I suggest that you focus on the things that you can help now. Try to bring up your grades. Write one hell of a essay, list things that you have done inside and outside of your school (including work experience, if you have any) and try to get outstanding letters of recommendation from your teachers and your counselor(s).

What’s the worse that can happen? You’ll be denied? Then you’ll just go to a JC and work from the ground up…

If you end up going to a JC, most of them in California have a transfer program already established with 4-year universities. I know that Solano Community College has a program set up that guarantees admission to Berkeley or Davis (your choice) if you complete XYZ classes with a certain GPA. You have to sign up for this upon registering, so you’ll have to tell your college counselor that you plan to do this and to set you up with the right courses — otherwise a lot of your classes won’t transfer when you are ready to move.

Again, I strongly encourage you to apply anyway. What’s the worst that will happen? If you don’t try, you’ll never know and you might just be surprised.

Best of luck!

Many state school are developing programs with community colleges for direct enrollment once ans associates is complete. Contact UCLA tomorrow. They possible have a recruiter specifically for transfers and can give you some statistics so you can get a feel of what you are looking at.

I went to CC and they had a gauranteed acceptance with the local state school. sounds crazy but true.

The best advice is to do the best you can regardless of where you go because if you go to another UC school and do poor, your screwed from transfering anways.

Good Luck and stay positive. You are already on the right track by planning ahead!!!

Good luck!