<p>aubstopper, your situation is pretty much the same as mine. except for me, i applied to the UCs w/ deferred transfer admission in mind, so i can had more of a safety net when transferring. it worked, and i saved over $40,000, and will end up with a UCLA degree anyway. my motivation was knowing that i could've gone straight to a 4 year- i was merely postponing it for financial means. </p>
<p>where are you now, aubstopper?</p>
<p>I was so uninformed about the college admissions process during high school. At one point I thought that UC's only looked at junior year grades and that those were the most important grades. I found out the second semester of my junior year that I was wrong. I never knew much about why education mattered and did not realize how competitive the admissions process was. I just coasted by doing okay but not great with very little effort and felt like I learned very little each year in school. I did not know then just how beautiful mathematics is.</p>
<p>I only applied to UCSB and UCLA for Business Economics. UCSB accepted me as a "high-achieving applicant" but UCLA rejected me. Was always set on going to UCLA so I decided that I would transfer there. Now I don't want to major in Business Economics but instead want to major in Statistics at Berkeley.</p>
<p>I was labled 'gifted' by a psychiatrist when I was a youngster. I know that I can actually work this time and prove who I am. I'll be able to speak for myself this time and when I do I'm going to shut a couple of people up.</p>
<p>These stories are good. Keep them coming.</p>
<p>"i applied to the UCs w/ deferred transfer admission in mind"</p>
<p>You can do that? I thought deferred admission required you not to take any college courses over the term you defer?</p>
<p>nah, it was actually just for the high school senior class of 04, when the state ran out of money and said 'hey, we'll pay for you to go to a CC instead of a UC because we don't have any seats, and as long as you keep a 3.5 when you transfer, you're in'</p>
<p>i don't think theres anything like that anymore</p>
<p>bfired2: UCLA, of course :-)</p>
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<p>This my surprise you all but Einstein didn't learn how to speak till he was 3. Damn, I learned how to speak when I was a year old. Nobody thought he would do what he did (Relativity etc) and become probably one of the brightest people in scientific history.
The point is: It's never to late. You, and i mean each one of you, have that hidden ability inside of you. You just need to bring it out. Bring out the best in you.</p>
<p>well, intelligence to me is not simply learning what other people have learned, it is thinking outside the box and coming up with new ideas...that is the genius of Einstein.</p>
<p>going to school and getting good grades merely means one is good at regurgitating information</p>