I’m a student from one of the CCC. (LACC to be precise)
However, I had a discussion one day and the topic was about transfer.
And one person said people from CCs are known to be less competitive and less motivated.
Thus, leading them to be an “outsider” kind of.
And also, people would look down on transfer students once they transfer to UCs?
(I mean, come on folks, we are still hard-at-work!)
Does this mean even if I go to UCs I would have no friends?
WOOHOO
Transfers are generally welcomed by the student bodies of the various UCs.
You’ve nothing to worry about.
There are certainly individuals who are terribly elitist, maintaining the opinion that freshman admits are somehow superior to transfer admits. They make up the minority of people at the UC’s - don’t worry about them.
Most other people are welcoming.
Haha “CC people are less competitive”, yeah tell that to anyone applying to Haas, or basically any impacted major. Generally its the CC students who know the value of education/time more than those students who got in during high school. Any sweeping generalization is going to be trouble, but there are incredible motivated students everywhere, and there are incredibly lazy ones everywhere. Don’t worry.
with over 20K undergrads apiece at most campuses, nobody except in the least-popular majors is going to recognize everybody at the college and somehow know you are a xfer. You show up in class, as far as anyone knows they’ve just never been in a class with you.
You’ll be fine. Why would anyone want to be friends with someone who’s ignorant enough to look down on and generalize transfer students anyway? People who do that aren’t worth the time of day.
You will be taking the same classes as everyone else.
Do you have a tattoo on your forehead that says you’re a transfer student? No one cares how you got to your UC. The only thing that matters is getting that diploma.
Nobody will know. Nobody will care.
Thank you. That discussion bothered me for a week. I am better now. Back to using this motivation to my HWs.
Thanks guys!
Most CC students are kind of stupid.
Or at least lazy.
But those people don’t usually get into UCs. I reckon like 30-60% of CC students transfer, with most going to CSUs.
UCLA has been welcoming, even within the clubs in my major. It is more competitive though, so it has a sort of professional/political vibe to it. How competitive people are varies across majors.