UCSC Wanting to Transfer USC

trojanman11
Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:36:22 +0000

No one else seems to be offering positive feedback so I’ll offer my thoughts. I’m a usc grad, and have lived with and met a bunch of transfer students.

USC is actually fairly easy to get into as a transfer student, though I use easy in relation to those applying directly from high school. This actually was something I never quite understood- as I knew a bunch of people who didn’t do **** in high school, tried for a year or two at a comm college, and were able to transfer, but that’s another story.

The first step would be to try to remove those Fs…usually they have something like Freshman forgiveness where you can retake, as you said. The next would be to make sure you can get good grades and def no more withdrawals. If you don’t think you can accomplish this at ucsc, then I’d move back home and got to a JC for a year. Also, I’m assuming you were a somewhat proficient high school student, as you got a scholarship to ucsc, so that will help.

I would figure also figure out any requirements necessary for your intended major. Email a counselor from the college of letters and arts, get some information directly. Show interest by visiting, go to an explore usc etc. Also, when applying I would make sure you can address whatever issues you had at ucsc.