<p>Awesome. Thanks!</p>
<p>that’s the best thing ever^^ I wonder how much stats have went up since 09 though? like the average gpa for history majors for all schools was like a 3.4. do you guys think it will be higher or lower?</p>
<p>It should stay constant or go up a little or down.</p>
<p>If the average GPA among transfer applicants is a 3.33, do you think anyone at a 3.33+ will get accepted to a nonimpacted major?!</p>
<p>This was on the website I posted a while back for UCSD.</p>
<p>why do girl history majors have way higher gpa’s then guys? do more women attend uc’s then men?</p>
<p>@uchappytrain</p>
<p>There’s always more girls in colleges than boys lol…</p>
<p>Better for us bro.</p>
<p>Hey! Finally have come out of the lurking shadows to post here. I’ve applied to a bunch of UC’s as a mainly (pure) mathematics major, and as physics emphasized in astrophysics for the UC’s that allowed a second chocie.</p>
<p>Major: Mathematics
Schools: Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego, Davis, Santa Cruz
GPA: 3.65, Fall 08 - Fall 11, IGETC done by summer
EC’s: Childrens robotics coach, lots of tutoring, multiple jobs
Prereq’s: Met all required, except one “suggested” which isn’t offered</p>
<p>(Math)
Calc 1: B
Calc 2: A
Diff. Eqn: A
Vector Calc: A
Linear Algebra: IP</p>
<p>(Some others)
Astronomy / Lab: B / B
C Programming: A
Assembly Programming: IP
Physics Mechanics: B
Physics Thermo: A
Physics Elec. Magn.: IP</p>
<p>Just two C’s back in Fall 08 and Spring 09 in “Music Appreciation” and “Western Civ II”… Got all A’s last semester in vector calc, thermodynamics, and English critical comp. Decent shot at Cal or UCLA? My personal statement is <em>very</em> strong, I feel. I’ve taken a decent amonut of W’s, though, if that makes much different (took one last fall). It’s hard working and going to school full time…</p>
<p>@talonz</p>
<p>I would say you are into SD, Davis, SC. Pretty good chance at LA, and right on the edge for Cal; your GPA is right on the low end of what they normally accept. Provided you explained your W’s and C’s (was working, bad semester, whatever) and your statement is very strong, I don’t really see a problem. I was talking to and Admissions officer at SD and she said when dealing with transfer apps they will normally just cross out the W’s. The only time they are of real concern is when it’s the same class that has been dropped a few times.</p>
<p>My majors are not too popular so I’d be surprised if someone could chance me, but it’s worth a shot</p>
<p>Transferring from a California community college as a junior
GPA: 3.51
Completed IGETC (transferring with 60 units completed)
UCLA: World Arts and Cultures major (non-dance)
UCI: Global Cultures major
UC Berkeley: Urban Studies major
UCSD: Communications major
(Yes I realize I’m applying for 4 different majors but none of the majors have prereqs)
Very confident in my essays, I have community service, internships, and club experience, no tag</p>
<p>Praying someone can chance me because there’s barely anything on these majors in any of the forums</p>
<p>@ Hoopz </p>
<p>UCSD communications wants all the communication classes taken at UCSD, so since you have IGETC and > 3.5 GPA you become a competitive applicant (also considering the average GPA of applicants this year was 3.33). You should have tagged!</p>
<p>I haven’t really heard anything too much either on any of your other majors. I hope you aren’t just picking majors that don’t have any pre-reqs because if you get in to those schools/majors it will be hard to change them. However, if you are really interested/involved in these majors, I’d say you have a good shot at UCI Global cultures with your GPA and IGETC if it has no pre-reqs. </p>
<p>I know your non-dance in UCLA, but the major is still under the school of arts, so do you have some shown interest/experience in the area? Did you have to go through this stuff? [url=<a href=“http://www.wac.ucla.edu/admin_undergrad.php]Bachelor”>http://www.wac.ucla.edu/admin_undergrad.php]Bachelor</a> of Arts Admissions Policies and Procedures<a href=“not%20the%20audition”>/url</a> but the supp app, etc. But, even if you didn’t and they don’t have any pre-reqs your GPA is right on the lower end of what I’ve seen UCLA accept, so you have a chance, it’s just not outstanding or anything. The same with Cal.</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I’m currently a freshman in my winter quarter at UCI. I intend to transfer to UCLA and things are looking good so far…Last quarter I took on a 19 unit quarter and earned a 3.81 GPA. I am now simply trying to maintain that GPA for the next few quarters. My achievements so far: I am in CHP (the UCI Honors Program), I been put on the Dean’s Honor List. As for extracurriculars, I will likely join an academic society related club next quarter and rack up my community service hours at a local hospital. My question is, what do I need to do in terms of prerequisites etc., to have a great chance at transferring to UCLA as a junior? I plan to major in Microbiology and Immunology. I know that average accepted GPA for a transfer in this major is around a 3.6. However, none of this matters if I haven’t taken the necessary prerequisites. Would anybody that has been in this type of situation please tell me what I should do to have a successful transfer? I would appreciate it greatly. Thank You.</p>
