<p>I'm intimidated by many academic factors like not feeling prepared in comparison to my peers, picking a school that doesn't have a program that suits my needs, or just picking the wrong school in general.</p>
<p>Financially I'm pretty terrified of everything :p</p>
<p>But I honestly find that many of my fears are social. I don't drink, smoke, or party. I tend to be very quiet and to myself. I just fear that socially it will be difficult for me. And because I am super paranoid I am afraid of getting crappy roomates who will steal my stuff, show up drunk or high, or who will have sex while I'm in the room (which I've heard far too many stories about). </p>
<p>Maybe the college life isn't for me but I really love school so hopefully this next step will be good for me! </p>
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<p>I'm applying to UCSC, UCSB, UCLA, and UCB (:
Trying to figure out which CSUs would be a good fit for my program!</p>
<p>Well, I transferred a little over a year ago (EECS at UCB), but I figured I’d throw in my two cents here anyways.</p>
<p>Academics: Remember, wherever you transfer to accepted you. That means they think you’ve got what it takes. Even if it’s somewhere totally intimidating, just remember that you got in… and that means you’re just as good as everyone else there. Will it be a ton of work and far more challenging than your CC ever was? Probably, but you can do it… they wouldn’t have accepted you otherwise!</p>
<p>Social: You don’t have to be a party person if you don’t want to, and you won’t be the only one. Just seek out others with similar interests, or join clubs or something… if you put in the effort, you won’t be lonely. As for roommates, you do hear a lot of horror stories. But that’s because you’re on the internet and no one posts about how wonderful their roommates are. You hear about the worst cases because those are the people who really want to rant and complain and get help… all the normal/good situations don’t have a reason to go shouting to the world how non-terrifying it is. That said, there are cases that go really bad (I had one), and if that happens, assuming you dorm, that’s what RAs are for, so you won’t have to go through it alone.</p>
<p>Best of luck to you and all the others preparing to transfer. :)</p>
<p>What if I mess something up on the application and they all reject me for it and I can’t become an actuary and I can’t get a job and I can’t get a girlfriend and I die poor and lonely…</p>
<p>Omg, I feel the same way as you, sega. When I was filling out the TAG app I probably looked over my transcript like 20 times to the individual letter, even though I’m 100% confident that I know my courses/grades from memory. Part of me was wondering if I took college classes in another life or if a person took classes under my name or other dumb/irrational stuff. </p>
<p>It’s so fragile… one little overlook can totally screw up your entire application.</p>
<p>I believe is the adjustment from a semenster to quarter academic schedule. (Cal is on semenster though). Instead of couple months on a same class, you only got 10 weeks on quarter. Like literally, you don’t even know who sit next to you and the class is over.</p>
<p>I just feel like my classes would be a lot harder. In all honesty, community college was easier than high school. And that massive tuition bump…:(</p>
<p>I totally agree with you @Snorlaz!! Being at a CC really changed a lot for me personally and intellectually (in academia) and I’m really going to miss the familiarity and that about 90% of my professors have been incredible.</p>
<p>I am just like you AnthroFlo. You described every single fear I have about transfering to a t! I love school too so i’m trying to stay positive and hope these fears won’t come true but it’s usually all i think (and worry) about…</p>
<p>@Tony It wasn’t hard at all, but I do consider myself a really social person so it has always been pretty easy for me. Everyone is super friendly the first couple weeks so you’ll definitely meet people. I decided to live in Santa Ynez (University owned apartments).</p>
<p>@mermaker, can you possibly list some pros + cons of quarter vs. semester. I’ve always been on the semester system but I do enjoy our quick summer sessions.</p>
<p>The semester system is too damn long. I alway got bored when we talked about the same subject for 2+ weeks. In the quarter system, we cover everything really quickly and we have tests and midterms faster. It’s so much better because you honestly don’t need 2 weeks worth of lectures on some mundane subject when you can get it over with in 1 lecture. You’ll be surprised how much free time you have to study through out the week.You’re not going to be raging and partying every single day; and I go to UCSB which is know for that. But if you’re a stem major, then the quarter system might suck for you. At least that’s what my stem major friends tell me.</p>
<p>“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself. And spiders.”</p>
<p>I’m not too worried about anything once I get in. I’m doing pretty good so far in a concurrent enrollment class I’m taking, and my grade on the midterm was way above the average. </p>
<p>My only real fear is somehow messing up my application. Getting in is the hard part.</p>