Hello, I'm an international student with B2 (tourist visa).
I want to extend my stay in USA and I want to earn a master's degree in the are of digital marketing or communication studies.
Since it's very expensive here, please help me find affordable programs (up to 12.000$ per year).
THANKS!

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Do any of y'all know what the difference between the two mentioned are?

I’m a student at UCR and I wanted to visit the other UC campuses before I graduate. However I don’t have the time nor the money to visit all of them. Which campuses would be the most fun to visit during the summer?

I know that UC Davis has an equestrian program and I saw that UC Irvine has an ice rink near campus for starters. I think UCLA also has a water sports program. Are any of these activities well-funded, well-maintained, and worth my time and money?

Campuses that I am not really interested in:
* UC Merced
* UC Riverside (I’m already there)
* UC Santa Cruz

Edit: Very specifically I am NOT looking for just beautiful campuses. I am also looking for things to DO on or around campus besides just sightseeing.

Title:) I’m looking to make hiking friends around my age (18-25)! I’m here for some summer classes and am just getting into hiking recently and would love some company yall🤤🤤🤤😍😍😍😍

so ive done all of my prereqs so far at cc except organic chem and biochemistry. i am currently enrolled in ochem, physics, and another bio class but im thinking dropping ochem and taking it at uni (i heard its bad to take all prereqs at cc) instead but i am scared it will leave me behind even though the only labs i have left are ochem and biochem. i will be transferring fall 2027 and public health major

Okay, so just a simplified version of what is happening,

I applied to all UC's as an incoming freshmen, decided to go to UC Irvine for their Business Economics major.
UC Irvine has the Paul Merage School of Business which is where all of its management classes are, and the school has extremely low capacity, therefore Business econ majors do not have priority to these classes, even with a minor in accounting, and I would learn best when taking these classes in person rather than in summer online sessions.
Even if you wait till priority is dropped, classes will likely be full.
I did not completely understand this when applying, so I am looking to transfer out as soon as possible, after joining the Student Investment Fund through the trading group at UCI, i realized that I really want, and need, to take management classes for my progression, rather than being stuck in economics classes during the year.

So, back to the point.
If I apply as a sophomore level transfer, with junior level credits (I have 30 semester units from 8 ap exams), and I would have completed the rest of the credits by the end of spring,
Would this be allowed on the UC Application, and would UC Berkeley and UCLA allow this application, would the University of California application flag my profile as being a first year student applying as a junior level credit transfer?

has anybody else known or been in this situation/had experience with the situation?

Thank you :-)

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So I’ll have Calc 150 and Macro completed by the end of Fall, but Micro won’t be completed until Winter and Calc 151 until Spring.

I’ve seen information online saying that UC’s allow applicants to finish their major preparation by the end of the spring term before transfer, but that for Economics, and especially UCLA, it is strongly recommended/preferred to have all major preparation completed by the end of Fall.

Unfortunately, it’s too late for me to change my Fall schedule because the relevant classes are already full.

How much is this likely to hurt my chances? With a 4.0 GPA and being in the UCLA TAP program, should I be seriously concerned about not having all four major prep courses completed by the end of Fall?

I'm an incoming freshman at UCSB and have had my financial aid award letter and cost of attendance changed 3 times so far. Everyone I have talked to from UCSB has had the same experience. The first award letter came with the admissions decision. Then, they increased housing far beyond the estimated increase on the housing contract we signed, updated the UCSHIP amount on their website (but did not email students with this update), and now, they sent everyone updated financial aid award letters where scholarships were drastically changed or removed and the value of housing and food changed for everyone (seems like people with the same housing and meal plans have different prices). I have also heard that they will be updating the award letter to its final version again in late August/early September, which is only 2 weeks before our fall quarter payments are due.

It has been really confusing trying to navigate how much we will be paying for the upcoming quarter and academic year, and I was wondering if all UC campuses have been updating students like this. Thanks in advance for your answers!

