Transferring as an Out-of-State Student

Lithiyum
Mon, 16 Mar 2015 22:11:48 +0000

Hi, I’m currently an out-of-state high school student, interested in majoring in Computer Science. I did not apply to any UC system school this fall, due to my parent’s being concerned on my readiness to live across the country (I live on the east coast). We were able to agree that if I am able to survive dorming on my own at a local school (likely Rutgers), they would allow me to attempt to transfer over to a UC. I noticed that most of the discussion on the forum centered around transferring out a Californian community college, which is a very unrealistic option (but not totally out of the question) for me. I just have a few questions on transferring from out-of-state specifically.

1. How much harder is it to transfer into a UC from an out-of-state as compared to an in-state community college transfer? Is the average GPA needed to successfully transfer higher? In particular, I'd like to attempt to go for UCI, UCSD, USD and UCLA (a touch of a reach to be honest).

2. UC requires at least 60 credits in order to apply for a transfer. Is it at all possible to transfer after one year, if I take a heavy course load? How should I be selecting my classes to prepare for a UC transfer? Will my current AP credits count towards these 60 credits?