<p>Hello!! I am currently a first year at UCSB and I'm unfortunately not enjoying it. :-( I'm interested in transferring to a CC at home and then applying to Berkeley. I'm not interested in my chances and whatnot just yet but more of how to prepare myself so I can ensure I finish what's necessary in just a year at a CC! I believe I'll either be attending Diablo Valley College or De Anza College.</p>
<p>I am a history major and currently hold a sophomore standing (49 units completed) and I am taking 17 units this winter quarter and will most likely take 17 again spring (currently enrolled in 13 units). That would bring me to a total of 83 units at the end of my first year at UCSB. When I visited an advisor early on in the year, he told me that while I can take classes at DVC to finish my GE requirements, Area WRT (writing) apparently can only be taken at UCSB. I'm wondering whether that is true or not?</p>
<p>This is my first time posting on this forum so I'm sorry if I'm missing any crucial information! Thank you all very much in advance, this will be so helpful!</p>
<p>have you thought about doing a UC-UC transfer?</p>
<p>Hey ToughTulip. So, if you are planning on going to graduate school of any sort, transferring back to a community college won’t look so good on an application when you start applying. I really wouldn’t recommend it unless you’re just going to get a job straight out of college - most companies only care where you graduated from and maybe what your overall GPA was, so it won’t matter so much.</p>
<p>If you’re still miserable come next November, apply to do a UC-UC transfer. Intercampus transfers are usually given lower priority than CCC applicants, and this is especially true with Berkeley, who discourages intercampus transfers. If you’ve been keeping your GPA up, this is a completely viable option. Focus on finishing all your GEs and look into Berkeley’s prereqs and try to take the equivalent classes. If you finish all your GEs, you’ll get a letter of reciprocity with your transfer which states that you don’t need to take lower division GE classes at your new college. Also, keep your college unit count (not including AP credits) below 120 units to be considered as a junior transfer.</p>