<p>I live in New England and am interested in working on transfering into UC-Berkeley at some point however I am confident that my high school transcripts/performance, as good as it may be, are not strong enough to keep me in the applicant pool.</p>
<p>I graduated from high school in 2004 and have been working full-time/traveling (Drove across the U.S./Lived in Alaska for a few months) to date. I simply took this time to figure out exactly where I wanted to go in terms of direction and now I'm working on acting on it.</p>
<p>I have done some serious research on transfer admissions at Berkeley and I have read over and over again that priority is often given to those transfer applicants from California community colleges and in-state applicants. What is my best bet in terms of attending a California community college in effort to apply as a transfer applicant to Berkeley?</p>
<p>Of the many California CC's, I have looked into Santa Barbara City College as one of my main choices due to it's affordability and location. How does this school rank in terms of producing successful Berkeley transfers? Any suggestions on other California CC's that produce the most successful Berkeley transfers? </p>
<p>I'm hoping that this will spark some good discussion that will eventually help me in making the best decisions in my journey to hopefully enroll at UCB! THANKS!</p>
<p>I don't have specific experience, since I'm not a transfer, but I've definitely heard that transferring from a California CC makes it much easier to get into Berkeley. I don't know if the particular CC matters, but generally speaking I believe that if you get a high GPA there, you have a very good shot of being accepted.</p>
<p>Will it play a major role in the transfer admissions process if I attend a California CC however am not an official California resident (I am from New Hampshire)?</p>
<p>Will it solidify my best chances to shoot for in-state residency? Or will being an out of state student attending a California CC still increase my chances a good deal compared to a non-California CC applicant?</p>
<p>If you are going to attend CC in California, it is better to get California residency. With California Residency your UC fees will be a LOT cheaper. I mean a LOT cheaper.</p>
<p>Save your wallet and since you'll live in CA to go to CCSB, you might as well become a Californian.</p>
<p>If I do move out to CA for two years at a California CC and claim CA residency, what happens if I am accepted to UC-Berkeley?</p>
<p>I ask this because if accepted, I would probably live on-campus there. I am not too familiar with the entire residency concept so I am trying to figure out exactly what options I should take advantage of to ensure my best chances at successfully transfering to UCB over the next 2 years.</p>
<p>i think you use a pg&e bill or something like that. But I don't think berkeley checks on your residency after you have been accepted as a CA or out of state resident.</p>
<p>I'm transfering to Berkeley from Pasadena City College and I can list about 5 people off the top of my head just in my small circle of friends who are transferring to Cal with me. I've heard PCC is one of the "best" city colleges in California based off the average gpa and the amount of students who transfer to "top" universities. I don't know how PCC ranks compared to the other "best" cc's though.</p>
<p>i'm transferring from foothill communit college in los altos. the foothill/de anza system is known to provide excellent transfer opportunities. all of my friends (that are transferring) got into ucla, cal or both.</p>
<p>i think being a resident makes a difference, and not just in terms of tuition. </p>
<p>aren't you a officially a resident after living in CA for 2+ years? You need to spend 2 years at a CC in order to transfer to a UC anyways.</p>
<p>well, good luck. what major(s) are you interested in pursuing? i suggest you start planning out the courses you will need to take via <a href="http://www.assist.org%5B/url%5D">www.assist.org</a> as soon as you decide on a CC.</p>
<p>I am planning on majoring in either English or Political Science (Most likely English).</p>
<p>As I mentioned, I have heard much about Berkeley's "favoring" (poor word choice?) in-state students over out of state students so this is why I am planning a move out West in order to better my chances. </p>
<p>I was hoping somebody would be able to give me some information on Santa Barbara City College in terms of transfering into Cal simply because luck would have it that one of my good friends is also interested in moving from New Hampshire to California and will be entering SBCC in the Spring 2007 semester. </p>
<p>I am aware that 60+ credits must be obtained in order to be qualified as a junior transfer applicant at the UC's however since I would be transfering in for the Spring 2007 semester, I would most likely try to put together a full-time courseload over the Summer 2007 so that I would be able to obtain all 60 credits by the end of the Spring 2008 semester and hopefully enter the 4 year school of my choice in the Fall 2008 semester as a junior.</p>
I was hoping somebody would be able to give me some information on Santa Barbara City College in terms of transfering into Cal simply because luck would have it that one of my good friends is also interested in moving from New Hampshire to California and will be entering SBCC in the Spring 2007 semester.
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All the CA community colleges work just as well to transfer to Cal. Legally they cannot discriminate based on the Ccc; they can, however, discriminate based on geography.</p>
<p>I never once considered lying about my residency.</p>
<p>I was simply asking if I was to move to California and enroll at a California CC in the Spring 2007 semester, how would I go about qualifying for in-state residency by the time that I apply to a UC school, such as Berkeley or Santa Barbara?</p>
<p>I want to attend UC-Berkeley, and knowing that being an in-state applicant helps a great deal in the transfer process, I'm trying to go about doing this.</p>
<p>I am not familiar with the residency process in the state of California and was hoping somebody on this board would be able to give me some insight. If I were to reside in California for the two years that I attend a California CC, I would qualifiy as an in-state resident, correct? And once accepted to a UC-Berkeley or any other UC school, hypothetically, how would I go about retaining that in-state residency if I must move to the college campus (In my own case, from Santa Barbara to Berkeley)?</p>
<p>I was curious if renting a P.O. Box for those years as a "mailing address" however not having a permanent California address would still qualify me as a California resident for tuition purposes. Maybe if I had a California drivers license? </p>
<p>I am not sure if this applies to US citizen as well (I'm an international), but I've read that in order to establish California residency, you have to reside in California for more than one year WITHOUT attending college/school.</p>
<p>You can reside and attend community college and then get transfer priority (at the least) to attend UC--the fees you pay could be a diff story. you will also have to pay out of state fees for community college.</p>
<p>Alright, so what I have gathered from the posts so far is:</p>
<p>1.) If I move to California for this upcoming Spring 2007 semester at a California community college, I will have to pay out of state tuition fees until I have been a resident at my address for a year.</p>
<p>I don't understand why I would not be considered a California resident by the time that I apply to UC-Berkeley (Approximately in 2009), as I would be living in the state for well over a year. By this time, I would also have a California state drivers license, California bank accounts, etc. </p>
<p>I read that simply living in California during schooling does not qualify one for in-state fees. They must present initiative to make California their permanent state of residence, which is where the drivers license and bank accounts come into play. </p>
<p>I am not really too worried about paying out of state fees at the CC more than I am about paying at a UC school, such as Berkeley.</p>