Hi there!
I just finished my first year at Saint Louis University, and I hate it here. I’ve been chomping at the bit to transfer/leave almost a week since I arrived. I want to go back home, and transfer to one of the UC’s, but transfer apps don’t open for freshman transfers. I would ride it out for a year, but to save money, I was thinking that I would just transfer to a community college, take whichever courses I needed, then transfer to a UC after a year. Is that possible?
If it helps, the main college I want transfer to is UCSD, to which I applied to and got accepted into for Fall 2016, But of course I wouldn’t mind getting into UCLA and Berkeley (waitlisted). I was thinking of reapplying, but since it’s been 3 semesters since I applied, I don’t know if I’d be allowed to. Has anyone followed my route, and reapplied after a year at a different college?
GPA 1st sem: 3.7
2nd sem: 3.66
Honors student, VP Scholarship
High School GPA: 3.8 unweighted, 4.2 weighted
ACT: 34