<pre><code> I do not have the best statistics entering the college process. I am currently a senior in H.S. and I applied to a variety of UC's and CSU's.
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<p>GPA: 3.44 with 5 APs and most of the rest honors level.
SAT 1: 1700
Also some pretty time consuming EC's </p>
<p>My goal is to get into one of the top UCs. UCLA, Cal, UCSB, or USC. If I get a really high GPA at a CSU 3.8 for example, will I be in good standing for these schools as a Junior transfer? Thank you!</p>
<p>I know that it is harder. But say that I wanted to get the dorm room experience instead of just living at home. Don't get me wrong, I am intrigued by the possibilites of CCC but I want to know my options. As I read what people say at CC, it almost seems like you cannot transfer unless you are part of the community college program. </p>
<p>If I were to go to say SDSU and get a near 4.0 gpa, how would I stand at the UC's. Mainly UCSC, UCSB, UCB, UCLA. Thank you everyone!</p>
<p>The issue is that state policy dictates that preference for UC transfers is from jucos, not other four-year colleges. Whether that is fair or logical is not the point; it is state policy, and has been for at least four decades.</p>
<p>If you really want a top UC, then a cc is your best % chance, assuming you can manage an honors program - ~3.7 gpa. Santa Monica college has a very successful transfer rate to UCLA, and Diablo Valley students do well matriculating to Cal.</p>
<p>If you want to get the dorm experience, there are private dorms in Isla Vista (where the UCSB students live in apartments, it's right off campus) that you can live in while you attend Santa Barbara City College (SBCC). </p>
<p>SBCC, like several other CC's, has a guaranteed admission program to UCSB. You meet with a counselor at the Transfer Academy at SBCC and agree on the courses you will take and what GPA you will earn. In turn you're chances of admission to UCSB become 100% !! See Santa</a> Barbara City College</p>
<p>So overall even though you won't be a UCSB student for until you're a junior you can begin taking part in the campus activities and social life (lectures, events, sports, the IV atmosphere) next year. Again, you need to check, but my reading is that most clubs and activities are open to community members so you can be as involved as you want to be. And as a SBCC student you can take one regular UCSB class each semester (after your 1st SBCC semester).</p>
<p>Also, it's easier to get into UC from CC because they're way less expensive to maintain than UC or CSU, and so to encourage more people to go to CC, California basically makes it easier to transfer.</p>
<p>I just looked at the UCSB admissions page.
For freshman applicants, UCSB accepted 53%, with an average GPA of 3.97 (remember this is the weighted/inflated UC GPA).
For transfer applicants, UCSB accepted 70%, with an average GPA of 3.17.</p>
<p>Thanks so much for that info about SBCC. Do you know if other schools offer that same service. (Live on designated apartments on a particular campus and go to a the local community college?) Above all, I really want to have the dormroom experience. I do not know if I I'll end up at a UC out of H.S. I applied to UCSC and UCR among others with hope to get in one. I got average stats (3.5ish 1700 Sat instate). If not, I wanted to do the TAP program for UCLA. Do they allow a nearby CC in LA stay in apartments on UCLA's campus? Would I be entitled to use UCLA's facilities as well? Thanks for any information.</p>