<p>I plan to start my freshman year as a biology major/pre-med. Am taking my courses at my local community college mainly due to my finiancial needs. I was wondering, how hard is it to transfer from a CC after your first year?</p>
<p>spring semester
gen chem2/lab - 5 credits
gen bio: cells to organism - 4 credits
psychology -4 credits
communication - 4 credits</p>
<p>lets say i pull off a 3.5+ GPA
get 2 rec letter
vulenteer
write 3 essays.
The first essay will be about how my life was different from Somalia (east africa) to that of America when i arrived at the age 12. At the time of arrival, i didn't speak much of an english nor was i able to wright it.
The second essay will talk about what it means for me to go the UC am applying for. How it will effect my future goals, my current goals, state of emotion, etc.
The third essay will be about about my work history. the two years of working mimum wage for 32 hours a week while enrolled in High School. i also accepted a job from my CC to tutor math to kids at enlementary and middle schools.
I know this is not much compared to other profiles i've seen, but what are some great school that will accept me. am in no condition to continue my education at a CC college due to it's inferiority to a UC.
what UC do you think will accept me as a transfer student on my sophmore year? please name as many as you can.</p>
<p>You need to have 60 credits in order to transfer and according to your plan you will not have it in one year. You will most likely need to take two years to complete this which is the norm. Also UC do not accept letters of recommendation for transfers. You also have a different essay topic and will only use two essays. It is not that difficult to transfer from a CC to a UC if you keep a 3.5+ complete all prerequisites and IGETC. Also your major makes a big difference on how competitive it is to transfer. I do not believe any UC accepts students before there 60 credits or your sophomore year. Also do not be so condescending about CCs.</p>
<p>If you want save money you take all the lower division classes u can at the CC, goto assist.org to see what classes u need for you major. For biology major it will have to work hard to compete it all in 2 years.</p>
<p>i think you're under estimating the difficulties of the CC system. also, you don't need letter of rec's for public schools (CSU/UC's, etc) only for private schools (USC, USD, Pepperdine, Stanford, etc).</p>
<p>As the first replier said, you will not have 60 units by the time you need to transfer. Also, you should ease up your schedule and go for a +3.7-3.8 GPA, if you really want a solid chance so you can sleep at night. If calc is an easy A, then I say you can definitely get a higher GPA than 3.5</p>
<p>pace yourself, it isn't a race. I suggest you take the two years, especially as a bio/pre-med student.</p>
<p>i only need 40 credits to transfer to my state UC. it will be possible to get a surplus of 40 credits if i take summer courses and i will have 60 credits after my first semester of my sophmore year. since i took HS courses for most classes am taking my first year, it should be just a review.</p>
<p>You do need at least 60 units to transfer to a UC. In addition, as xleper17 mentions above, you should take a challenging curriculum and get a 3.7-3.8 to better your chances of being admitted. Taking a bunch of courses and get a lower GPA will not serve you well. You will need to not only do well in lower-division coursework but also understand it well. By that I mean memorizing the material well enough to ace the final is not sufficient. Upper-division coursework will rely heavily on a very good foundation in chemistry and biology. If you don't have that you will not make it in a UC science program. Take your time and put together the best application you can. Also, take advantage of the fact that, in a community college, your first-semester Biology and Chemistry classes are not likely to have more students than we had in my entire high school.</p>
<p>trustabdy - Let's clear up whether there is any confusion here. Are you going to be attending a California Community College and wanting to transfer into one of the University of California campuses?</p>
<p>Or are you in some other state and wanting to transfer into a different state's University? </p>
<p>Since you posted this question on the UC (University of California) forum, we're all assuming that you are in California. But one of your comments confused us a bit. As you have recently come here from Somalia, it may be that you meant to ask about another state.</p>
<p>Give us a bit more information and we will try to steer you to your best options.</p>
<p>And congratulations on all you have achieved so far.</p>
<p>Why are you so ready to get out of the community college? I think that cc could help you learn a lot more about how things are done and how colleges work. They are smaller and probably more personal. I say take the two years to get your degree and learn as much as you can about the ins and outs of college life and then transfer to a four year to continue your education</p>