UCSB or CC?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Hello everybody I need help with something I am having trouble with. I have been accepted by UC Santa Barbara and rejected by both UCI and UCSD. </p>

<p>UCI and UCSD were my two choices before UCSB. Now that I have been rejected to both I need to decide if I will go to UCSB or if I will stay around here and go to a CC or maybe a Cal state. </p>

<p>If I go to UCSB, I will dorm.</p>

<p>If I attend a CC, I will look to transfer in two years to UCSD or USC. </p>

<p>What would you believe to be the smarter choice? Going straight to a UC or transfering in two years to a different UC?</p>

<p>please help me and give your advice/suggestions! thank you!</p>

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<p>Honestly, a community college is so much lower than even a calstate, much less a mid ranked UC. People will tell you that the coursework is the same, but honestly it's not.</p>

<p>I speak from personal experience. I have taken extension courses at a CC and a UC, and the experiences were incomparable.</p>

<p>Just go with SB. It's a fine school and comparable to or even better than UCI. Besides, CC to transfer isn't guaranteed, and you might be denied admission yet again.</p>

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<p>CC is no where near the level of a UC. Go to UCSB. Even if you still want to transfer later to UCSD or USC, your chances will be much better than if you went to a community college. Don't cut off your nose to spite your face, UCSB is still a good school.</p>

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<p>A transfer from UCSB to UCSD will be more difficult than a transfer from a CC to UCSD. For USC, going to UCSB will increase your chances.</p>

<p>That said though, go to UCSB. Chances are, you will probably end up liking SB more than you would SD anyways.</p>

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<p>Depends partly on what you want to study and whether money is a big issue. Certainly, from a lifestyle fun perspective, going to UCSB is the more fun option.</p>

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<p>im in the same position as you,
im still in disbelief that i got rejected from UCI..</p>

<p>but from what i heard UCSB is like the UCI of norcal</p>

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<p>What is your intended major? UCSB is an excellent school with many great academic programs.</p>

<p>I would just go to UCSB unless you really have your heart set on Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD or USC.</p>

<p>UCSB, IMO, is better than UCI.</p>

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<p>
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Even if you still want to transfer later to UCSD or USC, your chances will be much better than if you went to a community college.

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This is not true.</p>

<p>According to the California Higher Education Master Plan, California Community College students have higher priority for transferring into UCs than CSU and other UC students. It's much more difficult to transfer from a CSU or UC to another UC.</p>