3rd year Cal State vs. 4th year UC- chances?

Transfer Students
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My dd did her first 2 years at a CC. She applied and got rejected from UCLA and USC. She has been waitlisted at UCI and UCSD. She was advised to apply to Econ with a 3.4 major by her councilors at the CC- big mistake. Anyhow now we need to prepare for the worst case scenario. If she doesn’t get off the waitlist- what do we do. We have 2 choices.

  1. She applies for spring semester to the Cal States or Chapman University
  2. She spends another year at CC- changes her major to one that she can do much better in- and re-applys to the UC's for fall 2016.

We just can’t figure out which direction to go in. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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3.4 should have resulted in admission if she had applied more widely in the first place.

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Yes agreed @ucbalumnus , but what’s done is done. Can’t change the past which is why we need to figure out which direction is best for the future.

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With a 3.4, she should have been able to TAG into UCI. Something doesn’t sound right to me…

Anyhow - UCM admits Spring TAG applicants.

http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/check-majors/

This site suggest other UCs may be open to Winter/Spring TAG applicants as well.

Help her check directly with each campus and develop a path forward.

Also, not all CSUs offer Spring transfer - and it varies year to year.

You may also find this useful
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If she really wants a UC just stay one more year and reapply. I’m a mom and that’s what I would do anyhow.

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Thanks for the advice guys. She really does want to go into a UC.