<p>If this thread has already been posted, please redirect me to it because I couldn't find it.</p>
<p>I'm looking to transfer to UCLA, and I've been to California Community Colleges, and I just didn't feel a connection to the students, a connection I felt when I was at the four-year-college from which I'm transferring. Furthermore, UCLA is the closest school to my home, and the commute to SMC or LACC is at least half an hour for me. </p>
<p>I've done plenty of research on this, but I want to know whether anyone has done it and how it's worked out. I'm considering doing concurrent enrollment at UCLA via Extension (taking UCLA daytime classes for college credit) instead of going to a community college. Once I've taken the prereqs (for Computer Science), I'll apply as a transfer student. The credits will transfer because these are the equivalent of XLC classes, which definitely transfer. </p>
<p>I wanted to know whether this would work.</p>
<p>Well…if they transfer, why wouldn’t it work?</p>
<p>I’m doing the same thing at UCB’s extension program. Not all of their classes transfer completely though. I would double check that your specific classes will transfer 100%.</p>
<p>Seems like a waste of money though, honestly.</p>
<p>What you really ought to do is contact someone at Extension to get a definitive answer. </p>
<p>But here is my take. Probably not going to work. If a path existed for students to get into UCLA by simply paying their way in, there are enough wealthy students in CA that the school would be swamped. So why isn’t everyone and their brother doing this?</p>
<p>For one, it says in the Extension brochure at <a href=“https://www.uclaextension.edu/pages/str/howtoenroll.aspx[/url]”>https://www.uclaextension.edu/pages/str/howtoenroll.aspx</a> that the 1st requirement is “Space is available.” I don’t know if you’ve spoken with many UCLA students recently, but a problem many people have in graduating on time is getting the classes they need. Its a safe bet that seats in the lower division classes you need in order to enter the school of engineering are not going begging. </p>
<p>And some of the classes you need to get into CS as a junior xfer are in the engineering dept. And if you look at their website they write
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<p>^^Taking their extension classes doesn’t guarantee him in. Lots of universities have extension schools that are available to whoever will pay. The classes are separate from the regular school, so space isn’t an issue, or at least, it isn’t the same issue.</p>
<p>That’s a bad idea. Not only is it a waste of money, but you also won’t have priority for admissions coming from a 4 year/UCLA extension.</p>
<p>It’s not necessarily a waste of money. I personally feel that my extension classes are worth every dime. And since he has already attended a CCC and UCLA extension does not count as a 4 year, he would still have priority.</p>
<p>^It says right there in the first post that he/she is transferring from a 4 year college. I wasn’t referring to UCLA.</p>