withdrawing from a four-year to go to a community college?

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<p>okay so i'm currently a freshman at uc davis, it's a decent school and all, but i just havent found it to be a great fit for me; I don't terribly like the whole small town feeling, found myself homesick at times, and just felt as if the whole "college experience" and being away from home was overrated. at least for me. i just don't feel like i'm ready to intake all the resources offered at a major research school, and that all this extra "fluff" isn't really necessary. so this is why i'm considering this move: would it be a good idea to voluntarily withdraw from the school and enroll at a community college back home? i'm originally from the los angeles suburb of hacienda heights, so if i choose to do this, i could commute to the cc from home, spend a year and a half there, and transfer back to a four year school (not davis, but one in socal). </p>

<p>Once my first year at davis is up, i will have 55 total units. you need at least 90 quarter units to transfer to a four-year, but no more than 120, so would it be possible to spend three semesters at the cc, get up to 120 quarter units, then transfer to a uc like uci or ucla and complete another 60 units once there and get up to 180 and graduate? basically, my college outline would be 1 year at davis, then 1.5 years at CC, then 1.33 years at another uc school. </p>

<p>also, when i apply to transfer, would they only look at the grades i got at the cc, or the ones i got at davis as well? also, how would the cc treat the units i got during my time at davis?</p>

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<p>Every single year lots of students transfer from a 4 year college/university to a community college. If this is the right thing for you to do, go ahead and do it.</p>

<p>Only the college that you are transferring to can tell you what it will do with your credits. You need to set up an appointment with an admissions counselor at the CC that you are looking at and have them evaluate your transcript.</p>

<p>For the rest of your life, every time you apply to any accredited college or university in the USA you will have to submit a copy of your transcript from UCDavis. What that college/university makes of your freshman courses and grades is entirely up to them. If your are worried because you feel that your grades are bad, the solution is to work hard at the next place and bring up the GPA. I’m speaking from experience here. My GPA for my undergraduate degree was a 2.7. After that, I went back to school in an entirely different field and earned the 3.7 that got me into the grad school I was aiming for.</p>

<p>If you look under the Transfer forum, there is a whole sub-forum dedicated to transferring within the California system. The folks there will have all kinds of counsel for you. You can reach that forum by clicking on “Discussion Home” in the upper left of this screen, and then scrolling down.</p>

<p>Wishing you all the best.</p>

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It’s unlikely, although you’d have to consult the admissions office at UCI or UCLA to get a definitive answer.</p>

<p>For one thing, they cap the units they will take.

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