Transferring from community

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<p>You are right, CC to UC is not a sure thing. You can see the admit rate for UCLA for 2013 at <a href=“https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13_mjr.htm”>https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13_mjr.htm&lt;/a&gt; For some majors such as ChemE it is terrible! 4% admit rate. The Chemistry dept seems wide open by contrast at 33% admit rate.</p>

<p>Look into the TAG program which guarantees admission at some of the UCs if you meet the course list and get a specified GPA. Honors at a CC are a good idea. For UCLA those who do the TAP program receive priority consideration for admission to UCLA College of Letters and Science (but not engineering).</p>

<p>Engineering programs are acredited by ABET and are going to be similar anywhere. Sure, Riverside isn’t a clone of Cal, but if you get into any UC for ChemE then I would suggest accepting. Get a good GPA, take part is student activities, get an internship or two, you’ll have good job prospects from any UC.

Probably won’t work out for you unless you’re planning on 3 years at a CC. IGETC is the certificate accepted by all UCs that you have satisfied the general ed requirements. Look at the xfer page for the UCs and you’ll see they specifically recommend against doing IGETC if you are majoring in science or engineering because there are so many required classes for those majors. It will be tough to complete IGETC and all the required major classes in 2 years at a CC. See <a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/requirements/additional-requirements/igetc/”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/requirements/additional-requirements/igetc/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>And there is a whole continuity discussion worth thinking about. If you xfer from a CC then you enter a new college having to make a set of friends, get to know the profs, take part in student activities related to your major, all from scratch. The kids that have been there from frosh year have a big head start. I’m not saying its impossible, but there’s a lot to be said for one college all the way thru.</p>