<p>Hello. I am currently attending a ccc and hopefully will be transferring within the next two years. I just wanted to ask the people who have transferred in to a UC from a ccc what steps did they take to get where they are now. This whole transferring business is a like a big maze to me and any advice is welcomed. I've seen the counselors provided at my school, but they aren't much help. </p>
<p>Also, I know that UC's require you to transfer with a major, but I still have no idea what I want to major in. Is it possible to transfer with only an IGETC certificate? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>First, Write down your goals, next talk to an advisor, make sure you can take all the required courses for the uc u want to go to. get into the honors club/programs. get good grades. 2 years pass by quick. bam your in ucla.</p>
<p>My best advice is to try to pick a major as soon as you can. I, like you and many other people going into CCC, didn't know what to major in. I would ask people "how do I pick a major?" and people just responded "you'll figure out what you like after you take some classes." To an extent, this is true. However, I think you could venture into some different avenues in picking a major. Go to the job center and look for a job that you might be interested in. This could end up being a field that you might want to major in. Also, get involved in your campus. Join clubs that interest you, again, to try to find something you might like.</p>
<p>Also, if you are trying to pick a major, sometimes it's good to determine what you DONT like. Cross off any majors that you won't ever consider, ever. Then look at what your strenghts are, and then maybe look into what majors will work with your strengths.</p>
<p>So, in a nutshell, pick a major as soon as you can. CCC is the time when you do spend time determining what you like, but don't over do it. You don't want to be in your fourth semester in and not have completed your major prerequisites for transfer.</p>
<p>Seriously, you have to see a counselor. Even if you don't know your major, just fill up with classes that transfer under the IGETC plan. I didn't know my major until my 3rd semester at ccc, so I just put "liberal arts" and took a bunch of classes that seemed like they would transfer. (No welding, no PE, no business, etc). My only regret, as an econ major, is that I realized too late and was only able to go up to Calculus 2. I really wish I had decided on economics earlier, so I could take the full range of math classes offered by my school. Not much I can do about that though, as socalgal20 said, it just came to me after taking a wide variety of classes. Just take serious classes in math/science/biological science/humanities/english/social sciences and they will transfer over. I'm heading to NYU now and ALL of my classes that I took at my cc are transfering over. Hope that helps, feel free to AIM me if you have any questions.</p>
<p>As everyone else said, you should talk to a counselor sometime soon after the term starts. I would even say it would help to talk to a counselor before you even pick your classes. Make sure you check on your school's website for their IGETC. These are general education requirements you have to fill so that you can get your general ed certified, which is important to the UC's unless you're an engineering major or going to Haas School of Business. Also, make sure you take placement tests this summer for math and english (unless you have taken AP Stats/ Calc or English Language/ Literature which satisfy entry level math and english and allows you to move on to the next level). I'd say that if you're unsure of your major, I'd take my general education classes first. These are classes like psychology, political science, history, math, science, etc. Check assist.org for classes that you need to take for your major. Good luck! It's really not that difficult. I took a ton of courses that were just because I was interested in them. I finished in two years and now I'm going to Berkeley in the Fall as a political science major.</p>