should I bother to transfer to UCLA from CCC

Ok so this is my first year in community college, and I was thinking about transferring to UCLA, until I checked assist.org. So my original plan was to transfer to UC Irvine (which I still am) but after visiting my friend at UCLA for spring break I really loved the campus and the vibe from there etc… (btw I am a cs major) So I checked assist to see what classes I had to take, and they wanted a lot more than what I needed to transfer to UCI. I checked my ed plan to see how I would transfer to ucla and it would take 4 years (including this year… so 3 more years) I dont know about you guys but I have a feeling thats a very long time. I want to get out of here and experience that college experience asap. On top of that even if I did manage to transfer to UCLA by fall 2022 it would probably take about 1 - 2 years to get my bachelors too. I’m supposed to graduate with the class of '22 but I guess not :frowning: So do you think trying to transfer to UCLA is worth it? Should I stick my original plan and try to transfer to UCI, and other uc’s and csu’s? Thank you!!!

Are you comparing apples with apples? UCLA only has one computer science and that’s thru Engineering. You need 5 semesters of math, Calc 1&2, MV Calculus, Linear Algebra and Differential Equations. That should be doable in 2 years. They also ask for 3 semesters of Physics, a couple of computer classes and one year of English.

Irvine regular CS doesn’t ask for Physics but CS thru Engineering does. Even though they don’t explicitly state it, you undoubtedly need the one year of English no matter where you go. I do agree that UCLA asks for more but in both cases it can be covered in 2 years. The main difference being that most of your CC classes will have been chosen for you if you intend on UCLA.

I’m behind in classes, and in order to take physics you need to take calculus and im still doing trig right now. I also Have to retake intro to programming in fall 2019.

A few of your other posts are about struggling in CS, not really understanding it, etc. So unless this turns around then the decision likely will have been made for you.

In another thread you wrote

I’m not saying give up now, but it is reasonable to start thinking about what else you might want to do if you were not a CS major. Talk to the folks at the career center. Maybe things turn around in CS but if they don’t you won’t end up in the position of being 2 years into college without a clear idea of what to do next.