Moving from CSU to CC

sadfish
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:49:23 +0000

I was in your situation a year ago. I went to a CSU straight out of high school and wanted to get out.


I’m not really sure how it works, but for me more than half my units came from Community College in the end. I had 32 units from San Jose State and 46 from Community Colleges. I stayed at my CSU for one year and then attended CC the following year and applied to UCs that year as well. For me, the only school I tried to TAG with was UC Irvine. First, they don’t allow you to TAG if you have units from a 4 year and I wasn’t allowed to TAG for my major.
If you are really set on transferring to a UC, your best shot would be enrolling in a CC. However, you should go to a CC with pre-reqs for your major because pre-reqs are a big deal. As for it being hard to get classes, at my school honors program students were given priority for registration. Also, at my CC, I probably met one of the best teachers I’ve had before. He was a lot better than any of the other teachers I had during my year at a CSU.


3.^, Pre-reqs are big. If you are going to apply without any pre-reqs, thats not such a great idea.

4.Yes, I was sceptical at first and a little worried that I wouldn’t get into any college and that dropping out of my CSU was a bad move. But after seeing how most of my applications went, I’m sure I made the right decision.