University of California Transfer Students Fall 2007 OFFICIAL THREAD!!!

Transfer Students UC Transfers
861

<p>when we update the transfer application, for QUARTER systems, do we JUST update our fall grades and our coursework for winter quarter? or do we also have to include coursework for SPRING quarter, even though the official course schedule hasn't come out yet?</p>

<p>i checked the PDF version of the form update at the bottom of <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/apply/after_apply/after_update_transf.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/apply/after_apply/after_update_transf.html&lt;/a>, and it gives you the option to list coursework from fall06, winter07, spring 07, aand summer 07..</p>

862

<p>I'm not a resident of CA, I hope you guys can help me with these questions:</p>

<p>1- In order to take advantage of the low resident tuition, does one have to be a resident of the district/county at which he/she attends community college? Or as long as you reside in CA you can attend any CC in CA system and pay no more than resident's tuition?</p>

<p>2- Looked, but nothing found: Is there some sort of ranking/evaluation/or even reviews of different CCs in CA (Which ones are better overall, which are better with sciences/labwork - social sciences)?</p>

863

<p>1.) Doesn't matter whehter you live 5 district/counties away from the CC, as long as you are a California resident (have lived in California for 1 year plus a day) you get to pay the low resident tuition for any California CC.</p>

<p>2.) Umm. The best way to look at the "rankings" of community college is their transfer rate and the transfer alliance program they have with UCs/CSUs/etc because having a propler transfer alliance program means that school has high standard of facility, faculty, classroom, curriculum, etc.</p>

864

<p>Thank you dhl3 for your helpful answers.</p>

865

<p>BUMP...can't let this get too far down.</p>

<p>Does anyone know anything about the "UCI California Community Colllege Honors" transfer program? All I know is that they have some kind of agreement with the honors program at my CC (OCC). Since I was doing (TAP) with UCLA through my honors program, I figured I might as well check the tab for the UCI agreement as well. Hopefully I didn't do something that I shouldn't have. heh.</p>

866

<p>i think for uci, they have paif so that might be it. for paif you need to have sent your app to a counselor and been approved and stuff, so unless you did that then your not guarenteed admission</p>

867

<p>^</p>

<p>I think for any of those guaranteed transfer programs that UCI, UCR, etc.. have, you have to fill up a form, usually before you turn in the applications. For UCR, the deadline last year for Fall 07 admission was like late August. By now, it should be over. </p>

<p>I may be wrong tho. The best way to find out about this is, of course, thru your counselor.</p>

868

<p>I actually got the UCI guaranteed admission program form signed off after I turned in the application; matter of fact, I turned it in like three days before the last day of November.</p>

<p>At first, the UCI counselor said she can't sign it cuz my application's already turned in, but I showed her my transcript and the printed UC application all filled out (which includes my ECs, essays, awards, class schedules, etc). After reviewing for 5 minutes or so, she called me into her office and said that I'll get in anyway whether I do PAIF (guaranteed admission) or not, so she's like "eh.. why not?" and signed the contract for me.</p>

<p>She greeted me "Welcome to UCI" and gave me a UCI pen, congratulating for my acceptance in the university.</p>

<p>But I think it's really late now. I mean, I was right in the edge, and that was more than a month ago. Good Luck though.</p>

869

<p>


</p>

<p>Sorry to interrupt a bit, this is not quite correct. Let me state why:
In the application, you list down EVERY grades you have in all courses you have taken in any community college or any other university if any. So any D or F will be seen and theoretically, the considered GPA will not be affected by those non-transferrable courses BUT if they see a D and F that you have, what is the MEANING of that? They would probably ask why this person has a D or F there in such a easy non-transferable courses or they would also think well, this student do not care for the courses that are not transferable. </p>

<p>Basically this signal the admission committees something about you so it affect the admission decision but theoretically again, the CONSIDERED GPA will not be affected. Besides, you don't have to report the GPA in the UC application because they will do it themselves. </p>

<p>Think over it, you don't wanna get any D or F in any course including non-transferable ones.</p>

870

<p>hey, I have yet to recieve any email from any of the schools, most of my friends have recieved emails from uci and other schools. is this the case for everyone else too?</p>

871

<p>I'm in the same boat I havent go one e-mail.</p>

872

<p>"Think over it, you don't wanna get any D or F in any course including non-transferable ones."</p>

<p>You don't want a D or an F in any course, transferrable or non-transferrable. Period.</p>

873

<p>As a matter of fact, you don't want a B or C in any courses either.</p>

<p>A is the only good grade.</p>

874

<p>^^^^^^^^^^</p>

875

<p>Damn, that's a bit strict. With that kind of mindset, someone who gets a B+ should just give up and start begging for change since that's what they'll amount to anyway.</p>

876

<p>Yeah A or a bullet in the head.</p>

877

<p>Omg I've reached 600 posts.</p>

878

<p>
[quote]
Damn, that's a bit strict. With that kind of mindset, someone who gets a B+ should just give up and start begging for change since that's what they'll amount to anyway.

[/quote]
</p>

<p>exactly. Funny how mind works though. When you strive for A (and think that only A is the good grade), then you are more motivated to work hard and get better grades. But if you start thinking that "eh.. B is a good grade too", then you really do tend to not be as motivated, and are less likely to get an A.</p>

<p>This is one reason why I literally spazzed when I got a "B" in Calc I and Geology. I felt like I was a total failure. But that also got me to get an A on all my other classes, keep telling myself that if I didn't get an A on any of them, I'd fail.</p>

<p>It's strict, but there is not better motivating method than setting your goal as high as possible.</p>

879

<p>I'm going to try to answer all the questions I have seen since the winter break.</p>

<p>The application update form will be available starting January 8, 2007 at <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/apply/after_apply/after_update_transf.html%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/apply/after_apply/after_update_transf.html&lt;/a> . The update form will ask you for your fall courses and grades received and coursework planned for the spring semester; if attending on a quarter system it will ask for planned coursework for both winter and spring quarters.</p>

<p>Please include all coursework even if you believe it not to be transferable. All grades must be reported correctly. If you are crashing a course, you are attending it with the intent of enrolling in the course, please do not list it since it will not be reported on your academic record. However, if you are wait listed or plan on enrolling in the course please list it. If unable to register for the course please make the correction to the update form, if still available, or contact the UC campuses you have applied to.</p>

<p>Sorry if I missed anything that hasn’t already been answered</p>

880

<p>Waitlist classes dont appear on the academic record, so should it still be listed?</p>