<p>Okay so I'm planning to transfer to USC as my main goal with other colleges just in case. I did pretty well in HS with a 3.8 GPA (4.5 weighted), took many extracurricular with many leadership positions but didn't do too hot on my SATs (1850). I took 6 AP classes my senior year (10 AP classes total for HS with 11 honors) and I thought I was a strong candidate but I heard the competition was tough this year after not only my first rejection, but my second after my appeal.</p>
<p>I was determined so I enrolled into SMC rather than my state university ( I could only afford to apply to my state university and USC, money was really tight with my family this year ). I chose to go to SMC rather late because I applied after I was denied my appeal. Right now, the only class I can take to fulfill my general education requirements for USC is physics, as every other class is full. My out-of-state counselor told me that 11,000 students haven't paid or post-poned their fees, so when the deadline is passed their classes will be dropped. Additionally, I applied to the honor's program and had my application post-marked on the deadline (found out about the program late =/) and they told me that it was late (going to call them up on this on monday, just got the letter today).</p>
<p>Now I have two choices. I can risk seeing if I can take the general education classes if they become available and hope the Scholar's program accepts my application, or I can go back to my state school (I was accepted into their honor's program) and already have my classes picked out for it (I didn't tell them I was leaving yet).</p>
<p>What I want to know from people's experience, which option would be greater? SMC has an agreement with USC so I know all the classes will transfer, but I can't even take the classes. Does transferring from a university (in the honor's program too) bring any competitive edge when I transfer? I know SMC is a great option but I still want to be a competitive transfer student at my state's university</p>