“My 2 cents worth of advice is also attend CU if affordable.
Both son’s had friends determined to get into SLO engineering (not admitted as Freshman). They also did Cuesta College and tried to transfer into SLO. One was not successful after 2 years and stayed an additional year and finally transferred in to Agricultural Engineering/Bio Resource since his GPA was not competitive for the other Engineering majors. 2nd friend was successful in transferring to UCI not SLO with a 3.6 CC GPA at Cuesta. SLO turned him down for ME.
Both were non-local so parents ended spending around $18K/year for attending Cuesta and living in the SLO area.
COA for non-local in-state resident costs on the Cuesta Website is $19,675 (living off-campus).”
Thank you that helps a lot. It’s sad but it shows how it can go badly. I don’t think I’ll take the risk of CC transfer.