Hey all,
So i recently got into UCD for a transfer for Fall 2015. I am currently a second year at UC Santa Cruz. I wanted to get some opinions on transferring or not.
Here is some information about me:
I am an engineering major, doing pretty well here at UCSC, have an internship and a job here in santa cruz for my third year, and LOVE my major here.
The thing is, I don’t really like the school itself. I actually really hate the city and all that surrounds it.
I’m trying to figure out if a transfer would be worth it or not…
Any ideas?
Thanks everyone
wait, you love your major at UCS. Why would you leave? what if you don’t like your major at UCD?
Well, UC Davis is a considerably better school than UCSC.
Boy - I’d stay the course. You’ve already got such momentum at UCSC, it will be hard to match that as a transfer.
You don’t have a crystal ball, and neither does anyone out here. Maybe you transfer and love your major, find internships in the area, a great part-time job during school, make a bunch of friends, love the area. Or maybe some of these happen, or none.
It really comes down to your tolerance for risk, whether you are a “satisficer” or “optimizer” (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satisficing). You know yourself better than anyone else.
Go to Davis- its a much more reputable school, and is heading in the right direction.
I’m not crazy about the UCSC campus either, but I’d stick it out. You only have two more years, and my understanding is it’s very hard to transfer between UC campuses anyway.
Whether you have an engineering degree from UC Davis or UC Santa Cruz isn’t going to matter when you’re looking for a job.
Contrary to some of the advice being given here, UC Davis is NOT a significantly more reputable university… at the undergrad level, I don’t think there is all that much difference at all.
I have already been admitted to Davis as a UC-UC transfer. I am torn because I feel that it is a little silly to drop everything due to materialistic things such as not liking the social scene or campus. However, maybe I can have both at Davis, a campus that I will love, and my engineering degree. I plan on going to grad school as well. it’s just hard going to a school i know i’m not happy at while everyone around me is crazy about their university.
if you’re not happy, and you haven’t been happy for a while since you submitted the xfer app back in the fall, then why not go for it?
if you’re not happy, and you haven’t been happy for a while since you submitted the xfer app back in the fall, then why not go for it?
I like UCSD grads better than UCDavis grads for Computer Science. But your happiness comes first, go where you think you’ll be happy.