Why are you a transfer?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
41

<p>^ OP and I already reconciled.</p>

42

<p>rescinded because I was too lazy during last semester of high school</p>

43

<p>Parents divorced when I was in HS; dropped out of HS; family was poor; needed time to figure out what I wanted, blah blah etc.</p>

44

<p>Super boring story: 3.4 uw/3.81 w gpa in high school, financial aid packages from uni’s sucked (except for ucm) because Wow! middle class families can totally afford 20+k a year, now going to school and transferring in fall12.</p>

<p>I know people take out loans…but my father talked to me about how difficult it was to pay back student loans, and I’d rather not start off my “grown-up” life with a $80k debt…Before grad school.</p>

45

<p>I should have taken the precautions my counselors and teachers gave to me about senioritis more seriously. I was on a great track…near 4.4 weighted GPA, 31 ACT, AP classes/credit, an array of leadership positions in various clubs, 200+ hours of community service, URM (hispanic), the list goes on… I guess I just burned myself out senior year. I stopped caring, stopped coming to school, stopped being the person I knew I could (and SHOULD) be.</p>

<p>I was accepted at UCSD, UCI, Cal Poly SLO, and SDSU. Got tons of financial aid (I was/am poor) with only having to pay a few thousand a year in loans. </p>

<p>This was in the midst of me coming to class 2-3 days/wk. I ended up failing TWO classes my first semester, and at the last second, failed my third second semester.</p>

<p>I did not walk on graduation day with my fellow peers. Instead, I cheered as I watched my friends walk down the stairs to receive their diploma.</p>

<p>My habits caught up with me, and in the end, I payed for my reckless actions. So here I am now, at CC, taking a different path. I fell down, HARD, but I got back up on my feet and trying to get on the right path.</p>

<p>Wish me luck.</p>

46

<p>Accepted to SFSU and UC Merced and NYU Poly (random school I applied to for free) as a senior in HS and didn’t want to go to any of them. Went to comm. college for 2 years and I’m starting at UCD in two weeks.</p>