University of California San Diego refuses to disclose policy

[telenochek]

Hello, we are in California, San Diego.

My son will be an incoming freshman into University of California San Diego this fall.
UCSD is somewhat of an unusual school, as it has multiple colleges.
You apply to UCSD, but UCSD admissions decides which college you are admitted into.
General education requirements vary significantly between the colleges.

Unfortunately, UCSD really messed up my son's placement.
They arbitrarily placed him into a college which is not appropriate for his major.

We would like to transfer colleges (inside UCSD), but UCSD refuses to provide a printed copyof their college transfer policy. We would like the policy in print to help us navigate the not-so-transparent college transfer process. We heard too many caveats from the counselors.

Is public school policy public property?
We would simply like a complete copy of the policy regarding the transfer.

Thank you,
Best regards,
Tele

 

[quincy]

Because of capacity limitations, some majors will only accept students on initial application and will not let anyone transfer in the first year. And some colleges at USSD will not allow any transfer at all - you must be admitted right away. Your son's situation could be caused by capacity - the university accepted more students to the college your son wanted than they had space for, and the earlier acceptances got the limited spaces available. I cannot understand why they won't provide you with transfer information, however, unless he is unable to transfer at all (which I assume could be the case for this upcoming year).

Tell your son to make the most of it for a year. I had originally applied to the College of Architecture and Design at the University of Michigan - another university with multiple colleges - and I was not admitted my first year due to space limitations. I had actually turned down an acceptance to a School of Design out East to attend Michigan, too, so I was pretty upset. But I was able to survive quite nicely in U of M's LS & A college until I was able to transfer into A & D my second year (and the year after that, I decided against a career in art entirely and went into journalism )