Sucking it up and going to a Junior college to gain state residency

<p>It depends on where you want to live and where you want to go to school. If you want to live, after school, in California, you should go to a California university. If you are planning to live and work in Nevada, you probably should go to a Nevada university. It also depends on your major. Business major at Berkeley is extremely difficult to get into as a transfer, if that is your plan you may need to rethink things. There are lists available of the Berkeley website of admission rates for various majors for transfer students. Study that carefully.</p>

<p>Getting into a California CC is automatic, as long as you are 18 or a high school graduate. You will probably find that most of the students at the CC are not academically at your level, too. It’s a trade-off. if you want the full freshman experience, CC isn’t going to give it to you.</p>