<p>So the Trojan Transfer Plan, which is supposedly to "counsel you subsequent to your high school graduation and help you establish a personalize transfer plan", was mentioned in my rejection letter from USC. They say we're supposed to visit the webpage they give in early May to schedule an appointment.</p>
<p>Can anyone explain anything to me about this? Does anyone here have any past experience on this? What exactly does the meeting entail?
Is there a reason the link they give auto-redirects to the USConnect page instead? Is it simply because it's not early May yet?</p>
<p>I would like to add on a separate note that I am frustrated that we cannot even apply for these meetings until after the SIR due dates, since it means I essentially have to pick my college before; I don't know which of my two main choices (UCLA or UCB) would be better!</p>
<p>As I understand it, the Transfer Plan is a guarantee you can transfer to USC at some point in the future if certain conditions are met (grades/courses, etc). It makes sense that transfers from one semester school to another are easiest, so UCB seems like the best fit.</p>
<p>@BandTenHut Yes, I got into both. @Both: Can you explain why the semester system would be better? Do you have any idea about the likeliness of being able to transfer out? The only information I was able to find was for international students, and I am a California native.</p>
<p>No one has any info or past experience with this Trojan Transfer Plan business? :c</p>
<p>The simple answer is that USC is on semesters so the credits you earn from one term at UCB have more value. </p>
<p>If you’re going to do a full year or more at UCB/UCLA then there is NO MEANINGFUL DIFFERENCE between the two and you are fretting about nothing.</p>
<p>The meeting you will have for the Trojan transfer plan will tell you what GPA and number of units you will need in order to be guaranteed transfer to USC. If you are concerned now, you can look up the articulation agreements on the USC website with UCB and UCLA. As said above, the quarters at UCLA are not exact equivalents to semesters, so one quarter of Spanish is not going to transfer well. However, 3 quarters of Spanish may be the equiv of 2 semesters. Not sure, this is just an illustration. Still, UCLA can work if you keep in mind what will and will not transfer to USC easily.</p>
<p>At that meeting USC adcom will tell you what college GPA you will need to meet (I believe in the past it may have been 3.6), so you need to weigh the difficulty of attaining that GPA at the UCs you listed. Many students choose to attend a CA community college before transferring. This would not be ideal for you, certainly. But perhaps attaining a high GPA needs to be considered in your final choice of schools.</p>
<p>For some reason when my friend’s S wanted to go to USC but was not admitted, the USC advisor told him he’d have a better chance of being accepted as a transfer if he went to CC instead of a 4-year CA school. Because of that, he started at a CA CC & transferred into USC, even tho he had been admitted to UCs. If you can speak with your USC advisor, they should be able to help clarify this important point.</p>