<p>when you can just transfer and colleges don’t count high school into transfer admissions at all?</p>
<p>Im in 11th grade and Im so stressed right now and school had only started 2 weeks ago. I’m taking a bunch of AP and honor classes. I’ve basically have no free time or social life trying to get an A in all classes.</p>
<p>If I can just transfer to a 4 year university, there really is no point in even trying in high school right?</p>
<p>My D is taking all AP classes, but one this year. Two weeks into the school year and she is completly stressed out. Hopefully it will get better…by senior year</p>
<p>PMing you.</p>
<p>Don’t slack. You will regret it. Just use your time wisely.</p>
<p>killing yourself definitely limits your future</p>
<p>This is your most important year in terms of grades. Ask for help from an adult in how to schedule your time.</p>
<p>Transferring is NOT automatically an easy thing. Very selective schools have only a few spots for transferees. State schools allow transfer to just about anyone who meets the standards – usually – but the financial aid is different, and in many cases may be less available. Most merit scholarships are designed to recruit freshmen, not transfers.</p>
<p>It’s also easy to lose A LOT of credits when transferring unless you do VERY careful research into the transfer agreements between your starter school and the school you want to graduate from. This is a well-documented, nationwide problem. (Some states, like Utah, have excellent transfer agreements, but they are exceptions.)</p>
<p>Anyway, I would never recommend to anyone to slack off in HS with a plan to transfer later on. Do your best now.</p>
<p>If you’re seriously stressed, your best option might be to lighten your load a little. Maybe switch 1-2 honors classes to regular? Replace an AP with something else?</p>
<p>Do you mean literally killing yourself? If so, no.</p>
<p>@dsi411 </p>
<p>It was a figure a speech. I’m not killing myself lol…</p>
<p>@WasatchWriter </p>
<p>I don’t meant to completely slack off in high school.</p>
<p>I meant doing decent enough in high school to get accepted and attend a school like UC-Riverside where getting accepted isn’t extremely difficult and then transfer to the much harder to get into UCLA.</p>
<p>So what im basically saying is that I could just be happy with A and some Bs(like in my AP classes) and a alright SAT score and be able to get into UC-Riverside. Then after one year I could transfer to UCLA my dream school.</p>
<p>Or I could stress over and try to get an A in every class including my AP’s and try to get a 5 on every AP exam and study a whole to get an incredible SAT score.</p>
<p>I heard transferring from UC to UC is easier right? I don’t require financial aid. </p>
<p>I heard that getting accepted via transfer is easier. </p>
<p>I hope that it’s worth it… If it’s not I haven’t a clue what I’m trying so hard for.</p>
<p>No, it is not easy to transfer from another UC into UCLA. Take a look at the Fall 2014 transfer stats:</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof14.htm”>https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof14.htm</a></p>
<p>Look at the bottom section. </p>
<p>Well its 21.81% for transfer who went at another UC.
Thats better than 18.2% for going straight out of high school.</p>
<p>Yes, but how many of those transfers were from UCR as opposed to Berkeley, UCSD, etc.? If you don’t get in as a freshman, you would have better odds transferring from a Calif. community college.</p>
<p>Hello learner83,</p>
<p>as a 12th grader I feel like I can give you a nice younger perspective. Grades do matter! Especially in 11th grade. It is the year of torture but you will get through it I promise! When it comes to my college counselors, they emphasize quality over quantity. You mention that you are taking a bunch of classes. On a transcript, it will look better to have fewer classes with better grades than lots of classes with so so grades. Since colleges look at thousands of applications, your transcript will stand out more if you have fewer rigorous classes which you excelled in. Although immediately transferring to a four year does sound appealing, I think you will have more options if you stick through it! </p>
<p>Let me know if you want any more answers to anything!</p>
<p>Hope this helps!
Tenstudent</p>
<p>Yes, it’s worth it.
Be in it to win it.
Risk it for the biscuit.
No pain, no gain.
Persevere for a successful career.
Drill to kill.
(Something clever)</p>
<p>Who is telling you to take this courseload? If you are doing it to get into “top” colleges, you need to take a realistic view of those schools. Anybody that is stressed in 11th grade and can’t have a social life with ap and honors courses needs to cut back on your rigour. Take a courseload that allows you to enjoy high school.</p>
<p>I’m taking the courseload because it looks better to top selective colleges like UCLA.</p>
<p>yes a thousand times YES</p>