Whether I should go to community college or prepare for SAT .

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  1. If you maintain a high GPA and complete all the major and GE required courses at California Community college, then yes you would be able to apply and transfer to a UC.

Some UC’s: Merced, Riverside, Santa Cruz and Davis offer TAG (Transfer Admission Guarantee) for Computer Science. You need to complete all required courses and maintain a specific GPA to get a guaranteed transfer into one of these UC’s.

UCI and UCSB no longer accept TAG for CS. UCLA, UCB and UCSD do not participate in TAG.

http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/guarantee/index.html

  1. UC’s only accept Junior level transfers (60 semester/90 quarter units) and the SAT is not required. As stated above, if you plan to apply to other schools (Not UC’s or Cal States) you may need to take the SAT.

  2. Some community colleges may have more of the required transferable CS courses than others, so if you have a choice, look over their course catalogs and use assist.org to help determine which courses you will need for transfer.