UPENN VS UCLA transfer

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Pennsylvania
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Hey everyone!

So I started CC this year. As a first-year student, I applied and was accepted into UCLA for political science. My GPA’s a 4.0, I’m in a fraternity at my local university, I’m the president of a fairly large club, on the debate team, on the improv team, volunteered in Israel, and worked as a creative writing specialist at my local Jewish summer camp for nine weeks.
I’ve completed 33.5 units, and am taking another 12 this summer.

I’ve taken:
Western Civilization 1
English: Critical Thinking and Composition
Introduction to Theater
International Relations
American Government & Politics
Elementary Spanish 1
Social & Political Philosophy
Comparative Politics
Biological Anthropology
Improvisational Comedy 1
Introduction to Logic
Introduction to Business
Principles of Microeconomics
Introduction to Mass Communications
Introduction to Criminal Justice

Essentially, I get to skip a year of college because I took 11 AP exams (mostly 4s but some 3s). My HS GPA was a 2.95, and my SAT was a 1650. But I’m sure I could pull it up to a 2200 minimum, because I took it three years ago while I was immature (and inept, lol).

I got basically a full ride to UCLA, and it’s right by home. I’m planning on law school (hopefully a T4).

Do you guys think I should postpone UCLA/cancel it and take some more classes this year, study for the SAT, and apply to UPENN/other Ivy leagues? Or go right into UCLA and graduate a year early? Is it worth waiting a year on LA to get into UPENN/another Ivy?

UPENN has been a dream of mine for a while now.

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Depends on whether you will take on debt if you choose to forgo UCLA. While Penn is a superior choice to UCLA all else equal, no school is worth going into debt for. Also since you want to go to law school, you might want to save up for that and take the full ride at ucla. That sounds like the more responsible thing to do.