<p>I’m just wondering - how easy is it to transfer to another UC from UC Merced?</p>
<p>It DEPENDS!
Each other UC is different. They all “can” follow the “Reciprocity” guidelines issued by the State mandated Articulation agreement (generated so that UC is required to accept at a Jr. standing those attending State/College campus’s, and that take UC accredited courses yada yada)… Search for: IGETC; 2007, and also NOTES: Chapter IV.
This translates to you having to COMPLETE ALL requirements prior - according to the letter your counselor writes for you…- There can be NO classes due!<br>
If there are classes due? Then the articulation agreement is seen as NULL and VOID by the accepting UC,… you would have to be ‘articulated’ to the NEW general Ed requirements of both the College and School you are transfering to. It is NOT the MAJOR School that gets in your way here; although UCM is Semester, and only UCB is Semester… so on each 1:1 transfer of a 4 unit course , you lose 2 units of energy. The Major school will accept classes easily from UCM (despite the really POOR catalog descriptions; eg. three ‘Intro course’ descriptions in CE); the problem that can cost you a year would be the General Ed, (non-major) requrirements that may be thrust upon you. ‘CORE’ classes translate to nada at the other UC Campuses.
But how can there NOT be classes due? The classes spelled out have not been available to you yet?</p>
<p>So… transferring is ‘easy’, but will you get FU**KED in the process? Your goals may or may not be met at another UC any better than at UCM. </p>
<p>What are your goals? If you are not in Engineering, then you should seriously consider pursing a MS/PhD IMHO. The future for Bio fields without a MS or better are OK, but limited, and limiting. Also, since UCB has the LOWEST success rate of UnderGrads moving on to Grad school (UC Davis has the highest), I would not recommend UCB. (Why do they have the lowest? It’s directly connected to the fact they have the highest ratio of Grad Students there - taking the same classes you take). Going for an extended (MS PhD) at any UC is possible with at least 3.2, but for some 3.5.</p>
<p>What about transferring out to a private university like USC?</p>