<p>I need an opinion. I have a 3.6 gpa from loyola. Though I withdrew</p>
<p>from school because I had to take care of an ill parent. I last attended</p>
<p>school in 2002. I decided not to go back to loyola. I did not like it there. I</p>
<p>went only part time. I know recently go full time and achieving straight</p>
<p>A's at a cc.I even published a poem during my hiatus which I mentioned in my </p>
<p>essay. I would like to know if I have a chance at washington university??</p>
<p>wrong thread goldcoast.</p>
<p>community college to UCLA's communication department. I have a 3.9 GPA & was a staff writer on my schools paper.</p>
<p>ucla isn't elite :P</p>
<p>hahaha maybe outside california lostincode, in cali, i think it is.</p>
<p>well, the thing is that it's pretty easy to get into UCLA from CCC
compared to out-of-state students...</p>
<p>a lot of people from my CCC managed to get into UCLA with 3.0~3.3 gpa</p>
<p>I would say UCLA is pretty elite. Arguably the best mathematician in the world (Terence Tao) teaches there. It also has TEN Nobel laureate affiliations, and that's nothing to laugh to at.</p>
<p>I got accepted to Cornell out of a CC (2004)...couldn't afford it and transferred to a small international university (2005) :) However I got accepted to Johns Hopkins SAIS (for fall 2007) where I was competing with Ivy graduates and alums...so everything is relative :)</p>
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<p>How does other CC transfers feel about the difference in teaching quality in CC and 4 yr U’s?</p>
<p>The difference in teaching quality? My experience is that the teaching quality at four year schools (at least the one I attend) is so much better. I wish I had graduated from high school so I could have gone straight to a four year school instead of wasting my time at a community college. What’s up with Northwestern?</p>
<p>Although I’ve only completed a quarter and a summer session. Based on what I’ve seen so far, the teaching quality at my old CC is far superior to UCLA. UCLA is also nowhere near as difficult as I had imagined it would be.</p>
<p>EDIT: I believe the reason behind UCLA’s lackluster teaching quality is because it is a research institution. It has been said that at the UCs, you get the best researchers, not the best teachers. The only teacher that I’ve had so far that was actually really good was the one who did not do any research. Instead, he holds a major administrative position.</p>
<p>EDIT 2: I should also note despite the teaching quality, I definitely like UCLA over my old CC.</p>
<p>I was at a NYC CC and I transferred to NYU.</p>
<p>I’m challenged on a different level at NYU. At my CC, it felt as if it was a lot of fact regurgitation, if you will. The Professors taught things, I rewrote them and added flair, and they gave me As. </p>
<p>Here at NYU, I find that independent thought and research and analysis is expected and encouraged. I could tell the difference during my first class here at NYU. The Professors are much more engaged with the students, as opposed to just standing up and reciting notes.</p>
<p>Of course, my new major might have had something to do with it. I went from Political Science to Communications. Both schools had similar class sizes for the seminar-like classes. Even in recitations at NYU, I feel that the TAs more attentive to the students.</p>
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<p>Exactly. The assigned readings aren’t just generic boring textbooks, the other students actually want to discuss the material, the professors are passionate about the material because they are doing research in the field, etc.</p>