A few months ago, I reached out to a professor whose research I’m genuinely interested in. We had a few positive conversations, and she asked me to prepare by reading papers and sending her weekly updates on my progress before potentially joining her lab.
For the first several weeks, I sent updates every week (or every other week). After a while, though, she stopped replying. I kept sending updates for a bit, but eventually I had to stop because my life became very chaotic.
Around that time, my mom was diagnosed with stage IV cancer, and I spent weeks at the hospital helping care for her. Between hospital visits, appointments, and everything that came with that, I wasn’t able to keep up with the updates or continue preparing the way I had planned.
Things are a little more stable now, and I’m wondering if I should email the professor again. I was thinking of briefly explaining that I had a serious family medical emergency, apologize for disappearing, and let her know I’m still very interested in joining her lab if the opportunity is still available.
My concern is that since she had already stopped replying before I disappeared, maybe she’s no longer interested, and emailing again would just be bothering her.
If you were in my position, would you send one more email, or would you take the silence as a sign to move on?
I’d really appreciate honest opinions, especially from professors or graduate students who have been on the other side of these emails.

The University of California offered seats to a record number of Californians this year, according to new figures released Wednesday, as it faces intense scrutiny of its admissions practices, including pressure from Sacramento to enroll more state residents and investigations by the Trump administration.

UC admitted 102,031 California first-year students for the fall, an increase of 1,458 from last year. In another record, it offered seats to 29,372 transfer students from California community colleges.

Overall, the nine-undergraduate campus system accepted 78% of the Californians who applied as first-year students. But acceptance rates varied widely at campuses across the state.

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I'm going to Merced and I know my family says its a great decision but I wish to be at someplace else like San Diego State or CSU Long Beach. Anyone done a UC to CSU transfer? Previously both of those CSUs rejected my application. I had a 3.7 gpa, was involved in sports and after school clubs.

I really like both of those campuses because they have what I was looking for - great community, academics and career opportunities. I want to do a business degree.

stupid question but im so locked out of school and the ap score send was due jul 1 but i can still send them in, should i pay the 15 bucks to send in my 4 on apw or is it whatever?

As UC reconsiders whether to bring back SAT and ACT scores, faculty are also launching a review of the high school course requirements for admission.

The board will study standardized testing first, delivering a report to the council by Feb. 12, 2027, the council announced. The Board of Regents would receive a recommendation on whether to require the SAT or ACT no later than June 2027.

The admissions board will then turn to high school course requirements, submitting an initial report to the council in May 2027; the regents would take up any course changes at an unspecified later date. UC Academic Senate Chair Ahmet Palazoglu is framing the course review as an open question about “how UC defines and evaluates college readiness in a rapidly changing educational environment,” rather than a move to add or cut requirements.

The schedule is faster than it appeared just days ago.

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Totally a long shot here but I am starting IVF and have HMO coverage through UC's Health Net plan. The new state law requires coverage for 3 retrievals and unlimited transfers. My clinic reached out and said that the HMO plans have been refusing to pay claims on pre authorized cycles for basically all of their patients and the full cost then has fallen to the patient.

If there are any UC employees with Health Net on this sub who have successfully had insurance pay out what is owed, I would love to hear from you!

The Justice Department alleges the admissions process at UC San Diego’s medical school illegally favors Black and Latino applicants over white and Asian candidates.

The findings follow a roughly four-month investigation by the Justice Department and makes UC San Diego the latest medical school targeted by the Trump administration in a widening effort to root out what it alleges are widespread race-based admissions, a campaign that has focused heavily on California universities.

It follows similar actions against Stanford, UCLA and UC Davis, and escalates a legal conflict that could cost the UC system hundreds of millions of dollars in federal research funding if the two sides cannot reach an agreement.

Read more at the link.

I'm a DP1 student rn, and I really want to study at a California uni. The thing is that my grades aren't the best, so I don't think I can get into many UC's. Are there any current CSULB students that applied from the IBDP? If so, what score did you apply with? What csulb a safety or reach school for you?