California community college question ?
Asked by ILoAiRecently, I received all refusals of my applications from UCs (Berkeley, UCLA, Irvine and San Diego). Now, I have no where to go except community college. I'm currently live in Garden Grove city, so I think I will take a CC near my home. However, I need some of your inputs on which CC should I apply to. I understand that all CCs will be able to get me in UCs (obviously with high GPA), but still I need some experiences from alumni and people who know about these schools : 1) Orange Coast College (my first choice) 2) Cypress College (5 mile away from home (nearest)) 3) Westminster College. OK, so what has the highest transfer rate ? Best campus ? Teachers and learning environment ? or any things that you think is important ! If you want to recommend any college, feel free to add it and please tell me the reasons. Thank you very much. Your answer will definitely help me a lot.
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Answered by violentskies13
Sorry I haven't been to those schools so can't offer specific advice just more general advice. If you already know what major you want, look to see if that is a strength of the community college. Or if that community college is a feeder school to the university you want to transfer to. (Example, a lot of Santa Monica College transfer to UCLA so even though we lived far from there, my brother went there so he could transfer to UCLA and did.) If you are able at all to meet with CC faculty/counselors then do it. Go off the vibe/response they give you. The counselors should be able to give you solid numbers regarding transfer rates and to which schools their students transfer to. Since there's the California CC transfer agreement, your chances are good to transfer to any Cal State or UC. Since I've worked at UCs, let me warn you that with budget cuts, they don't always take everyone eligible to transfer. To get into the school you want however, do the best that you can. Show them why they should take you by consistently doing well and getting to know faculty in your area so they will write outstanding letters. CC work is lower level in my opinion and some people have a hard time at first making the transition when they transfer. So don't do the minimum to get by. Work hard like you're already at the school you want to transfer to. If there's any extra programs in the areas of interest, participate.
Sorry I haven't been to those schools so can't offer specific advice just more general advice. If you already know what major you want, look to see if that is a strength of the community college. Or if that community college is a feeder school to the university you want to transfer to. (Example, a lot of Santa Monica College transfer to UCLA so even though we lived far from there, my brother went there so he could transfer to UCLA and did.) If you are able at all to meet with CC faculty/counselors then do it. Go off the vibe/response they give you. The counselors should be able to give you solid numbers regarding transfer rates and to which schools their students transfer to. Since there's the California CC transfer agreement, your chances are good to transfer to any Cal State or UC. Since I've worked at UCs, let me warn you that with budget cuts, they don't always take everyone eligible to transfer. To get into the school you want however, do the best that you can. Show them why they should take you by consistently doing well and getting to know faculty in your area so they will write outstanding letters. CC work is lower level in my opinion and some people have a hard time at first making the transition when they transfer. So don't do the minimum to get by. Work hard like you're already at the school you want to transfer to. If there's any extra programs in the areas of interest, participate.
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