I am a freshman undergraduate student at uc merced attending in fall 2019. I want to transfer to other ucs. I am wondering what steps i should take ?
One obvious step is to keep your GPA up.
We are from the opposite corner of the country and I have not looked at UC Merced. However, I would expect you to find some very serious students there, and some not-so-serious students. You will want to think like the serious students. Do not party unless and until you are fully caught up on all of your course work. Take every class seriously.
From what I have heard, the entire UC system is very good. You are not at a “weak” UC for the simple reason that there isn’t one. A’s will help you a lot when it comes time to apply to transfer.
information on how to xfer is on the UC portal. As a UC xfer you’ll have lower priority than those coming from a CC, but (according to some accounts) higher priority than those from other 4 year schools. You can also look at the xfer sticky at the top of this forum to see the 25-75th percentile gpa for xfers.
One thing you can do to help yourself is be sure to complete all the GE requirements while at Merced. UCs offer reciprocity, which means that if you xfer to another UC but you’ve already satisfied all the GE requirements at your first UC than the 2nd UC will not require you to take any additional classes for GEs. This isn’t a huge deal, but worth knowing about.