<p>I'm currently a senior in high school and, after having been rejected from USC and submitting a less-than-adequate appeal, have decided to attend UCSB Honors College in the Fall in hopes of transferring to USC after one year. I've visited SB and am pretty convinced that it's not the school for me. I want the small class sizes and opportunities of USC and have no problem navigating the internships (and traffic) of my hometown of LA. I've read conflicting opinions on how difficult this process is, so I'm hoping to get some fresh comments. I had good stats while applying this year (3.84/4.12 GPA, 32 on ACT, 2 internships, varsity tennis), so I don't have an issue with my senior year application being considered. I'm working on finding out which classes to take during my freshman year at UCSB to have enough transferrable credits, but I was wondering what GPA I should maintain. I also have no clue how difficult the academics are at UCSB and if a high GPA will be attainable. I am really dead-set on transferring and would like as much feedback as possible. Again, nothing against UCSB; I simply feel I would grow more in a big city. Thank you :) </p>
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<p>if you get a 3.5 you should be fine. I went to UCSB for 2 years and am now trying to transfer out of a CC to SC. All 5 ucsb students i know who applied have gotten in, it’s not as hard as people make it seem. Honestly though, give UCSB a chance its a cool school you might really like it. Only reason I left is because I wanted to get a more practical business/accounting degree than economics.</p>
<p>and in terms of difficulty it obviously depends on your major. If you’re doing econ its hard. 6% a’s next 6 percent A-…top 30% of class gets B or higher, next 20% get B-/C+ and 50% C’s or lower. general ed’s aren’t too bad, take Global Studies 1 its a cakewalk haha. theatre 5 (into to acting) is easy as well…I had no clue how to act lol but still got an A for trying and having a good attitude haha </p>
<p>thanks for the info! if i’m going in undeclared, I guess the rigor of my classes shouldn’t matter too much (at least I hope)</p>