My GPA is 3.68 Weighted and 3.4 unweighted.
I didn’t score high on the SAT and I want to go to a community college for two years and then transfer into a UC. However, my parents believe that it would be a good idea for me to go to santa cruz instead. I know this is early, because acceptance letters don’t go out till March. But, I was wondering which plan is better? Would it be possible to go to Santa Cruz first and then transfer to Berkeley? Or would it be easier if I went to CC and then transfer?
I feel likes it a better if you go on to Santa Cruz and then transfer. If you go to a cc, what if you don’t do well to transfer to Berkeley or even to Santa Cruz.
What is the reason for your low GPA and SAT (relative to top UCs like Berkeley)? If you have reason to believe that you would perform well at a CC, then it’d be easier to transfer to a top UC from there. However, most students in your situation would probably be served best by enrolling at UCSC. What if you bomb CC with under a 3.0 GPA and end up at a CSU campus? Basically, CC is the higher-risk but potentially higher-reward option.
It’s almost impossible to transfer from UCSC to UCB.
95% of transfers to UCB are from California CC’s.
CC is your only realistic transfer hope. If you do relatively well, you’ll have a good chance at a transfer to UCB.
Stay at a community college, epsecially if in California. This is what the UC’s cater to and in fact this year, they extended the transfer admission deadline for UC’s and are trying to accept 10,000 more transfer students across the board. Do well at community college. It’s not hard. I did dual enrollment. Get involved in honors, clubs, etc. Not many students at CC’s are as motivated and very few transfer. Maintain a 3.7+ GPA and you stand a chance.
Also, CC’s have the TAG (Transfer Admission Guarantee) program. Even if you don’t get into Berkeley, you’d be guaranteed acceptance to any of the UC’s (except LA, Cal, SD) as long as you maintain a 3.2+ GPA. Its not too hard. Just do your work and community college general ed courses are a piece of cake