I applied to UCSC for winter admission. I currently go to SJSU, I transferred there from a CC in August, but I'm not really enjoying it. My major takes four years to complete here whereas it's two and a half years at UCSC. Financial aid is going to run out on me by the end of year three here at SJSU.
I go into UC Merced for Spring 2017, but I don't think I would want to go there. I keep hearing that UCSC winter admissions is tough. I'll give some stats:
Major: Japanese at SJSU, Language Studies - Japanese at UCSC
GPA: It was a 2.6 at my CC, but I will have a 3.0 at SJSU
Essay: 9/10 but I heard they don't read it
ECs: Just a lot of employment history stuff like working at Target. I took all my classes online at my CC because I didn't have a car to drive to campus.
Additional Info: I was accepted to all the CSUs I applied to: CSULA, CSULB, Fresno State, and SJSU. I decided on SJSU because I wanted to live in the bay area. I've lived in Central California and Southern California, so I wanted to be somewhere different.
SJSU is a great school, but I don't want to have to change my major in order to get out in time before the financial aid cut off. I've considered changing it to communications or linguistics, but I don't like either of those things. I want to work for the JET Program after I graduate, so I need to learn Japanese anyway.
Just some general advice would be great. The UCSC Reddit wasn't really helpful when I asked there. They basically said that everything sucks about their school and that classes are hard to get.
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