<p>I'm a first year student, and like most people UCSD was not my first choice. UCLA was my dream school, but I got accepted into the Merced guaranteed transfer agreement so I decided to attend UCSD instead at my parent's whim. However, I feel like I don't really fit into the environment. It seems if you do not have a car there is nothing much to do, and the campus seems dead most of the time. I do go out, join clubs, meet new people, I just feel as if I'd be happier somewhere else. So I'm entertaining the idea of transferring. I am going to stick it out in SD, but in case it does not work out I want to have an opportunity. However, I have many questions, such as when to start the application process. I have heard that they do not accept applicants with junior standing, which maybe be a problem for me because i came in with sophmore standing: 48 units. I took 17 units fall quarter, and my gpa was a 3.7. Any form of advice would be appreciated!</p>
<p>48+17=65</p>
<p>That means you need to take fewer than 25 credits for the rest of the year to still be a Junior next year.</p>
<p>BUT, transfer applicants apply at the same time as first years (In November). Which means applications for next year (When you are a Junior) are no longer accepted. And a Senior transfer is unheard of, due to residency.</p>
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<p>You're out of luck. Enjoy the suffering here in San Diego.</p>
<p>Enjoy the suffering here in San Diego.</p>
<p>Wow.....that doesn't sound good to "prospies"</p>
<p>Wow...I really couldn't care less.</p>
<p>Apparently... care to expand on the suffering?</p>
<p>Huh? I'm not suffering. I love it in San Diego. Best city to live in.</p>
<p>I'm just laughing at all the high school kids who can't get over their dreamworld.</p>
<p>oh, okay. Glad your happy!</p>
<p>Can't they just not count your AP units? My friend transferred from Berkeley to LA within his freshman year, so I think there is a mechanism to do it besides the transfer date, because he did come in with quite a bit of AP credit. Then again, he also got into LA in the first place too.</p>
<p>He's not out of luck for transfering to another college.
1. Junior is a minimum of 90 quarter credits (i don't know maximum...but i sincerely doubt he'll be at senior standing by the end of sophmore year)
2. Deadline for transfering to UC's has passed, but I do know the deadline for colleges such as Harvard/Stanford is in March.
3. Not all colleges accept AP credit anyway, so if he were to apply to these colleges during his freshman/sophmore years he'd be fine.</p>
<p>So, to answer your question, you need to start now. The deadline for the UC's have passed, so you need to make a list of colleges you want to apply to and look into when their apps are do and what you need to do for them. Be warned though, if you're applying to a school that doesn't accept AP credits you will be applying as a sophmore transfer and thats much tougher to do (assuming you want to transfer for next year). You might need to start collecting letters of recommendations/high school transcripts/SAT scores/etc depending where you're applying.
Good luck, I'm trying to transfer out as well.</p>
<p>UCSD is in the middle of a maze of commercial businesses. it does not provide the ideal college experience. and to make things worse the surrounding neighborhood is one if the most affluent places in san diego so they are less tolerant of the idea of what an ideal college student is and since they are so rich they have influence to basically make your college experience as boring as possible.</p>
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<p>im just curious why you don't really fit in. are you a non-nerd?</p>
<p>^^...what? The rich people in La Jolla are making life dull for you guys at 'SD? You make your own college experience, the college doesn't make it for you. Getting a couple of friends (at least one with a car) and hitting up the Gaslamp or TJ is pretty much the same as what you'd get from a "typical" college experience. Festival of Lights is over (I think), but Balboa Park and downtown are fun to explore (plus its close to SDSU). It might be cold out, but the beach is right next to campus, and its one of the better ones in San Diego, and UTC is very close by. Those horrible rich people, keeping poor ol' UCSD students away from San Diego.</p>
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<p>I guess you could say i'm a "non-nerd." I care about my grades and work hard, but I don't get all stressed out over any non A's i get. SD seems very "dead" to me. By this I don't mean lack of parties, on the contrary, it is very easy to find parties. It seems to me that drinking, or getting high, are the only "fun" activities to do. (Many of the people i know spend their weekend getting drunk and high) I do not see much going on on-campus. I just get the feeling that ucsd is strictly all about academics. The campus isn't that appealing, the student center and gym are pretty ghetto, there are no big sports teams, overall it just seems that the main focus is on academics. Plus La Jolla has a rural setting, i wanted to have a change of scenery and go somewhere urban, like la or cal. I don't know, I like how laid back SD is, but I just feel as if it's so laid back that nothing happens. Maybe it's just me. I guess I should start talking to my counselor.</p>
