<p>I just recently started school as a freshman at the University of San Francisco and can already tell that I am not going to like it here. It's incredibly expensive and I am now realizing that this school is nowhere worth the $50,000 dollar a year tuition. I am looking to transfer to San Diego State University or UC Irvine. I never applied to UCI, but I applied to SDSU out of highschool and didn't get in. I should add that I am a california resident and live in Irvine and am about 5 mins. from UCI and an hour from sdsu. I had the grades but it is such an impacted school. Anyway I am wondering how should I go about transferring? Should I wait a semester and just get real good grades, or should I wait a year? The thing is I made a really stupid decision to come to this school and I don't want to be $50,000 down so I would like to transfer out asap. Also my GPA in highschool was a 3.4 with some AP's and my ACT is 25. Please let me know what I should do. Thanks.</p>
<p>Also ask on the UC Transfers subforum.</p>
<p>The UCs take community college transfers students first–your best bet is to just go to CCC for the first 2 years. If you get good grades, you should be able to transfer into the UC of your choosing. (HS grades won’t even matter at that point.) </p>
<p>As a private college transfer with even just a year college, your application will be low priority. Even with 2 years (transferring in as a junior) your app would be near the bottom of the pile.</p>
<p>If you really want to be top priority for transfer, CCC is the way to go. Not very sexy, but your final degree still says “UC”.</p>
<p>Transfer ASAP!! UCI is a better school and tuition is a fraction of what you’re paying now.</p>
<p>Go to a commmunity college and take classes to fulfill IGETC and TAG. Check this out… [Transfer</a> Admission Guarantee (TAG) - Fall 2011](<a href=“http://www.admissions.uci.edu/admissions_info/transfer_admission/tag.html]Transfer”>http://www.admissions.uci.edu/admissions_info/transfer_admission/tag.html)</p>
<p>Damn, do you hate USF that much? I was considering it because SFSU is so full even though it’s so darn expensive.</p>
<p>You can’t even compare the two. It makes no sense to say one is better than the other, since, in many instances UCI would be a downgrade from USF, especially now.
What does the OP intend to study?
If you were Nursing or Law, you would be crazy to switch, independent of $ considerations.
sorry… just my opinion. i always laugh at such rash statements.</p>
<p>UCI won’t be a possibility until you’re a junior and don’t know if SDSU will be a possibility next fall, but no CSUs are taking spring transfers. As said above, go to a CCC for your best shot as a transfer.</p>
<p>@Redrose Who told you Cal States aren’t accepting spring transfers? As of now most CSU’s are saying they will accept spring transfers.</p>
<p>Once again cecilturtle. I am an enviro science major and believe me UCI has a better science program than USF. please don’t leave another comment. I was looking for help, not criticism.</p>
<p>No need to trash USF. But mostly, pls accept my apologies for jumping on you.
Sounds like a good plan. Peace to you BigBenny.</p>