4-year students' attitudes towards transfer students

randombookie
Wed, 09 Jul 2014 04:16:48 +0000

It’s terrible and arrogant that 4 yrs look down on transfer students, but I can honestly admit that it is soooo much easier to get into ucla/cal as a transfer student. Even though I was ECSTATIC that I got in, I didn’t feel as smart as the people who go in as a freshman. Comparing myself to those who got in as freshmen, there are CLEAR gaps. I’m not saying that all transfer students are “subpar” but most of them are. It’s easier to get in as a transfer student, because the majority of people who go to CC were those who did poorly in high school or don’t care about schoool or just want to go through life doing the bare minimum. This makes it easy for someone like me to shine academically in comparison to them. As long as you study and do your work, you will get an A in a CC class (there are exception of course). I did terribly in high school but I got straight As very easily at CC. I don’t really know if I can handle UC level work. I hope I can, but I can’t be confident. I think it’s so unbelievable to me that I got into some great schools. Plus, transfer students don’t have to take the SATs/ACTs, which are pretty tough in my opinion. If you compare the freshman profile of UCLA to the transfer profile, there are obvious differences. The people who got in as freshmen are ususally those who have been doing well since kindergarten, whereas transfer students usually have the realization in CC that they should aim high.

I hope I didn’t offend anyone here. Also, there are exceptions to all of what I said above. All I’m saying is, I get where their snotty attitude comes from. We don’t deserve it though