[AKIRADOWN]

i have some questions. if i applied to UC to transfer the next upcoming school year and got rejected can u apply again? DId anyone try that? Do anyone know if they look @ it different compare the first itme and the seocnd time around? like harder the 2nd time around?!

[lefeudissey_;]

I've never tried it but I don't think I've ever heard of the UC's not letting someone re-apply the next year. I think it's pretty much open. And I don't think it'll be harder the next time too.. unless there's more competition.

[AKIRADOWN]

oh thanks for the reply =D

[CoCoGirl886]

Umm, i have another question about transferring. If you transfer to another school (ie: NYU or CUNY Honors) after the first year of college do they only look at the grades you got during that year or in high school too? Or it depends on the college?

[xkrn4lyfx]

i think the transfer from uc to uc goes like this: u go to school for a year and a half then apply, either u get accepted for junior year with freshmen and half of sophomore grades or u get rejected and can't try again from junior to senior year. this is cuz freshmen and sopohmore years u learn general ed classes (usually) then go into major specific junior and senior then u graduate. so it's impossible to catch up if u transfer in senior year cuz ur credits don't count anymore. i may be wrong but my sister transfered for her junior year and i was seriously considering it at one point

[Trungy]

Transferring in your junior year is not impossible, but for some people, it is impractical. A lot of the times, a certain school would have a maximum amount of credits allowed to be transferred, and sometimes, some of the courses you took at a certain school will not transfer to your new school, so you may end up taking first or second level courses your 4th year into college, and either end up taking more than 20 credits your last semester or spending an extra year (and maybe two) making up those classes. There are times where everything transfer smoothly, so don't let this discourage you, rather spark something that will get you to do research on the school you are looking to transfer to.

I know a student who transferred from UMass to my school. He ended up taking a few courses that he already took. He crammed a lot of classes into his schedule, but by the end of the 4th year, he was projected to finish the curriculum. For some reason, he decided to leave this school and transfer to Northeastern. Now Northeastern is a much better school than my school, but he only needed to finish 3 more semesters and he'll be out of this school and onto graduate school (which he planned to). By transferring to Northeastern, he had to take a few more classes that was not taken in my school's curriculum, and now he has to spend an extra year as an undergraduate since Northeastern's curriculum is a 5-year plan instead of the usual 4-year plan. In the end, he ends up spending a lot of money and ends up spending more time where he could have went the cheaper and shorter route and still get to where he wants to go, which is graduate school. I don't want to sit here and criticize his actions, but I'm not going to sit here and say that it was a wise thing to do either.

My point is that transferring schools is a major plan that takes time, effort, and organization. Know where you're going, know why you are going to the school of your choice, know how you're getting there, and know what consequences there may be.

[litoxshortaii]

^ northeastern has co-op though, that's why it's 5 yrs instead of 4. getting job experience is pretty useful while ur still in school.. and you get paid too. my cousins are graduating this year, one goes to BU and the other goes to NU. my cousin frm BU is taking a year off to work before he goes to grad school bc he doesnt have enough job experience to be qualified for grad school (at least that's what my mom says). my cousin at NU is working as a computer technician at harvard getting paid a decent amount. i guess it kinda balances out bc it does make sense when some ppl same it's not worth the extra year's worth of tuition money, but at the same time, having experience is helpful for when ur actually applying for a full time job.