Hi,
I am going to start college from fall 2016. I’ve been admitted to UC Davis and a few others and i’m pretty sure that i will be attending UCD( because calif). I was rejected from UCLA and i therefore dont think that I’ll be accepted at Berkeley.
I wanted to know how easy/tough is it to transfer from one UC campus to another? Also , can we transfer after the end of first year?
I am a civil engineering major , what all would i require to successfully transfer from UCD to say UCLA/UCB?
Should i actually attend Davis ( given the fact that i’ll be paying nearly 55k a year) ?
Thank you in advance.
If you want to transfer to top schools like UCLA and UCB, it is very much possible - but only feasible through community college. It’ll be extremely difficult to do it from a UC, if not impossible.
You need 60 semester/90 quarter units (junior standing) to transfer to UCLA. If you have a lot of AP units, you may be able to transfer in one year.
55k per year isn’t worth it. Are you an OOS applicant?
Like goldencub mentioned its extremely hard to get in as a transfer from another UC. Unless you have a letter of recommendation from Obama or something, and even then they don’t look at recommendations. You have to remember that as transfers, the UC’s will look first at community college transfers before looking at 4-year university transfers and thats even IF they have space after looking at community colleges transfers.
It’s primarily difficult because you want to transfer as a Civil Engineering major. Engineering majors are severely impacted, and your GPA will likely be lower transferring from Davis than it would be transferring from a CA CC.
@goldencub Yes I’m an OOS admit. I am yet to hear from Berkeley( tho im pretty sure it’ll be a no).
Will transferring to USC be easier?
I’ve been admitted to NEU,TAMU and am hoping for NYU as well. Should I consider these schools over Davis?
@BlackPlasma What should i do then?
A gap year? Is UCD worth the OOS tuition?
@futurecivilguy14 up to you. If you really want to go to Berkeley (Any you REALLY want it). I recommend CC in California. Though I guess you would have to take a gap year to be considered in State. Though the other school are really good to. If you have the dough then either of those schools would be fine. Up to you.
It is virtually impossible for someone to qualify for CA residency unless they graduated from a CA HS or have a parent living here. Merely spending time in CA is never enough.
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The financial independence requirement makes it extremely difficult for most undergraduate students whose parents are not California residents, including students from community colleges and other post-secondary institutions within California, to qualify for classification as a resident at the University of California.
http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/residence/respronew.htm
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