Going to UCR, but looking to transfer...

Colleges & Universities University of California - Riverside
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<p>^^It is.</p>

<p>Anyway, If USC is your goal, it doesn’t hurt to try since USC is not bound by the same transfer rules the UC’s are bound by. They don’t have to give community college students priority. If you apply for sophomore transfer though, USC is going to evaluate you based on high school grades and SAT scores…again. So if you didn’t get in the first time around, chances are that you won’t after one year unless you do exceedingly well in the one or two quarters at UCR that you will be evaluated by. If you try hard though, I’m sure you can make it in 2 years. The best thing to do is to contact the USC admissions people directly. They are extremely helpful (even though I did not end up applying for transfer).</p>

<p>For UC-UC transfer, it’s a whole different game. Don’t even try one year transfer. It won’t happen for most UC’s (and definitely won’t happen for UCLA). You need 90 quarter units completed by the time you transfer. If you only have 60 units by the time of transfer, you’ll be rejected (and probably on academic probation at UCR lol). GE’s are NOT an admission requirement. I don’t even know if they are considered a factor, some argue they are, some say they aren’t. It’s best to do them anyway since that’s less time wasted once you get to UCLA. Pre-reqs. are crucial, yes. Missing a few, or even one for more competitive majors often rejects in auto-rejection. Make sure to do extensive research on the subject. There are some applying to UCLA from UCR this year. It wouldn’t be a bad idea to see how they’e approaching the task:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/1215914-2012-uc-uc-transfer-thread.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/1215914-2012-uc-uc-transfer-thread.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Try not to let thoughts of transferring ruin your experience though. Try to learn to like UCR. The first two years will fly by and you will wish you enjoyed them some more. Good luck with all your efforts!</p>

<p>EDIT: And on the not-letting-transferring-ruin-your-experience thought…this is a really great read lol:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-riverside/1313185-ucr-review-junior.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-riverside/1313185-ucr-review-junior.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;