<p>Is it possible to transfer from a CSU into a UC?</p>
<p>Yes, but you have the lowest priority. Unless you find a cure for AIDS or play for the Giants, then it’s very unlikely.</p>
<p>In the eyes of the UC, high school seniors who are accepted by CSUs but rejected by all UC campuses they apply to still have the opportunity to decline admission to a CSU and have another chance of acceptance at a UC which are research oriented universities that prepare undergraduates for graduate or professional school upon graduation by going to a CCC and then transfering to a UC. CSUs are seen as non-research schools which for the most part offer terminal bachelors degrees in areas such as business adminstration that prepare students to immeadiately enter the work force in entry level positions. Students who enroll in CSUs are deemed to have made a fundamental and irrevocable decision to pursue this type of education and the career paths that follow from it. If students really want to go to a UC but are not accepted as freshman but choose the CCC option they have a very good chance of getting into a UC as a transfer. The California Master Plan for Higher Education requires UCs to give highest priority to transfer applicants from CCCs. Admission standards for transfer to a UC from a CCC are generally low as evidenced by the numerous CCC transfers with CCC GPAs of between 3.0 and 3.3 who get accepted into at least one UC and these GPAs are obtained by taking classes that are not only far less rigorous thant similar ones at UCs but are also considerably less rigorous than the equivalent classes at most CSUs.</p>
<p>It is very possible.
What are your stats btw?</p>
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<p>Untrue. It is certainly not impossible, it’s just that there are certain pools of transfer applicants that are given priority over CSU to UC transfers.</p>
<p>Don’t listen to the anecdotal evidence given here, it is highly probable that you will be accepted to a UC, but given the budget cuts to education in California - statistics from 2008, 2009, 2010 may be completely different given the economic environment in 2011. Now, you must also realize that you are at a complete disadvantage to CCC (California Community College) students - meaning you must get over a 3.5 gpa if you want to remain at all a viable candidate, even maintaining a 4.0 will not guarantee you into the school of your choice. From my own research, it seems that students coming from 4 yr institutions (like CSUs) to UCs are at about a 30-40% disadvantage of being accepted compared to CCC students (this data was pulled from the engineering major only). </p>
<p>You can check out the actual data here:</p>
<p>[University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu/]University”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu/)</p>
<p>I went to a CC for a year before transferring to a UC. (I had like 52 units from a CSU).</p>