Mihai Gherghina sacrificed sleep, study time and Thanksgiving holiday fun to make the application deadline for a long-cherished goal: transfer to a UC campus.
When he clicked the "submit" button Nov. 29, a day before the deadline, the Orange Coast College student said he felt huge relief.
But that emotion turned to frustration when UC officials announced three days later that they would extend the deadline to Jan. 4 for those who missed it — but not those who made it, like Gherghina. The 26-year-old student said he could have used the extra time.
Read more at The Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-uc-transfer-20151214-story.html