Should I transfer out of UCLA?

Transfer Students
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<p>I'm a freshman at UCLA and I just finished my first quarter here as a CS major. I know I'm fortunate to be here, and that LA is a great place to be, but I've found that I can't truly be happy at this school. My unhappiness and unrelenting negative mood in the first quarter made it very difficult for me to perform well in my classes. </p>

<p>I chose UCLA over the other UCs that I got into because I thought I cared about prestige, but after experiencing my first quarter, I realize that my personal happiness is more important to me.</p>

<p>My goal is to attend a school in the Bay Area (since my home is here), one with a good engineering program. Should I just drop out of UCLA and attend a CC for two years and then transfer to UCB? Should I go to a smaller private school like Northwestern Polytechnic? </p>

<p>I was considering doing a UC to UC transfer from UCLA to UCB, but my grades this quarter lead me to believe it won't be possible for me (I failed my first CS class and barely passed math). However, I don't believe this is because CS isn't the major for me, but that my personal happiness has been interfering with my studies.</p>

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<p>I honestly thought I was the only one who felt like transferring out of UCLA but I was wrong.
I am completely clueless also if I should transfer based on many reason. One is the fact that I have received grades this fall quarter that could definitely have been better and it made me miserable ever since. I am so confused on what I need to now.</p>