It's a little rough but my midterm grades were 97.5(soc), 95(stats), 99(philo), 98(spanish 2).</p>
<p>wait do you ot have to take 60 credits to transfer in to the uc's? I would love to transfer after one year at umiami.</p>
<p>You need 60 units.</p>
<p>units=credits?</p>
<p>60 semester units/credits, yes. I thought people only used the word credits for high school.</p>
<p>Just curious, but 9 classes? What's your GPA like/going to be like?</p>
<p>lol, i'm going to be honest with you guys. Doing 9 community college courses isn't that hard. Here are some things I realized so far:</p>
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<li>Honors courses are so much easier than regular ones...especially if you are the kind of student who likes to talk and participate alot. </li>
<li>It's all about time management. I designed my schedule so that I have 3 classes on Monday Wednesday Friday, 3 classes at night (Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday), 2 classes that don't meet that much/end short, and 1 online course. So although it might seem like I am hella jampacked, I actually have alot of freetime to do my homework</li>
<li>You will lose your social life. Of course, this can serve as an advantage. Back in high school, I wasn't able to focus because I always out doing something. Now I have a set goal in mind - getting to a 4-year university to make up for all the "fun" i already had with my life during high school. But regardless, I've met other cc students and we are chill with one another but we all have the same goal so we dont tend to hang out that much. If we did, we would be studying or doing a group assignment.</li>
<li>There are alot of people to help you out. I spent about 5 hours at my school's learning center and as a result, I got an A on my research paper (in a class that is dependent on 5 essay scores). If it wasn't for them pointing out my flaws (as you can notice by my grammar), I would have gotten a C at best. </li>
<li>You can get very lazy. That is my problem. I find myself sleeping more than studying during my free time. Of course, I work at a clothing retail store for about an average of 15 hours a week which is tiring in itself. </li>
<li>It's not hard to get active. I founded a club at my school and it's slowly growing. On top of that, I am part of 3 other clubs and participate on the weekends for them. I also write for the student newspaper and volunteer for the DNC on the weekends. </li>
<li>I am not smarter than everyone else. I went into cc with the thought of being smarter than everyone else. But you will soon realize that there are alot of people that are in the same shoe as you (messed up in high school because they were lazy). Now everyone is getting a second chance and they aren't going to backdown. </li>
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<p>In a whole, if I had to look at my grades, I am probably getting a 3.5-3.9 right now. Although I am aiming for a 4.0, I would be satisfied with a 3.7+. I feel though that I might be at a disadvantage because 2 of my 4 major prereqs are only offered in the spring which could hurt me. In any case, if I do get rejected from UCLA/CAL/Georgetown, I might end up just staying another year. </p>
<p>And for any high school student who is afraid of not getting into a 4-year and might end up being at a cc, my advice to you is not to look down and be all depressed. I strongly believe that the cc system is very underrated. If you start off early (like do AP classes and take like 1/2 course at your local cc), you can definitely do a one-year transfer without having to work "that" hard. It's doable. :]</p>
<p>I'm aware of the difficulty of CC classes (I've taken 20 units, all Haas pre req's with a 4.0), but how are you getting 9 classes that equal 19 UC transferable units? Are these all hum classes worth ~2 units ea?</p>
<p>chibi I have a question, why dont you do a 2 year transfer instead of 1? That way you save yourself money, and you have even MORE free time, and at the same time your gpa would also be higher.</p>
<p>"I'm aware of the difficulty of CC classes (I've taken 20 units, all Haas pre req's with a 4.0), but how are you getting 9 classes that equal 19 UC transferable units? Are these all hum classes worth ~2 units ea?"
- Oh, out of my 9 classes, 7 are UC transferrable. 6 of them are 3 units each and one is 1 unit. The other two are classes that don't meet every week/ended early. </p>
<p>"chibi I have a question, why dont you do a 2 year transfer instead of 1? That way you save yourself money, and you have even MORE free time, and at the same time your gpa would also be higher."
- Well, I look at it in this way. Work my butt off, have no fun now. Then I transfer to a school (and it would be like skipping a grade). So while ppl in my age are 2nd year students, Ill be a third year. That gives me 3 years to finish my last 2 years of undergraduate which lowers the amount of stress I have at (let's say, UCLA since that's my top choice). The less stress => more partying which results in more fun. I intend on joining a frat and being a UCLA sports junkie (ive been a giant UCLA sports fan since ever, lol). And I would contend I am saving more money because classes/books are getting more expensive by the year. The cost at my CC is actually going to go up next year if im not mistaken. As for the GPA, I think as long as I get a 3.7+, i should be fine which is very doable for me right now.</p>
<p>I guess you have a point there. But since you can maintain a good gpa then theres no reason not to transfer in 1 year I guess. Anyways, would you please reply to the pm i sent you? Thanks.</p>
<p>"The less stress => more partying which results in more fun."</p>
<p>im sorry but this is hilarious</p>
<p>i'm doing a 1 years transfer too!! :)</p>
<p>hate cc, can't wait to get out. lol</p>
<p>I'm doing a soph transfer too. This way you get two bites at the apple.</p>