<p>I’m currently attending a four-year as a Computer Engineering major. I love my major, and I really want to continue college. But this entire year, I’ve really slacked off. I’ve received A’s in all my major classes, but I’ve done terrible in my GE’s (hence my 1.7). </p>
<p>Next year, I’m moving back home to do two years at a community college with hopes of attending a UC. I’m moving back because of financial reasons. I currently have a 1.7 GPA, and I was wondering how this will hurt my chances of getting into a UC/specific UCs.</p>
<p>I do a lot of extracurricular work outside of my coursework, including volunteering, school clubs, internships, and research at the four-year.</p>
<p>If there’s any other information I can provide, please let me know.</p>
<p>Also, I know I did terrible my freshman year. There is no denying that fact. I’m trying to fix this by getting as much information as I can. The obvious answer is to do better in the future/get better grades, which I plan to do. But other than that, I would like to know if there anything else I can do. My community college counselor said to pick a couple colleges that I would like to attend and focus on fulfilling their requirements for admission. But I don’t want to focus on a UC if my 1.7 GPA from my freshman year destroys my chances.</p>
<p>I don’t know the admissions officers might think you weren’t able to handle the four year curriculum/standards so you chickened out? So make sure you specify that you left for financial reasons. But at your CC you can definitely raise your grades by taking fun GE classes that will balance out the work with your computer engineering courses.
When you apply to a UC the first thing they look at is your GPA and if you have your prereqs done. For the higher tier UCs like Berkeley and LA I think they will factor in your extracurriculars a bit more than the other UC’s. You should also really look into the TAG program, it can guarantee your admission which is a nice thing to fall back on. </p>
<p>Last thing, this will set you back one year because after CC you can only transfer in to a UC as a junior</p>
<p>I’ll specify that on my application.
Will UCs look at my grades from freshman year as well? Say I do bring my GPA up, will the fact that I failed/got bad grades during freshman year affect their decision(s) as well?</p>
<p>I don’t mind being set back one year. Well, I do financially, but it’s much cheaper than being at a four year.</p>
<p>When you say that I can only transfer to a UC as a junior, does that mean only as a Junior? Because I’m spending my freshman year at the four year, and if I do two years at a CC, that means I’ll technically be applying for transfer after three?</p>
<p>The UC’s consider all of your grades, whether you went to college overseas, in another state, or 40 years ago. You’re supposed to report all of your grades no matter what. But I definitely think it’s doable to bring your GPA up, because you only had one rough year. You might even be able to do academic renewal, but I don’t know too much about that. Yeah it means you enter the UC as a junior. I’ve never heard of someone entering a UC as a senior or a sophomore. I know USC accepts sophomore transfers. Y</p>
<p>Yes, you will be applying for transfer after three years, which is normal. A lot of people spend 3 years at CC especially for science majors since they require a lot of prereqs to be completed.</p>
<p>Pretty hard to do academic renewal at 4 years if you are leaving them.</p>