Transfering to UCSB?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Santa Barbara
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<p>Rejected... to ucsb... was very sad...
got into riverside, but I don't really want to go there.
going to major in computer engineering.
does SBCC have a good computer engineering program?
and how hard is it to transfer into ucsb from SBCC?
i heard about TAG, what are the requirements for that?
or should I just go to riverside...</p>

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<p>I’m transferring in, but not from SBCC. It’s so ridiculously easy to transfer into a UC. Just take the right courses, get a 3.0, and you’re pretty much guaranteed. </p>

<p>Assist.com <–That site is your new best friend.</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.ucsb.edu/prospective/EngTAGCriteria.asp[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ucsb.edu/prospective/EngTAGCriteria.asp&lt;/a&gt; <–TAG requirements</p>

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<p>please don’t go to riverside if you don’t want to. You will be miserable… have you seen sbcc? It’s beautiful… amazing campus that doesn’t look anything like any community college i’ve seen. I plan on going there as well, live in isla vista have some fun… the main thing I didn’t like about CC was that almost all of them are 100% commuter schools but a ton of people that go to sbcc live in SB/IV/Goleta and come from all over CA and elsewhere.</p>

<p>don’t feel too bad, you will have saved tons of money and have a real college expierence that is lacking at riverside (imo) which is probably more of a commuter campus than sbcc (just kdding?) :)</p>

<p>check out students reviews</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.s%5B/url%5D”>http://www.s</a> tudentsreview.com/CA/SBCC_comments.html</p>

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<p>Could you Xfer from UCR to UCSB?
My parents said there is a big difference when you get a job between CC to UCSB than just straight to a 4 year</p>

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<p>For TAG I think you just need to have an overall gpa of 3.0, have at least 60 transferable units, and complete certain classes. Check out their website and assist.org. Those will tell you what classes you need to complete. You don’t need to go to SBCC, any decent size community college will do. Just make sure they offer most of the classes you need.</p>

<p>No offense, but your parents are wrong. The only thing that matters is where you get your degree from. Transferring from a CC is not frowned upon. I’ve talked to plenty of people in industry about it.</p>

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<p>^ he is right… the degree says “UCSB” not “UCSB and SBCC”</p>

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Your parents are wrong. The diploma says UCSB. Period.</p>

<p>I have a post about the SBCC option, which you can find in the UCSB forum. However unless you can convince your parents that CC -> UCSB isn’t going to ruin your future, my guess is they’re going to make you go to Riverside. At least its not Merced…</p>

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<p>Going to riverside would be a big waste of money in my opinion if your goal is to transfer to UCSB. Go to a community college.</p>

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<p>I was also thinking about going to Davis or UCSC and then transfering into UCSB.
but i did a little research about the TAG program from SBCC to UCSB and to tell you the truth i would have considered this option even if i had gotten accepted into UCSB straight off.
You pretty much do the exact same things a UCSB students does (live in IV, go to their parties, join their clubs, go to the rec cen, etc) while saving 8000 a year and benefiting from smaller classes. College should be a time in which you love every minute, i dont think you want to waste some of that time at a college you dont like just waiting to transfer!</p>

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<p>I have had a couple computer science majors say UCSB is a bad school to go to for that major but thats just my two cents. I also hear bad stories of transferring from 1 UC to another. If you live at home, go to your local CC, complete your IGETC, and your pretty much guaranteed a spot at UCSB. If your already living on your own, why not move down here and go to SBCC its really nice. As another post said, going from a CC to a UC is easy as long as you complete your stuff (IGETC). Hell my transferable GPA was 2.8 and I still got in here lol.</p>

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<p>Your parents are completely wrong about transfering to a UC from a community college. There is no way an employer could tell or know the difference. You would get the exact same degree that someone that took all their lower division classes at UCSB would get.</p>

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For the sake of accuracy, I should point out that this is not correct. If an employer was to ask for unofficial or official copies of your transcripts they could tell. That said, I doubt that any employers screen applicants this way. Your upper-division classes are much more important to mastering your major than the lower-division intro classes taken for your major and breadth requirements. And the upper-division classes would be taken at UCSB.</p>

<p>Also if there are particular lower-division classes you’d like to take at UCSB and you go to SBCC first, SBCC honors college students are allowed to take 1 class per quarter at UCSB after they’ve finished their 1st semester at SBCC. Which means you could take 4 or 5 UCSB classes in your major prior to starting as a junior xfer is you spend 2 years at SBCC. See <a href=“Cross Enrollment - Santa Barbara City College”>http://www.sbcc.edu/transferacademy/cross_enrollment.php&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Yeah I guess you’re right but I’ve never heard of any employers doing that lol. Regardless it’s still the same exact degree! lol</p>