reapplying back to initial school? (long story w/ tl;dr)

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<p>Here's my story, I'll keep it as short as possible (it's still a pretty long story though..):
I'll have a tl;dr at the bottom :)</p>

<p>I was admitted to UC Santa Cruz for fall '10, attended for one full year and did horrible, leaving my last quarter on academic probation (I did not know at the time I left on those terms). So i came back home, went to CC for 2 years and everything was fine and dandy. I gave my CC's records office my official transcript from UCSC and they said "perfect, we'll put all the grades in the system", the two different counselors I met with every so often kept updating me "good job, you'll do fine transferring to ___ or ___" time came and I applied to UC Irvine and other schools (not of importance to the story). I even TAG'ed for UCI because I was so confident that going from a 1.9 at UCSC to a 3.8 at CC with all classes done would give me an easy admit. Time comes and UCI says I was not admitted, I go to my counselor and she digs up all my info "oh, right, you had bad standing, yeah TAG won't work if you had bad standing"... OK... thanks for telling me about half a year late. So I appeal and, of course, I still get rejected. At this point I'm pretty depressed: I worked for 2 years, getting a whopping 3.8 GPA only to have something that happened 2 years ago bite me in the back and screw me over. So I pick myself back up, say "well, there's Winter admit for Cal Poly Pomona (Winter 2014) so let's go for that! I'm over qualified!" I grind a few more semesters of CSU-only requirements and bam, it's time! I apply and, again, every school official/adviser I come in contact with says "Wow, you'll have an easy time getting in!" So I take a few intro-to-my-major-classes just for fun and get exposure before transferring to CPP. During this term (right now is when we get results for admissions), I find out I got denied from CPP... What?! But everything was completely fine, I went over EVERY part of my application, classes, grades, etc and EVERYTHING checked out. I call CPP and they said tell me an anonymous "you just didn't get in" So I go back to my CC counselor and ask her. She digs through my stuff and, once again, "oh yeah, your English requirement was incomplete" (This English requirement was cleared/checked off TWO YEARS AGO and I was told it was 100% complete which is why I took the 2nd and 3rd part of it). The reason being that from a quarter system, you need to take 2 quarters of English to equate one semester. That's awesome! Thanks for telling me, yet again, half a year too late!</p>

<p>tl;dr : my CC screwed me over twice in a row, both when trying to transfer to UC Irvine and Cal Poly Pomona</p>

<p>So now I'm sitting here, 2.5 years later with practically nothing to show for except completed GEs. (Because of the 1 year at UCSC, I've been in school for 3.5 years) All my friends are graduating by the end of this school year and I just feel like I'm wasting my life away. Am I unlucky with all my transfers or is it just that schools WANT to screw my future over?</p>

<p>My question is, with all this happening to me, would it be good for me to submit an application for re-entry into UC Santa Cruz? I initially didn't like it because UC teachers usually don't give a crap about their students anyways, but after these 2.5 years, I've kind of grown to cope with that. I just feel lost, like I'm not progressing and that I'm stuck in this rut that I can't get myself out of...</p>

<p>Thanks to whoever took the time to read and/or reply to my story.</p>

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<p>Wow that really sucks man. My personal story has some bad experiences as well, I’ll save you the long story but I’m 23, applying to transfer this year and likewise have basically nothing to show for my life so far. </p>

<p>If I were you, Yes I would try to get readmitted to UCSC. If you aren’t over the credit limit I would apply to UCB. They are the UC that cares most about personal essays so maybe they will cut you some slack. The other option is to go for USC.</p>

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<p>@bomerr, thanks for reading my story and replying. The problem with applying to other schools is, I’m leaning for industrial engineer and any engineering major is 110% competitive/impacted. CPP’s IE is non-impacted which fit perfectly in my plan. I’ve already applied to UCB for admit this past Fall 2013 and was rejected, probably for the reason of UCSC’s academic probation on my profile. Also, the thing I’m stressing about is that I feel like I need to move forward, SOMEWHERE. Recently my family moved houses a city away and I got a part time job, so that’s sort of the only motivation to keep me progressing through life right now. If I didn’t have those 2 changes in scenery(?) then I don’t know what I would’ve done to reduce the stress of schooling. USC is definitely out of my budget… and interest. haha. Right now I’m appealing to CPP in hopes that they, too, feel sympathetic towards me in regards to CC screwing me over for 2 years of hard work and accept me… If not, reapplying to UCSC might be one of my only choices to get things going along ASAP (and I’m not even sure if that’s a guarantee they’ll let me back in) Thanks again, bomerr</p>

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<p>I know the feeling of wanting to move on with your life. Then again I see a lot of people who I knew back in HS that have graduated. Most aren’t exactly in a better place in their lives then I am now. So there is also something to be said about quality. BTW how many credits do you have total?</p>

<p>The other thing is, not all schools look at personal statements for transfer. UCLA, UCB, UCI and UCM do. I don’t think the CSUs care much. Even so having your statement be that your school screwed up instead of personal accomplishments isn’t exactly powerful.</p>

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<p>I think the only problem right now is that all my friends are in their Senior year and are about to graduate. It’s sort of a “what-if” scenario. I think after this year, I’ll have better insight when I see many of them working average jobs or what not… heh… Thanks so much for sharing my feels man, I really needed to hear it from someone else’s point of view rather than dwell on my own depression.</p>

<p>Right now, as I’m planning to write my appeal, I’m just extremely angry at my CC for screwing me over two times in a row, both sort of by the same people. Both times it was by my counselors and their sly timing of not telling me things I need to know that can make or break my transfer… I guess my option right now is to appeal for CPP, then maybe re-apply for UCSC, then lastly take a few more major courses as my CC and, if that all doesn’t work, apply again to all the schools or maybe even out-of-state ones!</p>

<p>Once again, thanks so much bomerr!</p>

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<p>Honestly if I were you, I would complete the English Requirement and try to figure out if you can get the bad standing cleared, then apply next fall. Staying 1 extra year at CC isn’t fun but it’ll be worth it in the long-run versus just transferring for the hell of it. Besides your life could be worse.</p>

<p>My car got stolen last week and I didn’t have theft coverage. Lost 25k like that overnight.</p>

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<p>Eltwong, if you’re still around would you mind if I asked you some questions? I think I might be stuck in a similar situation.</p>