<p>So I'm debating on which TAP CC to attend, which of those include SMC, GCC, and PCC. </p>
<p>Anyways, it's a known fact that SMC is #1 in students succesfully transferring to UCLA. What's the reason behind this? Is it because just how many students are attending SMC or does UCLA actually prefer students from SMC? </p>
<p>I'm asking this because SMC is the farthest from where I live, crowded(though GCC and PCC might equally crowded based on campus size to student count ratio,) and I've heard some absolute horror stories regarding parking and traffic.</p>
<p>smc had about 1800 who applied to ucla with admit rate of 41.01%
pcc 800 and 36.03%
gcc 500 and 39.21%</p>
<p>take your pick. Parking at the other two is not as bad as SMC.
Admit rate doesn’t really count for much though… you should be looking at the MAJOR admit rate and not by the school. Who knows, some schools may have more anthro/history/ high admit majors than others…</p>
<p>SMC is number one simply because it has more people that apply to UCLA I believe.</p>
<p>If SMC is the farthest, I wouldn’t go there as I heard commuting there is hell (any SMC students want to comment on this?).</p>
<p>If I were you, I’d go to GCC if it were the closest to where you live as it can be a pain to get classes at PCC. I personally think you should go where all your friends are going, that way community college will not be so lonely for you.</p>
<p>My focusing major is Asian Religions and the requirements are:</p>
<p>Transfer applicants to the Asian Religions major with 90 or more units must complete as many of the following introductory courses as possible prior to admission to UCLA: two years of Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino/Tagalog, Hindi, Indonesian, Thai, or Vietnamese, or one year of Sanskrit, and one introduction to Buddhism course or one introduction to Asian religions course.</p>
<p>I briefly went through each school’s academic catalogs and none of them seem to offer any courses similiar to the ones listed… Or did I miss something?</p>
<p>This is off topic, but as someone who got out of the military in 2005, I’ve got a little food for thought. If you’re considering grad school, you might wait to tap into your GI Bill until you actually get to the UC level. I just say that because, rather than have government comp out $20 course credits, you can have it pay for two years of full UC tuition and two years of graduate education.</p>
<p>Not sure about the details, just something to look into from someone who would have done it differently if he knew the new GI Bill was coming.</p>
<p>Cheers.</p>
<p>PS: Oh, and here’s something on topic. Are you checking out Assist.org?</p>
<p>Well with the introduction of the post 9/11 GI Bill and how California’s public schools has its tuition setup, I’m going to be paid the same regardless.</p>
<p>smc’s transfer numbers per year are dramatically higher than ANY other CCC.
plus, santa monica is probably a cooler place to kill some time than anywhere else you might go.</p>
<p>at gcc you have to be a shark searching for a spot, when you see someone you follow them and so will the 10 other cars that saw the person. on some days i spent 30 mins looking for parking.
yes…
i was late for class…</p>
<p>You sure? Post 9/11 bill pays living allowance plus tuition, right? Tuition is more for a masters than for an associates. If you have to take out a loan for either, better to take it out for the community college.</p>
<p>The old GI Bill was flat rate, but this one changes things a bit.</p>
<p>checkout ELAC, they have a large asian population, which means the school should be catering to its students just like they cater to the Latino/Hispanic community who also has a strong presence at ELAC and offer a chicano studies department. </p>
<p>Well I don’t know about grad school but it seems like veterans in CA will receive a full ride in any public universities within the state. </p>
<p>@liek0806</p>
<p>Thanks for your input. I totally overlooked this CC soon as I saw “East Los Angeles(lol.)”
How’s the local area of the campus by the way? I haven’t really been in Monterey Park so.</p>
<p>to the OP, I HIGHLY recommend you to go to SMC because of the nice weather, professors, and diversity on campus. But then again it really is up to you, if you have no problem commuting on bus or car from very far then I suggest you go to SMC. I know many people mind the parking, but then again it depends on the person. When I was there I certainly did not, I really didn’t care if the parking was hell I was there to get A’s and B’s not to complain about traffic or that I couldn’t find a parking space on any given day. And I travelled from very far by downtown and I never had a problem. I was closer to the LA schools like Trade Tech and City, but I turned them down to go to SMC and I don’t regret it. As far as if SMC has higher admit rates to UCLA although I agree, I do believe that it depends mainly on your GPA, and major. Just do your best job, I recommend SMC, but this doesn’t mean that you would probably like it because of the distance. Think about the pros and cons, and I wish you a lot of luck. Hope this helps</p>
<p>I don’t think it depends on the school you go to, just as long as you do well under your major. SMC also reached over 1000 TAP applicants this past semester, which is good, but I’m sure it’s going to be more competitive. And yes, SMC parking is hell.</p>
<p>@molamann - my alternative major (Asian American Studies) has no pre-req classes to complete either. I emailed the UCLA director person and they didn’t no anything. And let’s just say counselors are useless, ahaha.</p>