<p>I want to be a Computer Science/Computer Engineering major and I currently live in Washington. One of my sisters lives in San Francisco. I am currently a junior in HS and I want to go to college in California, but the tuition is simply too expensive for me. Everywhere I've asked on this forum I get the same response "Your financial needs are too much so it will be too expensive". </p>
<p>One forum member (bluebayou) said that transferring from a CC will give me in-state residency (after completing a year) and it will benefit me in terms of getting in to places like UCLA. </p>
<p>Now, my sister claims that employers may look and see I am a transfer, so it's not a good choice, and should only be a backup option. Does anyone have any input on this?</p>
<p>As for my grades EC's and what not, they are all fairly good (3.9 UW GPA, 150 hours volunteering, a couple of clubs including NHS). The problem for me is simply tuition costs OOS. CC will be a lot more affordable and I could potentially hold a job while attending to help myself even more. I would be living with my sister so housing is not a problem.</p>
<p>You will not be considered an instate student at the UC schools.
Have you ever heard of “tough love”? Well, here it is. Many of us want things we can’t afford or get. I’d like to be a quarterback in the NFL. I’d like to drive a Porsche. I’d like to live in a mansion overlooking the ocean. I’m never going to do any of those things. Maturity and adulthood is reflected in how we respond when our desires are thwarted. If OOS tuition is too much for you and your family, then going to school in CA is out. From what you’ve posted everyone keeps telling you this, but yet you persist. IMHO you could be spending your time focusing on what you can do instead of what you can’t. </p>
<p>And to be honest, as a CS/CE major it isn’t like you’re going to be hanging out with loads of free time, so a lot of your CA experience would be sitting inside a library located in CA instead of in WA. You are young and have a whole life ahead of you. If CA is such a draw then you can go to UW and get a great education, work summer jobs at Microsoft to earn plenty of money and build up experience that will make employers fight to hire you, take your degree and get a job in CA (north or south part of the state, your choice) and then have both more free time to enjoy CA and money with which to do so; the latter most college students lack, the former you’ll lack as a CS/CE major.</p>
<p>edit: I clicked on your previous posts and see that people have tried to tell you as strongly as they could that your plan isn’t going to work, but it seems like you keep thinking something magic is going to happen to make your dreams come true. So I feel like I’m tilting at windmills here. Oh, well. Best of luck and I hope things work out for you.</p>
<p>Since your HS stats are good, you could get into many private CA schools from HS and possibly qualify for aid. Otherwise, I would look into public WA schools.</p>
<p>Yikes, being a transfer student is a definite rejection from any potential employer ever. Recruiters will look at your resume and laugh. I suggest you drop out of college completely and get job somewhere. It’s better to work at McDonald’s than carry the stigma of being a community college student.</p>
<p>I’m not sure if you noticed, but most of my other posts have been about directly going to a University in California. What my plan is now is to go to a Community College first in California and then transfer. I don’t see anything wrong with that. I also plan on getting a job while going to community college and getting a California drivers license. I think by the end of those two years, I would more than qualify for being an in state student. I’m trying to figure out if you didn’t understand my new “plan of action” or if you still think I couldn’t get residency after attending a community college after two years. Furthermore, my research has shown me that other OOS students have done the same.</p>
<p>I was in no way trying to degrade community colleges. I’m sorry if I presented that the wrong way but I actually love what they provide since I’m attending one while going to high school right now.</p>
<p>Unless your parents move with you to CA, you will most likely still be considered OOS, regardless of whether you attend a CA CC and get a CA license.</p>
<p>Under 24, you are considered a dependent of your parents. If you really want in state tuition to a UC, then join the military.</p>
<p>There will be more to it than just coming moving to California for two years and getting a drivers license. Really read that link Mike posted. One of the things clearly states is to not assume you will receive residency just because your community college grants it. Another one of the big things is you have to show financial independence which means you have to clearly demonstrate to the schools that you are in no way supported by anyone other than yourself. Loans taken out with a cosigner do not qualify as self earned income. </p>