r/TransferStudents

Hi everyone!

For context, I’m a freshman @ UCSD for MAE. A multitude of factors is preventing me from enjoying the school (homesickness, cost, classes, etc). I’m heavily considering withdrawing, but am unsure on how to proceed.

Since attending my MAE orientation, I realized I’m not all that interested in eng as I initially thought. I am interested in exploring business/accounting as I was really involved in that throughout high school.

However, would it be worth it to do Business Econ at UCSD? It is a very STEM heavy school so I’ve heard not great things about the program. I got advice from my teacher and she told me CSUF and CPP are good options for accounting. Would it be best for me to go to cc then csu? Is UC to CSU transfer common? I’m also interested in UCLA since I want to make my way into the business entertainment industry but i’m not sure of their program either. (UCB is too far for me)

I think trying to adjust at UCSD is difficult for me and that’s why I’m having these thoughts, but in terms of my major, it might be more beneficial to leave. The refund period deadline keeps counting down and I am struggling with my MAE pre req classes. I told myself I’d stay for fall quarter but I keep doubting myself.

Any advice for me or personal experience is greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I’m a first-year student at a CC planning to apply to the UCs this year as a mechanical engineering transfer. My GPA is currently 4.0.

I’m taking Calc 3 now, and I’m worried I may end up with a B. Based on my units, I think that would bring my GPA down to around a 3.85. Since Calc 3 is major preparation for my major, I’m considering withdrawing and retaking it in spring instead.

I’m trying to figure out whether a W followed by retaking Calc 3 in spring would look worse than staying in the class and possibly getting a B.

For people who’ve transferred to a UC, especially in engineering: How much would one B in a major-prep class matter? Would you withdraw and retake it, or stay in the class? Is there anything else I should consider before deciding?

i just transferred to my csu but i feel so behind because i don’t understand any of the material presented to me and i missed an opportunity to get an internship for my major. i’m thinking about going back to cc and trying again next year. is that something i should do

So I made a chance me around a month or two ago, here’s the original post.

In that post I put that I’ll be applying to these colleges all with data science. But I realized that for specifically UC Berkeley and no other UC, I can apply for computer science (since their course requirements in assist.org is so small compared to the rest of the UC’s)

So I was wondering with almost the same stats I have from the original post, what’s my chances of getting into specifically UC Berkeley for computer science as I know it’s a very impacted major and is very competitive. I’m sure my chances are much less than data science.

Some things to note:
- I mentioned being a CS tutor at my community college, I recently quit that position 😭 (I’m still a part-time cs instructor for an outside organization tho)
- Originally before I was a data science major I was a computer science major, I only switched due to the competitiveness. So I do genuinely like cs and would rather major in that than ds.
- If I do set cs as my primary major, I will still put ds as an alternate major in the case I don’t get in with cs.

Please be like really blunt with me, I want to know my chances for real lol