<p>Actually, there are no hard & fast rules. My D applied as a transfer to USC after her 1st semester of CC & was accepted as a spring admit, entering in the middle of her sophomore year. It worked great for her. She was the FIRST person from her CC ever accepted & transferring to USC.</p>
<p>You can ask USC if they can provide you with info about which schools they accept transfers from, but I’m not sure there’s any hard & fast rules, other than you have do do well wherever you start attending if you want to be able to transfer.</p>