u/miumiu5

So my planned major is Human and Health Sciences @ USC / Public Health @ UCs. But, none of those majors are offered at SMC. I talked to a counselor about it and they said it was possible to transfer without and associates but I was wondering if that gives you any disadvantages in the transferring process. My goal is to apply to USC this year and apply to the UCs next year if I get rejected from USC. I'm less worried about Private schools because the acceptances and requirements are different there, so I'm more concerned that it will harm my chances at top UC's like Berkeley and UCLA.

I just applied to the scholars program as a first year on May 8th or so. Its been a full week since I applied and I still haven't heard anything back. I've seen a couple of people saying that they got accepted just a few hours after applying so I'm getting a little worried. When is the most common time to hear back from the scholars program?