<p>Hi all,
I'm currently a first-year student at California State University, Long Beach pursuing a B.S. in Computer Science. However, I'm not entirely content here and would like to transfer to another university, ideally USC. I know that admissions to any of the UC schools are generally granted first to Community College students. My confusion? I am not sure whether or not I should leave school for a year (taking an educational leave of absence), and attend a community college in order to transfer, or if I should continue at my school, taking courses to fulfill my major plan here, apply as a transfer student, and hope for the best. I plan on transferring for Fall 2015. The only reason I would take an educational leave (as opposed to leaving the university) would be as a fallback in case I am not accepted at any university. As a student here, I have a good GPA (I'm likely going to finish with a 3.8 after my first year) and 56 Units at this school. Even taking transfer courses at a Community College, I would still take about 11 units worth of credit that would transfer back to CSULB. Any suggestions?</p>
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USC isn’t a UC…</p>
<p>While the majority of USC transfers do come from community colleges, that is a result of the fact that the majority of USC transfer applicants are applying from community colleges - not from any preference given to cc transfers. USC maintains an articulation history for CSU Long Beach to give you an idea of which courses are likely to transfer (please note, this is an articulation history, not an agreement, so it is not a guarantee) <a href=“Error”>Error; .</p>
<p>If you are making progress toward your degree at CSULB and can afford it, your best plan would be to continue there while you apply to USC and have your fall-back be to complete your degree at LB. If there are UCs in which you are interested (which, as you now know, does not include USC), yes, transferring to a cc at the close of this sesmester would be your best course of action.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>