<p>so here i am asking for advice..</p>
<p>i'm just a high school senior right now...</p>
<p>i think i going to give UC a shot..</p>
<p>but after a year or so i happen to don't like it..i'm going to try to transfer to USC..</p>
<p>what do i have to do to make sure that i get accepted?</p>
<p>-retake SAT?
-GPA? HS GPA?
-Rec?
-Community service?</p>
<p>Thanks in advance..</p>
<p>The single biggest factor will be your college GPA, so concentrate on that.</p>
<p>Do they look at my SAT too? do i have to retake it?</p>
<p>If you plan on transferring after only 1 year they're going to look at your classes in high school and your test scores/ec's all over again and these will actually be the biggest factor in whether or not you get in. You don't have to retake the SAT; you can use the scores you already have. If you plan on transferring later then your college classes and activities become the most important factor.</p>
<p>In either case, you should try to do well your first year to show a continual upward trend (or a continuance of excellence).</p>
<p>i'm a tranfer applicant this year. haha i know all about this stuff...</p>
<p>shoot for a 3.8+... if you come in a little below that (3.4-3.7?), fine, but a 3.8+ will make you a more competitive applicant. take a full courseload, but don't take more classes than you can handle - in other words, don't try to go for "academic rigor" points if that means compromising your gpa. join a few clubs you're really interested in and take on leadership roles. get to know your profs/deans/etc, if at all possible, and find one or two that you can ask for a rec letter. if you can't get to know anyone well enough, doing some academic volunteer work (writing center, tutoring, etc.) or undergrad research can also lead to a really good rec.</p>
<p>in a nutshell: you want a strong academic record. try to get at least one great rec letter if you can - rec letters aren't required, but they'll help you out if they're good. you'll also want to get involved and prove that you can contribute to the campus. you're required to take two semester of english comp (or the equivalent - ap, dual, and advanced standing work). it miiight also help you to complete some or all of the prereqs for your major (see the transfer guide booklet), but i don't think prereqs are all that important in the long run... as long as you at least START on them.</p>
<p>Just a forewarning: I tried to transfer from UCB to USC as a junior, I was basically told I had to start over from the beginning because a lot of my courses were no good. Keep that in mind, you may just want to go to a CC or wait a year and try again.</p>
<p>actually once you get 32 transferrable semester units, your HS GPA and SAT don't matter as much as your college GPA. Try to do well and get good college GPA then.</p>
<p>Also, try to complete writing and other courses that transfer to meet USC's GE requirements. An admissions/transfer counselor can help you with this, since not all GE courses at UC's transfer to USC exactly.</p>
<p>I would try to get good letters of rec, too, but mainly your college GPA.</p>
<p>i'm so glad someone posted this up..i have questions also..uhm about the 32 semester units..can we use AP scores for that? and if we can do we use USC's conversion of points or the UC we're attending? thanks!</p>
<p>Definitely your AP credits will help, but I think they mean 32 semester units taken after high school for letter grades, that preferable satisfy USC general ed or major requirements.</p>
<p>In general, AP units don't give you GPA credit or satisfy more than 1-2 GE requirements, so I would try to complete 32 semester units on top of the AP work and any college courses you had before graduating HS.</p>
<p>If your school is on a quarter like most UC's, use the quarter-to-semester formula to convert to 32.</p>
<p>i think its around 45..also because i plan on attending usc's business school it says i should complete calc, intro to micro and macro..is it possible to take these courses freshmen year? or should i take one at a cc this summer? thanks!</p>
<p>bump............</p>
<p>does it matter which UC school we try to transfer from? for example, would it be any different transferring from a more prestigious UC than from a UC that isn't considered one of the best?</p>
<p>i would imagine so</p>
<p>would it be better to come from a higher ranking UC?</p>
<p>I would imagine that it would be more impressive to come from berkeley than, say, merced.</p>
<p>However consider that many transfers come from community colleges, so any UC is a step up from that in terms of "prestige".</p>
<p>has anyone on these boards tried to transfer from a private university? I want to transfer from Chapman to USC, and i'm just wondering if it really is that much more difficult to transfer from a private university than a UC or cc, maybe do they expect more if you're transfering from a UC or private university?</p>
<p>and when you say we can meet with a transfer counselor to discuss what courses we need to take etc. we can talk to ones at our own universities as well as ones at USC right?</p>
<p>I got into Cal but don't know if I should attend and transfer or just go to a CC then transfer</p>
<p>i've got a bit of a dillema...see USC is my dream school, i didn't get in</p>
<p>my choices are UCSD and UCSB...</p>
<p>would it be better to go to UCSB and get better grades or go to UCSD and probablly get a bit lower grades but have a more prestigious school?</p>
<p>I think the prestige at UCSD sounds better than UCSB. Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't SB have the reputation of a party school? I'm in the same situation as you as I'm not sure whether to do the CC, UCI, or SCU route to try to transfer into USC.</p>
<p>another thing about transferring that worried me was classes, because i figured that it's harder to get the classes you need to transfer from a more prestigious school than it would be from a less populated school</p>