<p>I've never considered transferring as an option before, but after being accepted to Cal and rejected at UCLA (dream school), I'm really thinking about it. If I go to Cal, how many years would I have to do there to transfer to UCLA and would my chances of being accepted be lower than those who are transferring from CC's? I always thought it took two years to transfer, but I wasn't sure after reading about some who did it after one.</p>
<p>You can transfer after one year, but you need to transfer with Junior standing (90 quarter units). I've never heard any transfer from another UC in 1 year but I guess its possible, how hard it is i can't really tell you, but from CAL i think it would be pretty difficult to do because of the competitiveness.</p>
<p>It's pretty much up to you...how much of a college experience do you think if you'll miss by not dorming your first year? Is money an issue (CC is very cheap). If you do decide to transfer from CAL, do you think you can maintain a competitive GPA to be able to transfer to UCLA? Do you think you will become lazy at a CC?</p>
<p>In my opinion, and probabaly most of the people here, transfering from a CC is a whole lot easier than inter-campus transfers. UCLA also has a TAP program with some CC's that give you a REALLY good shot at UCLA acceptance.</p>
<p>Look around the forum, i think there is similar threads somewhere.</p>
<p>Just for reference, I have heard of a bunch of UCSB kids that transferred to UCLA after freshman year -- it seemed like the consensus was that if you are coming from UCSB, you need a 3.5 to transfer to UCLA and you are pretty much in -- Obviously, Cal is a much better school, so you'll have to factor that in, but I don't think it would be hard at all (if you do well) to make the transfer after one year -- go to Cal for your first year -- the education at 99% of CCs is pitiful</p>