So I recently pulled out of UC San Diego because for my first year I was forced to pay out of state residency tuition (about 50,000 for my freshman year) The kid in me senior year of my school in CT was at the envy of most of my friends but the practical side of me finally caught up and I realized I wasn’t looking to have that tremendous of a debt for undergrad, since I plan to go to law school etc. Anyways I’m going to be attending a JC in Torrance called El Camino. I’m going to major in history with a focus in pre-law/attending law school after undergrad. Any tips on which UC’s I should shoot for that offer good history programs/pre-law options? UCLA is very transfer friendly and I know they have a law school which would offer good intern possibilities with professors, but I also hear Davis has a pretty decent history program as well as of course Berkeley, which even rivals Yale academically.
You should try reading and posting here http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/
All of the UCs will give you a good education. Pick a target like UCLA, use their TAP/TAG framework to select your classes accordingly. Transfer admission at the top UCs is very competitive and is holistic so, it’s hard to predict. Use TAG at a school like Davis as your back-up.
Your GPA (and EC resume) a year from now will dictate where you’ll get in.
Law school admission is based mainly on college GPA (recalculated by LSAC standards) and LSAT score. See http://lawschoolnumbers.com .
Assuming that you are a resident of CT, why not just attend a CT public (or CT community college and transfer to a CT public)? Acquiring CA residency for tuition purposes is very difficult: http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/residence/