Would UCLA prefer someone from NYU or UCI?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>My main goal is to transfer to UCLA. Should I go to NYU or UCI for my first 2 years of undergrad?</p>

<p>Thanks,
but I need to decide this by MAy1!</p>

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<p>UCs give priority to community college students from California. They give more priority to California community college students than they do to students coming from other UCs.</p>

<p>Ogi</p>

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<p>wow! NYU? why would you want to transfer? but Ogi is right. UCLA is a California public school who gives priority for transfers to California students.</p>

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<p>I wish I got into NYU</p>

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<p>Yep, if you’re dead set on transferring to UCLA you should probably think about going to a California community college instead. You’ll be saving lots of $$$, plus you’ll get priority consideration for admission. Good luck with your decision!</p>

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<p>actually ogi is wrong they give equal priority to uc and cc</p>

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<p>but to answer the question uci over nyu definitely</p>

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<p>what are you talking about, cr? community college students get priority over UC students.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/transfer/tr_info_ccc.html[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/undergrad_adm/paths_to_adm/transfer/tr_info_ccc.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>“The University gives junior-level community college students first priority over other transfer applicants, including those from four-year institutions and UC’s own intercampus transfer students.”</p>

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<p>that’s uc standard-wide </p>

<p>ucla says on their own website “We give highest priority to students who are transferring from California community colleges or other University of California campuses.”</p>

<p>([UCLA</a> Undergrad Admissions: Reporting Changes](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Applicant/changes.htm]UCLA”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Applicant/changes.htm))</p>

<p>Also there was another thread about where they specifically addressed this question.</p>

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<p>here:</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/689082-one-biggest-myths-cc-uc-uc-transfers-have-no-chance.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/689082-one-biggest-myths-cc-uc-uc-transfers-have-no-chance.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>they give a hierarchy:
UC and CC
all other 4 year</p>

<p>If they considered cc above UC significantly, they would have made a distinction like berkeley did when they were asked the question. </p>

<p>I’m not contesting there is absolutely no benefit, merely that it is slight, and definitely should not be the reason you don’t attend a uc for your first 2 years. (other issues like money, don’t like the uc are obviously still relevant)</p>

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<p>You are a fool to be even in this dilemma.</p>

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<p>cr_book - your wrong. CC’s get priority in transferring above UC to UC transfers.</p>

<p>Clout90265 - Also I would choose NYU, just to be safe. If you attended a California community college for transfer priority and unfortunately were rejected for UCLA admissions then you kinda have no where else to turn to but your ccc (only if you didn’t apply any where else but UCLA). So just to have a safety net school I would say choose NYU and try to transfer from there.</p>

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<p>CCC is out of the question. I have worked too hard in HS to go to a CCC and I believe that if I go to either NYU or UCI and transfer, I will be better prepared, even if it is harder to gain admission. I kind of find it hard to believe that UCLA wouldn’t take me if I had an excellent GPA at NYU.</p>

<p>** It’s too bad that UCLA gives students who come from a lower ranked, less academically challenging school like UCI priority over a more difficult school like NYU. You would think that those from NYU would be more desirable.</p>

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<p>So can we settle this? Does UCLA give priority to CC AND UC-UC?</p>

<p>Or just to CC?</p>

<p>gosh…</p>

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<p>the priority is to CC students first
then UC students</p>

<p>just go to CC if u had to decide between CC and UC because that way, you can sign a TAP which ups your chances even more.</p>

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<p>UCs are obligated to give priority to CCC students, they are publicly funded after all.
And after that is UC-UC
Then out-of-state CCs and 4-year colleges
Of course NYU is an excellent school to go to, but I’d not go to NYC for the sake of transferring to UCLA for 2 reasons

  1. It’s 4-year
  2. It’s out-of-state</p>

<p>I’d rank your options like this: (only IF your FIRST priority is to transfer to UCLA)

  1. CCCs (prefer the ones in LA or near UCLA, I figured UCs (unofficially) give priority to students from the CCs in the area where they’re located)
  2. UCI
  3. NYU</p>

<p>Hope you make the best choice for you!</p>

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<p>i would let this go, but i always thought this and it’s bad that it keeps getting circulated.</p>

<p>ucla does not give a significant preference to ccc students over other uc students. </p>

<p>Berkeley and some other campuses do.</p>

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<p>here’s an example</p>

<p>if two students are EXACTLY identical except one is a ccc student and one is a uc students, then i can agree the ccc would most likely get picked. however, if the ccc student had a B in a prereq that the uc student had an A in and all else are equal, ucla would probably pick the uc student.</p>