<p>So I am an incoming freshman at UCSB and I intend to transfer to UCLA my Junior year. I am majoring in Political Science and I have a few questions on the transfer process. </p>
<p>1) I have fulfilled my foreign language requirement at UCSB because I took 4 years of Spanish in high school. Does that mean that I have fulfilled my requirement for UCLA?
2) This one is basically the same as my first one: if I fulfill GE requirements for certain sections at UCSB will UCLA consider it the same as fulfilling theirs?
3)Will UCLA look at the difficulty of the courses that I am taking? If so, what do they consider challenging courses?
4)Are my chances significantly lower because I am planning to transfer from another UC as opposed to transferring from a community college?
5)Does it look bad if I ask my academic about transferring? Hahaha I just don't want it to seem like I don't enjoy UCSB or don't think that it's a good school. I know it is but since I am pursuing law, I think that UCLA would be a better place to prepare for that. I am also aiming for UCLA's law school. </p>
<p>Any other advice you can offer me? I'll appreciate anything you have to say haha. </p>
<p>It is a little harder maybe transferring from UC --> UC, although the admit transfer rate is pretty close in general. And luckily for you, UCLA supposedly looks on UC and community college transfers fairly equally.</p>
<p>IGETC/breadth should be OK assuming if you do breadth, the major at UCLA is not asking for IGETC. The BIG thing to do is figure out your intended major and complete those pre-req as shown on the UCLA major page (as opposed to UCSB). </p>
<p>It might be better to discuss with a UCLA advisor as those are the req you need to fulfill.</p>
<p>I am sort of in the same boat as you, in the sense that I was in UCI my first year and am applying to UCs this fall (I am a 2nd year now). Except instead of directly UC to UC, I am going from UC to CC to UC (currently enrolled in a CC).</p>
<p>In all honestly, if you are up for it, you can always do what I did and “withdraw” after your 1st year at UCSB and enroll in a CC your second year. CC students have <em>slightly</em> better chances (it’s only by a few %, not in the tens), so like lindy said, the difference between UC and CC “priority” isn’t that much.</p>
<p>But the main reason I did ‘UC to CC to UC’ anyway was 1) I knew I wasn’t going to continue at UCI no matter what (even if I stayed my 2nd year, like you I wanted to apply elsewhere) and 2) save $$$ (CC is so divinely cheap compared to UC tuition and makes me cry over the thousands in loans I took out for my 1st year aha). If you do have questions about UC to CC to UC or want to ask more about my experience feel free to PM me.</p>
<p>In the end it’s up to you what route you want to take, as there are a lot of factors other than just saving money (for instance a downside to my path is that I wasn’t able to keep grounded extracurriculars as a result of doing 1 year at one uni and another year elsewhere. Also, leaving friends I guess but since you’re set on transferring I doubt this will be that much).</p>
<p>The number one thing is to keep your GPA up, no matter what. According to UCLA’s site, the average admitted GPA for (pre) poli sci transfers was 3.77 in 2013. Definitely get around and if you can above that range to look competitive. And also like lindy said, look at UCLA’s major path for poli sci and take courses for that.</p>
<p>Lastly on your concern about looking bad if you ask a UCSB counselor, if you have further questions/concerns that collegeconfidential may not be able to answer don’t hesitate to ask them, even though it does ‘seem bad’ they are still there to help no matter the circumstances, not like they are gonna try to persuade you not to leave. In my experience, it was a little awkward though I have to admit, when I submitted my withdrawal form for UCI and in the “Do you plan to apply for readmission at UCI?” checking ‘No’ and handing it to my counselor. All in good spirit though!</p>