<p>I got into Purdue's Computer Science school, but I was moved to Undecided/Undeclared at UC Irvine. Which one of these universities would be better to go to if I intend to transfer schools later on.</p>
<p>Don’t attend a school with the intentions of transferring. Odds are pretty low you will. Always choose as if you weren’t to transfer - and if you do, then, it’ll be good, but if you don’t, it won’t be bad.
Why/where would you transfer?
Anyway, Purdue CS is excellent, UCI is also excellent but you’ll need to prove yourself (excellent CS = difficult to get into).</p>
<p>I was planning on transferring to UCLA/Berkeley. I just got rejected from UCLA which I am planning on applying as a transfer in the future. The only problem is that I didn’t get into UCI’s school of Computer Science. Is being Undecided/Undeclared any different than having an intended major at UCI?</p>
<p>Are you in-state (CA)?
For UCLA, you would need to transfer for your junior year (application Spring Sophomore year). 58% transfer from CA CC’s. Only about 5% OOS transfer applicants are admitted, and the admission rate (in-state and out of state) into engineering is 7%.
<a href=“https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof13.htm”>https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof13.htm</a>
For UCI, it means you’ll need to prove yourself; take all the first year CS major classes and do very well in them. if you don’t, you will have to choose another major.</p>
<p>If I do well, do I need to reapply to UCI’s computer science school?</p>
<p>Not exactly. You’ll transfer in - you’ll need a 3.0 overall GPA, a C in every class at least, Math 2A-B with a B or more, and 2 CS classes with a B or more. It means you will have to work hard and party on weekends only, no matter what other students may do.</p>
<p>UCI change of major policy into CS is described here:
<a href=“http://www.ics.uci.edu/ugrad/qa/index.php#gen_info_5”>http://www.ics.uci.edu/ugrad/qa/index.php#gen_info_5</a>
<a href=“http://www.changeofmajor.uci.edu/CoM_ICS.html”>http://www.changeofmajor.uci.edu/CoM_ICS.html</a>
You may want to verify by asking the school directly that merely meeting the minimum GPA requirements is sufficient to change major into CS, rather than merely making one eligible to enter a competitive admission process.</p>
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<p>For this goal, perhaps Laney College (a community college in Oakland, CA)? It has 4 out of 5 of UCLA’s lower division CS courses, and 2 out of 4 of Berkeley’s lower division CS courses. For Berkeley, you can supplement one of the others at nearby Diablo Valley College.</p>
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<p>Laney, Diablo Valley, or a combination of courses from the two, provide good coverage for CS courses at many UCs and CSUs that may be your transfer targets.</p>
<p>Wouldn’t my chances be the same if I transferred from Community College or another UC Campus?
<a href=“https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/tradms.htm”>https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/tradms.htm</a></p>
<p>Also, since I’m an OOS student, would my chance of transferring from Purdue and UCI be equal? This part confuses me because the website above says that priority is given to other UC schools and California community colleges, but on the Transfer Admitted Profile, OOS students have an admit rate of 5.81%. (<a href=“https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13.htm”>https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13.htm</a>). If I went to UCI and transferred to UCLA/Berkeley, would I still be considered OOS?</p>
<p>I’d make my choice assuming my transfer plan didn’t work out.</p>
<p>About 2/3 transfers at UCs come from CA community colleges. The other third is divided into OOS 4 year colleges, then other UCs, CSUs/other CA private colleges, OOS CCs, roughly in that order (it varies depending on UCs, look it up).
it’d thus be much much easier to transfer from a CC.
As for Purdue, if you go, assume you’re going to stay. As BrownParent say: go to the college where you’d like to spend 4 years if your transfer plan didn’t work (because those often don’t).</p>