<p>Just got the letter about my affiliation with Cowell (my first choice). Did any other students get their affiliations yet, and was it your first choice?</p>
<p>I got into Kresge, my first choice! Wooot! :D</p>
<p>College 10 right there. :D</p>
<p>Kresge. My second choice (close enough) :)</p>
<p>And since we’re on the topic, as a transfer student does the affiliation really mean much? I understand as a freshman you’d have to take some core classes within your college, but as a transfer is it just, for lack of a better word, a simple affiliation?</p>
<p>I got into porter. Merely selected it as a means of simplification if I do chose to stay on campus next year. :)</p>
<p>@gman4000- No, it really doesn’t. As a transfer, you’ve already completed what the freshman need to complete. If you chose to move out of the transfer community after the first quarter, however, then you can go live with in your college affiliation. Other than that, there really is no significance. </p>
<p>Also, I don’t know if any of you are aware, but there is currently a UCSC Transfer 2012 group on facebook that has quite the time discussing things. Feel free to join! <a href=“https://www.facebook.com/groups/429606910385603/[/url]”>https://www.facebook.com/groups/429606910385603/</a></p>
<p>I disagree. To me, affiliation did matter as a transfer because I lived on campus. While it has no bearing on core class (which, arguably, is not a big deal for frosh either as it is just one class), it does affect the community you will come to know. The transfer community itself (not the people) is a joke and segregates transfers as being a different class of students than others.</p>
<p>A friend who originally thought affiliation did not matter lived off campus when he first transferred. When he returned after a leave of absence, he chose on campus and mentioned how much the affiliation meant and that he would have been much happier the first time around had he taken advantage of that affiliation.</p>
<p>In the end, it really depends on who you are and if you want to feel like a part of the campus, but I do believe from my own experience and my observations of others that affiliation can and does matter. However, it is up to one to make their affiliation work for them. Having an affiliation is what I think is important and loving your affiliation by taking advantage of all it has to offer. However, the actual affiliation choice can be any of the ten.</p>
<p>That said, the transfer community has thrown a huge wrench into this by taking away the opportunity for transfers to become truly involved with their affiliation. So maybe it doesn’t matter much for all of you forced to deal with that ridiculous idea they implemented. Something that should be noted is those subjected to the community came to feel affiliated with Porter (despite most not being so). This year’s commencement for Porter had to cut off registration to all but affiliates because they, thankfully, stopped screwing over affiliates. This meant many had to walk with a college they felt no connection to despite affiliation.</p>
<p>For me, affiliation was everything and I will always be proud to have been a Porter Slug :).</p>