<p>I was reading one old thread from last year and someone mentioned this.
so UCB does not want undergrat students from other UC's? Why?</p>
<p>Well, why would they? If you’re at a UC (or any four-year for that matter), you don’t actually need to transfer. Those of us at a community college don’t have a means of graduating where we are right now. We need to transfer. Seems pretty logical to me. Unless your stats are very, very good, you aren’t the top priority.</p>
<p>Because it’s the law?</p>
<p>I agree with newsoul. The UCs pull first from the community colleges because those students have to move on after they get their AA. I believe the Cal States come next. The view of the UC system is that if you are in a UC then you are in, and the students at the other schools deserve a chance.</p>
<p>doesn’t mean it can’t happen. i friend of mine transferred from santa cruz to berkeley back in '06</p>
<p>CSU->UC is generally thought to be less likely than UC->UC, though UC generally prefers transfers from community colleges over those from any four year school.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that community college transfers get top priority (obviously), but inter-campus transfers get priority over CSU and all other transfers. I went on a tour of Berkeley last year and they actually mentioned that they discourage transfers from other UC’s because they’re on the semester system while the others are on the quarter system and it gets messy.</p>
<p>Because the California Master Plan for Higher Education mandates that “UC and CSU are to establish a lower division to upper division ratio of 40:60 to provide transfer opportunities to the upper division for Community College students, and eligible California Community College transfer students are to be given priority in the admissions process.” Source: [Major</a> Features of the California Master Plan for Higher Education](<a href=“http://www.ucop.edu/acadinit/mastplan/mpsummary.htm]Major”>Major Features of the California Master Plan for Higher Education)</p>