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<p>nah.</p>
<p>i've seen other colleges places and most other "real" colleges have places where colleges students can walk to and hang out. look at sdsu, theres a lot of places where students can walk to at any time of the day whatever their wish is whether it is to watch a movie or to buy a burrito. ucsd, on the other hand is crap. it is like being on an island of total bore. there is no place cool to hang out and anyplace that is close is populated with the rich older, residents of la jolla. and to make matters worse any place wotrht going to is not at a walkable distance. have you ever been to ucla? just a block away in any direction are a plethora of places to go and eat and hang out. they have movie theatres everywhere. and not too far away is sunset blvd. where i don't even have to say anything about that place cause the place speaks for itself. yeah, i see what you are saying in that a person makes his/her college experience bt it is hard to denythat if the surrounding area is more user friendly then thi will make things easier.</p>
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<p>I guess you could say i'm a "non-nerd." I care about my grades and work hard, but I don't get all stressed out over any non A's i get. SD seems very "dead" to me. By this I don't mean lack of parties, on the contrary, it is very easy to find parties. It seems to me that drinking, or getting high, are the only "fun" activities to do. (Many of the people i know spend their weekend getting drunk and high) I do not see much going on on-campus. I just get the feeling that ucsd is strictly all about academics. The campus isn't that appealing, the student center and gym are pretty ghetto, there are no big sports teams, overall it just seems that the main focus is on academics. Plus La Jolla has a rural setting, i wanted to have a change of scenery and go somewhere urban, like la or cal. I don't know, I like how laid back SD is, but I just feel as if it's so laid back that nothing happens. Maybe it's just me. I guess I should start talking to my counselor.
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<p>yeah i see what you are saying. there are a lot of nerds on campus so that can dullen the college experience. not to mention there are no sports teams here i mean there are but they aren't here if you know what i mean. i mean, who is excited to watch the basketball team play against sonoma state? wouldn't it be better if you were at ucla and ucla was playing for the national championship against duke? you don't have to be a basketball fan to appreciate the atmosphere that the excietment brings but you could go along for the ride. you only live once and if i was in your shoes i would be scratching and clawing to get out of here. the place is really dull and not much happens here to look forward to. just a bunch of rich farts in the surrounding area and a bunch of nerds within the campus. we have sungod but out of 365 days, sungod happens .27% out of the year. well whatever you do good luck to you.</p>
<p>grab a burrito and a movie? chipotle and the theatre is like right there</p>
<p>Proton: You seem to understand really well my situation, I'm wondering if you once had thoughts of transferring to? Are you a sophmore/junior/senior? </p>
<p>To the rest of the people in this thread: I was wondering if there was any way to transfer without formally applying? While I was searching through the forums I saw cases where people have written letters to a school and transferred without actually applying. Any information on this would be helpful. Thanks!</p>
<p>In the beginning UCSD may seem extremely boring if you want any sort of social life but after this first quarter I have to say that I really love it here now. It's not hard at ALL to party once you know the right people; if you're still having trouble then rush one of the party frats. Plus, getting high/drunk and exploring the amazing campus or hiking down to the beach with friends is a whole lot more fun (and cheaper) than watching a $10 movie.</p>
<p>I go to UCLA. Westwood isn't as fun once you've been through it a couple times, and you certainly can't go there a lot after maybe the first week. I happen to live in San Diego and a lot of my HS friends went to UCSD and I worked there as a volunteer 2 summers ago so I do know what its like. The scenery around the school is important, but do we HAVE to follow a traditional college setting to get the "college experience"? It seems that UCSD can offer a new one, where you can combine an urban setting with a gorgeous beach and a not-so-far rural setting (apple picking in Julian x3) and get something that you could enjoy very much for 4 years.</p>
<p>I second that...make your own college experience. </p>
<p>It'll be amazing.</p>