<p>Yes, you need quite good grades at community college to transfer. There is a UC Transfer board on here you should check it out.</p>
<p>The story I heard was someone applied OOS, got in, attended for a semester, took a year off at a CC, then went back as a resident. Not sure of the details, have no idea if it is true, have no idea of the rules involved. Getting into Berkeley OOS is very difficult, though, to begin with. If you are a student good enough to do that, you’d have no problem making straight As at a community college in CA.</p>