<p>Do NOT drop out of UC Davis and go to a community college. Assuming you keep your grades up and take school seriously, transferring from Davis should not be a problem. Make sure you complete all of your GE requirements at Davis (due to UC Reciprocity, completing GE’s at Davis will waive you from GE’s at UCSD - see the above post ^). I would try to transfer in your third year.</p>
<p>UCSD has a unique college system - there are six colleges, completely unrelated to your major - which have different GE requirements. One, Revelle, has very difficult GE requirements and (according to what I have heard) they will not waive your GE requirements upon arriving. So I would avoid Revelle if possible.</p>
<p>How do I know any of this? I transferred from UCSD to Davis in Fall 2009. I also got into Berkeley as a transfer. My experience was fairly simple.</p>