Moving from CSU to CC

Lemaitre1
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:39:59 +0000

OP, There are CSUs that do have good Engineering programs and I think that it would probably not be as difficult to transfer to another CSU. Transferring from a CSU directly to a UC is nearly impossible and as you say, the CCCs are in complete disarray at the moment due to budget cuts. Leaving a four year school to go to a CCC at this time could be a real crap shoot. The CCC will consider you a transfer student so you will get the latest registration priority dates for enrolling in classes that are going to be heavily impacted and hard to get even for people with early registration priority dates. If you have to take Calculus, Physics and Chemistry at a CCC before you are eligible to transfer to a UC you could be years at a CCC before you are able to enroll in even one of these courses.

If it is most important to you to graduate from a UC rather than a CSU it may be worth it to endure the risks, uncertainty and time lost to go to a CCC and then try to transfer to a UC.
If all you really want is a degree in Engineering from a good, but not “research”, university you may want to look into Engineering programs at other CSUs and try to transfer directly into one of them.