Transferring from a CC to UC = missed "college experience"?

student14x
Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:22:35 +0000

@Making it rain. I go to De Anza and I can tell you that its pretty boring. Like the other posters said, most people just take classes and go home. You can get involved in clubs, but they are nothing impressive. I think HS has better clubs. I also dislike a lot of the classes there, many of the GE classes are just plain regurgitation, so you can just study the night before and still get an A.

Other complaints, hmm, well a lot of the councellers don’t know what they are talking about. One time I went to an appointment and asked the counceller that I want to transfer to Berkeley and what I should do to get in. She goggled assist and told me to take the prerequisites and do well in them. Well of course!! Thats common sense. What do need to do to put myself in the best possible light? Are they looking for more in the essay, grades, ECs, etc? Do they want me to take a heavy courseload? These are questions that they can’t answer for you.

Also, you have to consider whether you’ll fit in DeAnza’s diverse environment. DeAnza has just about the most international students out of all community colleges out there. Last time I heard that 75% of deanza students are international students with most being Asian. I could be wrong about the numbers though(I haven’t checked the data myself). Overall the con with this is that there is a lot of de fracto cultural segregation.

Two things that you could take avantage of is DeAnza’s transfer agreements and honors program. The transfer agreement is an agreement between the given UC and the student that if the student completes certain courses with an minimum GPA, then you’ll be guaranteed amission to the UC. You can take advantage of the honors program because it helps you get early registration( believe me you’ll need it, some student can’t even transfer on time because of late registration dates). Also the honors classes aren’t even that hard. Usually u take a regular class and then do a extra project or two. Its not like AP compared to CP.

Btw, where did you go to highschool? I’m curious, because my brother got rejected from most UCs even with the qualified grades. I suspect that its the mediocare HS that he went to that did him in.