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I recently started a thread about the affects of me transferring from UCLA to UCD. I have done well in my first year (3.8 or so) at UCLA taking the life science route but am generally unhappy here and do not like the atmosphere, people, lack of seasons, or school in general. It overall has made me quite miserable.
I was hoping to try and transfer to UCD which is significantly closer to home and in Nor Cal. However, I would have to spend another year at UCLA before I am even a candidate for transfer. I and my parents are hesitant to go to a school where I am miserable for another year. As well, even after I transfer I will still be stuck in the ultra impersonal environment that most UC's create.
I'm not dissing UC's as they are fantastic schools just don't know if they are for me.
My mother suggested that I try to transfer this summer to a smaller private school. Money isn't an issue as the private school offers transfer with my gpa a scholarship that makes the cost equivalent to that of a UC.
However, here is the big question.
Would it significantly affect my chances of admission to a dental school if I transfer from UCLA to a lesser known private school? Even if I perform the same academically.
I believe I will do just the same if not better gpa wise at the private school but this is not my reason for transferring at all. I will still study for the dat and get shadowing and clinical programs at this school as well. I will study about the same major.
The school I am looking at is Dominican University.
I was hoping to try and transfer to UCD which is significantly closer to home and in Nor Cal. However, I would have to spend another year at UCLA before I am even a candidate for transfer. I and my parents are hesitant to go to a school where I am miserable for another year. As well, even after I transfer I will still be stuck in the ultra impersonal environment that most UC's create.
I'm not dissing UC's as they are fantastic schools just don't know if they are for me.
My mother suggested that I try to transfer this summer to a smaller private school. Money isn't an issue as the private school offers transfer with my gpa a scholarship that makes the cost equivalent to that of a UC.
However, here is the big question.
Would it significantly affect my chances of admission to a dental school if I transfer from UCLA to a lesser known private school? Even if I perform the same academically.
I believe I will do just the same if not better gpa wise at the private school but this is not my reason for transferring at all. I will still study for the dat and get shadowing and clinical programs at this school as well. I will study about the same major.
The school I am looking at is Dominican University.
