Priority California Community Colleges?

Transfer Students
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<p>I want to transfer into Berkeley for fall 08 and I am currently trying to decide which community college to attend. I know everyone says it doesn't matter which CCC but there is a girl on here with a 3.96 who got rejected and was attending a less know community college and then I have seen people with 3.5 accepted who went to Diablo Valley College and it was the same major. I know there are alot of other things involved like ECs and Essays but do you think there is anyway that they give a little priority to colleges that they have alot of experience with? I want to go to Santa Barbara City College and do the honors program, however if I think that that going to this school will hinder my chances (maybe a little less respected?) then I am willing to reconsider. Also I heard that Berkeley doesn't really weigh in honors courses, is there any validity to that (Because then I would just take the regular courses, so I could get a higher GPA)? Just so you know I am moving out of my parents house to attend community college, because If i stay at home for two more years I might explode :)</p>

<p>Edit: Thanks for reading my HUGE post</p>

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<p>it doesnt matter at all what community college you go to, go to the closest one for you</p>

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<p>I'm sorry, but that is b.s. I used to think that until i got rejected from ucb (w/a 3.94) because they my school doesn't have calc-based statistics. I believe that since UC's are a public institution, they will try to balance out admissions proportionally. </p>

<p>You can check this out yourself (It's on the UCLA Admissions page). For example, Santa Monica is a huge feeder into UCLA (15% of all admitted students). Compare that school to large northern community colleges.</p>

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<p>your an exception to the rule, its not just gpa, its grade trends, work load, personal qualities you will bring, unique ec's, and an exceptional essay. There is a reason why you didnt get accepted. They didnt say something like this person has an amazing resume but wait her community college is not well liked by us, lets deny her. It doesnt work like that. If I were you and I believed that my application was super great I would call them and demand to know why I wasnt accepted. My sister was ranked one in her class from a blue ribbon high school and she had a great application, the ONLY school she got accepted to was UC Berkeley, she didnt even get into ucla, why? we will never know. But I am sorry to hear about your rejection, it sucks. But dont let it get you down too much.</p>

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<p>This government site has alllll the statistics on where CCC students transfer to: <a href="http://www.cpec.ca.gov/OnLineData/TransferPathway.asp%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.cpec.ca.gov/OnLineData/TransferPathway.asp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>For 04-05 UCLA transfers, about 500 out of 3,000 (rounded) came from Santa Monica, that's around 15%.</p>

<p>Berkeley's biggest 'feeder' is DVC (10%). My school is about 2.5% of the Berkeley transfers :)</p>

<p>UCs give more weight to CC students within their communities. Other than that, I don't think it really matters too much.</p>

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<p>"UCs give more weight to CC students within their communities. Other than that, I don't think it really matters too much."</p>

<p>Did you read this somewhere or are you just assuming?</p>

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<p>I read it somewhere, it's probably on the general UC website. It's also reflected in the statistics from the site I linked. The highest number of UC admits consistently comes from the nearest CC.</p>

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<p>Reachin, as far as i know, the majority of community colleges do not have a calc-based stats course.</p>

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<p>i really don't think it has anything to do with which cc you go to. santa monica is a big feeder to ucla probablly because they have more students applying to ucla. Same thing with DVC, DVC has tons of students and lots of their students are applying to cal, that's why they have such a huge number of students who get accepted to cal...there are other CCs that are closer to Berkeley than DVC, and they don't send as many students to cal</p>

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<p>For the sciences, Santa Monica College can't be beat in comparison to other CCC's. It was the first CC in America to participate in the SURF program at NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and one of the only CC's where students can perform hands on experiments using NMR spectroscopy. UCLA faculty are constantly using SMC equipment for research. From personal experience, I can not distinguish the difficulty level between many science courses at SMC and the equivalent courses offered at UCLA. If you want great preparation for the next level, SMC is ideal--nothing like West LA, LACC (haha), or even El Camino. That I'm transferring to Berkeley engineering is due in large part to the school I went to.</p>

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<p>Taken from the UC official website:</p>

<p>Comprehensive Review Factors for Transfer Applicants:</p>

<p>...</p>

<h1>8. Location of the student's college and residence.</h1>

<p>The most noticeable part of this is the lower acceptance rate of OOS students, but I'm pretty sure it applies within CA as well. Of course I don't think the CC difference is huge within CA, but a difference exists.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/general_info/uc_reviews/transfer_app.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/general_info/uc_reviews/transfer_app.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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For the sciences, Santa Monica College can't be beat in comparison to other CCC's. It was the first CC in America to participate in the SURF program at NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) and one of the only CC's where students can perform hands on experiments using NMR spectroscopy. UCLA faculty are constantly using SMC equipment for research. From personal experience, I can not distinguish the difficulty level between many science courses at SMC and the equivalent courses offered at UCLA. If you want great preparation for the next level, SMC is ideal--nothing like West LA, LACC (haha), or even El Camino. That I'm transferring to Berkeley engineering is due in large part to the school I went to.

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<p>Yeah,the NMR thing is so cool! The coolest part in Smc's o-chem class is everyone can work under fame hood! In a lot of cc's, everyone are just working on the big bench, and they have to inhale the bad chemical smell while doing reactions.</p>

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<p>SMC science classes are HARD!!!</p>