<p>Ok so I hate USC.. I've finished two years here and I can't stand it anymore. I have a year and a half left :( Should I just stick it out or is it possible to drop out of SC and enroll in a community college. I really want to go to UC Berkeley!! and I know I have a better chance of being admitted if I attend a california community college. I have already obtained 68 units from USC.. will they even consider me if I take classes at a community college?? Would I have to stay at a community college for two years before I submit a transfer application?? </p>
<p>Is it because of grades, personal issues, financial , personal problems?</p>
<p>What you are saying doesn’t quite make sense.</p>
<p>How can you want to choose to go to a community college over USC?</p>
<p>It’s like saying i hate my Mercedes Benz / BMW. I prefer that old broken down van.</p>
<p>Also, if you hate it so much, why don’t you simply transfer out of it into some other college after your 1st, 2nd year. </p>
<p>I’m sorry but what your saying sounds quite childish and stupid to me.</p>
<p>The whole idea of " I hate USC and i want to go to a community college instead" doesn’t seem to make much sense.</p>
<p>If you really like Berkeley, i suggest you try applying there as a transfer, which if you are even smart enough, should have attempted. Thus, i’m guessing you have been rejected from Berkeley…twice.</p>
<p>Sadly, you have too many units to get CC priority for transfer. Either transfer directly from usc or suck it up for another year and a half are your only realistic options</p>
<p>OOStudent, there are MANY reasons why someone would want to leave USC, or any other private 4-year, for a CCC. I can think of one reason: stuck-up, money-hungry, conservative rich kids. That’s a big reason why I left my private 4-year. Because people literally had MBs and BMWs but what they lacked was intelligence.</p>
<p>But unfortunately, you are past the unit cap and are not eligible for transferring to Cal. Finish your time at USC, join some new clubs, meet some cool new people, and apply to Cal for grad school. :)</p>
<p>OOPS. I must have dyslexia. I thought he said 86 units. He’s NOT past the unit cap but he’ll probably be considered a private 4-year transfer so it will be a big gamble to transfer.</p>
<p>if he doesn’t go past the unit cap, and take a certain amount of units at community college, I am pretty sure he/she will be considered a CC transfer and not a private-4 year transfer.</p>
<p>I think you have to have been at a CCC for two consecutive semesters to be considered a CCC transfer, regardless of where you completed more units. As long as you don’t go over the private school transfer unit maximum(I think someone above mentioned something in the 80s), you shouldn’t have an issue qualifying for transfer admissions as a CCC student. As a CCC transfer student you can take as many units as you want(just as long as the private school units stay under that 80 or so mark).</p>
<p>I think you need to reevaluate your position. Thinking that somehow Berkeley is going to solve your “disatisfaction” issue with USC, isn’t the solution to your problems. You might end up hating Berkeley even more than USC. You really don’t know what a school or environment or classes will be like until you actually are a student attending that particular school. Delaying your academic career just to have a better shot at transferring into another school is a time waster. There are no benefits, at the undergrad level, in you attending UCB over USC. Arguably, some majors are stronger at UCB, but if you can’t take make the best of what USC has to offer, then it won’t matter that you’re at a stronger department elsewhere, because you most likely won’t take advantage of the resources there either.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, I dropped out of USC earlier this year. I was admitted as a Philosophy major from Orange Coast College in 09’. Didn’t really mesh well with the student body, namely because one, I’m a bit older than the rest (veteran) and two, my academic interests weren’t being fulfilled by the curriculum. Among other things, their weak core and minimal emphasis towards an interdisciplinary education got on my nerves. Meaning, combining maths, humanities, and business proved to be very difficult for a student seeking a rigorous liberal arts program AND a business education. All biases aside, it’s a great college, always loved it while growing up, and really have nothing terrible to say about it. Just wasn’t a great fit. My passions and goals are still intact, if not more so. If you’re not getting what you want from your education, go somewhere where you will. That’s my current mantra. I’m back in CCC now (which was a more prudent path since most of my credits were earned there) and on track to a Berkeley Haas transfer. </p>
<p>If all goes well, maybe we’ll see each other there!</p>
<p>If you do attempt this, you’ll be ineligible to transfer to Santa Barbara and San Diego, which would be good backups if Berkeley and UCLA don’t accept you. SB and SD count total units, with a firm limit of 89, not the Berkeley and UCLA way where as long as you have fewer than 80 4-year units, you can have as many CCC units as you like. Santa Cruz has the same policy as SB and SD.</p>
<p>So if you tried to get into Cal and failed, you’d be left with Irvine, where you can’t TAG (Irvine’s TAG doesn’t apply to students who have ever attended a non-CCC institution), Riverside, and Merced. Davis is technically possible, but unlikely.</p>
<p>Just stay at USC. It’s only a year and a half, and it’s a great school.</p>
<p>I don’t think OP has to drop out of USC and go to a CCC in order to transfer to Berkeley. Transfers from highly regarded private four year schools that are considered “research institutions” would get no less preference than an applicant from another UC. Berkeley’s stated position on giving low preference to transfers from 4 year colleges and universities is intended to discourage potential transfer applications from CSU students. I am sure a transfer application from a student at USC is going to be much more warmly received than an application from a student at Sac State.</p>
<p>I don’t think it’s worth the effort. You’re so far into USC, I would just stick it out. If anything, apply to Berkeley from USC. Though your odds are way lower…do you really want to end up not being to transfer anywhere from a community college?</p>
<p>I think you guys are just wasting your time by posting on this thread. The OP (uschater) only has 1 post count and it doesn’t appear that he’ll be back in the near future. Plus, this thread this 3 months old.</p>
<p>Lets get one thing straight.
I know loads of people who would die to be at USC including myself.
It’s just unfortunate that USC fails to recognize my potential.</p>