Transferring to a different UC

<p>I currently go to UCR and am about to finish my first year.
I really want to trasfer to a "better" UC campus.
To transfer, would it be better for me to do my second year at community college?
My GPA at UCR is not that good. I am predicting 3.0 for my first year.</p>

<p>What major are you in? that should really determine what is a “better” uc. If you really want to transfer you are better off at cc student (uc to uc transfer are nearly impossible), although since you were a different school, you only have a 70 unit transfer cap, which can be problematic if you’re a stem major. </p>

<p>UCLA looks at transfers from UCs about the same as from CCs. UCLA accepted over 20% of those who applied from UCs in 2013, better than their freshman acceptance rate in 2014. Further, some TAG agreements between CCs and UCs flat out won’t be available to you if you have previously attended a UC. Figure out what schools you have a shot at, then look up their requirements.</p>

<p>@collegevetting‌ </p>

<p>Source? I didn’t find anything that broke down the intertransfer vs cc acceptance rate. The only thing I found was general cal residents. </p>

<p>What I did find was a profile of new transfers for the 12-13 year. over 90% percent of the new transfer were from CCs, suggesting that the majority of admits were in CC, If the proportion were equal as you claim they are, I would think the new transfer data would be closer to equilibrium.</p>

<p>source: <a href=“http://www.aim.ucla.edu/pdf/UGProfile12-13.pdf”>http://www.aim.ucla.edu/pdf/UGProfile12-13.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Additionally this excerpt was from the general uc site:</p>

<p>“While we give California community college students first priority over other transfer applicants, we also accept those from four-year institutions. In addition, it’s possible to transfer from one UC campus to another.”</p>

<p>Albeit, its possible, its is obvious that he isn’t a priority.</p>

<p>Source: <a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/index.html”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/index.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>But ultimately the major is the most important piece as that determines his expected gpa range. If he’s an engineering student, the gpa isn’t horrible, but if his major is humanities, then he’s already in trouble. He would have to take a large number of units and ace them if he wanted to bring it up to more competitive levels in one year. </p>

<p>@ninjex I did have a source, although I don’t have it handy. I posted it on another thread. If I can find it quickly, I will post it again.</p>

<p>Here, scroll down. Over 21% of those who applied from other UCs were accepted in 2013, <a href=“https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13.htm”>https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I see they now have preliminary 2014 numbers too, so I will now look at those and see if 2014 is similar.</p>

<p>…Yep. almost 22% vs almost 29% for CCs. <a href=“https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof14.htm”>https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof14.htm&lt;/a&gt; CCs have higher, but I was really surprised how high the inter UC transfer acceptance rate was, since I had heard so much about the preference for CCs.</p>

<p>And on my other point, I had looked up Community College TAG for UCSB (they won’t be having TAG anymore for engineering btw). The TAG agreement does not apply if you have ever been enrolled at a UC. If other UC agreements with CCs are similar, going to a CC AFTER going to a UC might not be a good idea, in any event.</p>

<p>Ah I see. Good find. Still, the constant seems to be a high gpa and the op is behind. op really needs to pull up that gpa</p>