I wrote about rural transfer students’ paths from community college to UCLA for the Daily Bruin. One of them transferred from Columbia (not in NYC or Chicago). This Columbia is a rural California CC near Yosemite. Grateful to all the awesome transfers who spoke to me!
dailybruin.com/2026/02/20/f...
This post was updated March 1 at 10:12 p.m. Red Darby never expected to be accepted to UCLA, especially as a transfer student coming from Columbia College.