<p>I am getting out of the military this summer and I didn't get into the school I wanted, UCSD. I did get admitted to UCR, but I wanna transfer to UCSD because I want to do Bioengineering. I have looked it up on the internet and heard from word of mouth UCSD is in the top ten schools in the country for that major. How would I go about transferring and how difficult would it be to transfer from UCR to UCSD?</p>
<p>Instead of doing a UC/UC transfer where you will spend big $$$ and still not have a chance at getting in, consider going to a local CCC. There you can pay little $$$, do a TAG into UCSD (guaranteed admittance into UCSD), and raise your grades high enough to get into Bioengineering (impacted major).</p>
<p>The only drawbacks to this plan are that the number of classes offered is being scaled back, so as a starting student you may not get your entire schedule, but it sucks everywhere including the UCs. That’s just part of going to school in CA at this point.</p>
<p>Being in the military has it’s perks at CC too. At my school they got the first registration dates, and many of the classes were covered under the GI Bill.</p>
<p>thanks jamesinho, but with the gibill I’m not even worried about money at all. The gibill covers up to the most expensive public school in the state of the school you are applying to. So would it be easier to do the TAG program at RCC or just go to UCR for the first two years and then apply to UCSD, not taking into account the $$$, since that is not a problem for me.</p>
<p>You do realize that its much easier to transfer from a community college to UCSD than it would be to transfer from UCR, right?</p>
<p>It might be better to conserve your GIBill and use it for the UCs than blow part of it at UCR, especially when, as Politricks mentions, it’s much easier to transfer from CC to UCSD than from UCR to UCSD. CC transfers have priority over UC/UC transfers.</p>
<p>Also, see my note about raising your grades cheaply so that you can get into Bioengineering. It’s impacted, and admittance is no joke.</p>
<p>Tanner, going to a CCC may not sound very desirable, but in the end it’ll be for the better. At UCR you’d be pushing yourself to maintain a GPA good enough for UCSD to consider you for transfer. At a CCC you’d be able to maintain a 3.0 easily to TAG in…though I have a feeling Bioengineering may be impacted. If that’s the case you’ll need to actually get a decent GPA in order to be admitted into the major since TAG guarantees admittance alone and not major choice.</p>
<p>Or you can just go to UCR…it’s your choice.</p>
<p>I’m not much for the Inland Empire so I’m biased, but I don’t think I’d enjoy going to UCR one bit.</p>
<p>i would go to the CC. especially being a veteran and you will get all your classes on priority registration. load up on classes and take them seriously, get a 3.0, gather that 60 units and boom, guaranteed into UCSD.</p>
<p>ok the cc sounds like a good idea then, but i have one problem. I didn’t know all of this stuff so I already submitted my statement of intent to register at ucr. Am I able to still not register? And wisdomracing I’m from riverside, so I’m done with that place wanna move somewhere different.</p>
<p>is there anyway after submitting my SIR to UCR I can not go through with it and just go to a CC?</p>
<p>Yes, you’ll lose your deposit, though. Call them up and tell them you’ve had a change of heart and want to reverse your decision.</p>
<p>ok thank you. Sorry, I’m a little ignorant about all this went straight from high school to the Marines and it’s been four years since I’ve researched anything dealing with college. So any reccomendations on a good CCC to go to, or does it not really matter?</p>
<p>^exactly all you will lose is your deposit ifyou put one down. </p>
<p>if you want to move away you can even go move somewhere else and go to THAT local CC. you can go to mesa in san diego, sbcc in santa barbara, etc. there are tons of great CC’s in cool places.</p>
<p>Just move somewhere you’d like to live and find a CCC there, rather than finding a good CCC and moving to it. I don’t feel like which CCC you go to is a big enough deal to compromise the living situation. If it were me I’d choose somewhere NOT in the same area as the university I wanted to go to since I prefer to move around rather than staying in one place for an extended period of time.</p>
<p>Had I been in your situation I’d move to San Fran or LA (if staying in Ca). If I didn’t mind leaving Ca (which I don’t) I’d probably go to NY or Boston. Have fun with the decision you’ve got tons of possibilities.</p>