<p>Hi, I want to transfer to UCLA for my junior year...I'm just curious, will my chances for getting in be less if I transferred from a CSU instead of transferring from a community college? because I heard they prioritize cc transfers.</p>
<p>Yes, You have a better chance from CC than CSU because CC has TAP for UCLA!</p>
<p>Not all CCs have TAP, but yes they give MUCH higher priority for CC students.</p>
<p>Dude don't even bother with CSU's if you want to transfer you will have an enormous advantage from a CCC.</p>
<p>are you already at the csu? if you want to transfer you should apply even if your chances aren't as good from a csu compared to a ccc.</p>
<p>The way it works according to my pamphlet from UCLA in order of "preference" is
CCC (94% of admits)>UC Transfers (4% of transfers)>CSU Transfers (1% of transfers)>Other<br>
I don't think its that drastic, but I think the pecking order is about the same. You're better off at a CCC if you really want to get into UCLA or another top tier UC.</p>
<p>The preference order is:</p>
<p>1.) CCC with TAP
2.) CCC without TAP
3.) UC
4.) CSU/Other California universities
5.) Out of State
6.) International</p>
<p>As you can see, CSU is down in the list.</p>
<p>For UCLA -
Admit rate for students transferring from:
CCC - 44.45%
UC - 37.83%
Other Cali Schools (including the CSUs) - 16.75%</p>
<p>As you can see, while the admit rate is relatively close between CCC and UC, there is a heavy drop for the third category schools. It tells of the difficulty level of transferring from CSU.</p>
<p>For UCLA, here's the admit rate for each of the non-CCC and non-UC transfers by school:</p>
<p>Compare this with UCs:</p>
<p>You'll be able to see that while most of the UC transfer rate stay in 30's and 40's percentage, CSU is in 10's and 20's.</p>
<p>So to answer your question:</p>
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<p>the answer is.. YES. your chance of getting in will drop significantly if you were to transfer from CSU rather than the CCC. But it's possible.</p>
<p>Well, let's not forget certain biases here (yes, I did take statistics, I loved it, and I'm actually looking forward to taking it again). The students attempting tp transfer from UCs may be, on average, of a higher caliber than the students attempting to transfer from a CSU.</p>
<p>As a fair percentage of CSU students do get in, I'd say those are the ones that decided to become more serious about school or took advantage of opportunities that had not been previously available.</p>
<p>Not saying that's necessarily the only reason, it's just unfair to ignore that possibility.</p>
<p>thanks! one more thing:</p>
<p>I got accepted at a couple CSUs, and they have housing which is why I need to go there (i'm not a CA resident). So what if I were to take one year at a CSU, get settled in and transfer the following year to a CC so that I could increase my chances of getting in. Is that advisable? I know its going to be a lot of work but its worth it.</p>
<p>I believe as long as more than half of the units you are transferring are from CC, then you are viewed as a CC student, and thus would give you the best chance to get in, besides CC with TAP.</p>
<p>I got accepted at a couple CSUs, and they have housing which is why I need to go there (i'm not a CA resident).</p>
<p>Sorry, maybe I'm just being thick, but...I don't follow. Housing at UCs/CSUs is not (in my experience) really any cheaper than apartments (and only freshmen live on campus, at least at UCs). And I also don't think that'll fulfill residency for you. So, why do you need to go to a CSU for the housing?</p>
<p>It also depends greatly on what your major is. I managed to transfer from a CSU to UCLA as a Civil Engineering major and my GPA wasn't all that great. It was about 3.7.</p>
<p>If your plan is to go to a UC i would just move here and take courses at a ccc..you'll end up saving a lot of money</p>
<p>CSU are prostitutes.
They basically accept everybody as long as you can pay.
So, go to a CCC, don't fall into the traps of CSU. Don't satisfied with CSU. They have worse educations than CCC.</p>
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<p>No they don't. But, getting into a UC is much, much easier from a CCC than transferring from a CSU. It is also cheaper. So, if your heart is set on a UC, enroll in a CCC.</p>
<p>Well I disagree with that statement. A lot take everyone, but there are a few solid csu schools (Cal Poly, SJSU, SDSU, Long Beach amoung others) and the rest are ok. Still, the fact if the UC's will accept the same identical stats from a CCC student and another student that might earn a "reject" in all other ways.</p>