<p>I wanted to know if anyone was on the same boat as me and also planned to transfer out of UCR after sophomore year. I hope to apply to UCLA (which I know will be very difficult) and a couple of out of state schools.</p>
<p>I also wanted to know if doing some CCC classes before starting this fall to get some gen eds out of the way would be a smart idea since I would be transferring those credits to UCR and to my future transfer school. I don't know if everything will transfer and if it will just be really complicated.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Yeah same agenda here. Im grateful for UCR accepting me into their engineering program. I turned down other UCs because I didn’t get in as an engineering major. I have heard a few stories of transfers from UCR regretting their transfer because they have to work twice as hard to stand out in the big name UCs like UCLA. Can anyone shed more light on this?</p>
<p>As for your CCC credit, its best to just call UCLA directly and ask them. The transfer process will be tough since we’re competing with CCC transfers but its worth a try.</p>
<p>If you are absolutely set on transferring, do NOT go here. There is absolutely no point whatsoever and you’re making it harder for yourself. I’m pretty sure admissions officers give higher priority to community college students. It’s also much easier to get better grades there. So in the end, you’d be competing with a pool of applicants who have an easier shot at a better GPA who ALSO have higher priority than you.</p>
<p>UCR is not a bad school to go to. As jazzhead said, it’s much easier to stand out here. I could have transferred anywhere I wanted during my sophomore year but decided to stay. The curve is nicer and there are plenty of chances to shine/be noticed. I’m actually returning here for medical school this August! </p>
<p>Assuming you’re an admitted freshman (especially since you didn’t state your major), I advise you not to do it. </p>
<p>I know it’s hard to fully accept that you’re going to UCR aka “UC Redemption” but please get over high horse of a dream school if you’re scoring for UCLA. Yes it is an amazing school but with UC intercampus transfer, you’re working 3 times harder than CC students, paying 10 times more, and in the end with an undergraduate degree, you’re going to be burnt out. It’s POINTLESS effort to achieve something that will last so little (2 years of your life). The only reason you would be considered to transfer there is if they have a specific program you’re interested that UCR doesn’t have. Other than that, the least you can do is go to UCLA for grad school. Stop smelling the roses and go pull out the weeds!! Work hard at UCR, go to a good grad school, and carry on from there. You don’t need a high tier, prestigious college stamped onto you. </p>
<p>If you’re still in the mindset to go to UCLA, just go to CC. </p>
<p>And who knows, maybe second year at UCR you’ll start to love it and you’ll forget about transferring. </p>
<p>Yes I’m going to try for the same thing. I’m a Pre-Business major at UCR but will try to transfer to UCD, UCSD, UCSC, or UCI (this one is a maybe) as an Econ major. The prereqs for the Econ majors at these schools will be satisfied by my Pre-Business prereqs and GEs so I won’t have to worry too much about class planning in that sense. While UCR is a nice school, I would rather go to one of above schools which I fell more in love with plus I get homesick easily (I live in the Bay Area). I know CC transfer is easier and that UCR has an actual business school as compared to the others but I actually will be taking the required science classes for dentistry or physical therapy (still deciding) and they don’t like it if those classes are taken at a CC, plus I have to UCR to fall back on if the transfer isn’t successful.</p>
<p>I don’t understand why you need to transfer out of UCR. If you want to transfer to a better school, you should have start community college courses. Now it’s hard to transfer to a higher prestigious UC’s.</p>
<p>But like someone say, I wouldn’t. If you don’t want to be here, then go to the school you desire. But warn you, you have to compete and work twice as hard at the likes of UCLA to get that desire piece of paper which basically say the same thing. Yes, UCLA may be prestigous, but UCR is not that bad and they can still get where you want to go in your career. Undergraduate doesn’t really matter on prestigious, but graduate school does.</p>