<p>One thing you may want to look into if you are a CA resident is whether or not you would qualify for CalGrant programs, which would cover the tuition for your junior and senior year. Get to a CCC transfer counselor <em>immediately</em> to see if you qualify and to stay qualified. CalGrant has a lot of restrictions and after 4 years of college (ANY college, even if you never tap into FA of any sort) your eligibility expires, so stay on track with that as well.</p>
<p>If you are getting As at CCC you can do just fine at the UCs. You will get snobby UC students who started as freshmen claim otherwise, but the reality is that the top-cut students at CCCs almost always thrive and do well at UCs and other privates upon transfer and many are more than capable of wiping the floor with those students who started out at the UCs as freshmen.</p>