<p>I applied to UCLA for fall of 2012 and I was hoping a few people could chance me because I feel very confident but my GPA is a bit iffy and a have W’s. Im just hoping that everything else balances me out.</p>
<p>Transferring from a CC
GPA: 3.47 (with 4 W’s)
Will have IGETC and all major prereqs (60 units) done by the end of spring 2012
UCLA: Applied as a pre-Psychology major
TAP certified
Strong Personal Statement
Member of The Center for the Working Poor
Part-time job working on CC campus</p>
<p>For all you UCLA Cats, I’m sure you guys have this but heres last years admits… [Profile</a> of Admitted Transfer Students by Major, Fall 2011 - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof11_mjr.htm#PW]Profile”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof11_mjr.htm#PW)</p>
<p>I’m guessing we can assume if your directly on “Avg. GPA Admitted” you should be fairly competitive…(someone correct me if I’m wrong here)</p>
<p>@Soccercrackle,</p>
<p>I have just applied as a MCDB major to UCLA this year, also from UCI. I know exactly what you’re going through and I’ve tried to ask all of the relevant questions here before. It’s good that you are researching this early on. I regret not doing so myself as I would have discovered UCI has removed Bio100L effective starting this year. It was the only lower division biology lab offered at UCI. In other words, it is impossible to satisfy the pre-req for Biology lab at UCI. They don’t care how difficult the 93-99 series is, if it doesn’t have lab, you might stand at a disadvantage. I know because I asked UCLA directly by email. However, given the circumstances, they might be understanding. I can only hope. I tried my best to explain the unfortunate circumstance in my Additional Comments section. I guess we’ll find out how that goes come April. Lucky for you, our Math 2A+2B at UCI=one full year of Calculus, even though it’s technically only 2 quarters. I also asked about that. If you took AP Calculus in high school though, you have to make sure what UCLA’s policy on that is. AP credits might transfer over differently than credit from 2A+2B. Also in case you were wondering, upper division writing is not required for you to get UC-UC Reciprocity (UCI’s GE’s=UCLA’s GE’s) even though it’s part of UCI’s GE requirements. I made sure to ask about that too. </p>
<p>I can only advise you to go to a community college during the summer after your freshman year, and take a Bio lab…good luck finding one that you can get into/is transferable though. As non-CCC students, we get super late registration times at community colleges and Bio classes are some of the first to go. </p>
<p>Don’t get too complacent at UCI…it gets competitive, fast. I had a 3.9 my first quarter, a 3.93 the second quarter, but in spring, I got like a 3.6 and it pulled my GPA down some. Reflecting on first year, I found that Chem1C and Math2B were the most difficult courses for me. Good luck surviving Chem. lab. It might actually be better now that they changed the course sequence (it’s no longer 1LB+1LC I think…). I promise you won’t learn a single thing worth noting in Gen. Chem lab. (some of the experiments were kind of cool though). I heard they combined some of the Gchem labs with some Ochem labs…something funky like that. I really hope Renee Link is the one in charge of your labs from now on because if you get Kimberley Edwards…ouch. </p>
<p>Also, UCLA will consider grades up till Fall Quarter of your second year. Some may argue that the grades from the fall before transferring are the most important. I don’t know to what extent that is actually true, but in any case, you do want to do the best you can right? That means you’ll have to ace Ochem and Genetics. It is absolutely doable despite the notoriety of these classes as being “weed out courses”. It will also be much harder than anything faced in your first year. Make sure you go to office hours, early on and often. Don’t try to take on too many extracurriculars this quarter. Sign up for tutoring if you must (if LARC is offered, it is the best option). </p>
<p>This next part, I’m just discussing because it’s something that I’ve personally struggled with for a while. Incase you ever begin to think about this, I just want you to have an opinion first. </p>
<p>So, if you want to be the most competitive you can be, you might be considering doing your Physics 6 series sometime before you transfer. Okay, you have to be so very careful with this decision. Ochem is by far the most overwhelming class during second year…and Physics is the hardest in third year (the opinion of some I have spoken with). To take both of these at the same time is probably going to be…a painful process (well if you are a Chem major, you probably have to do this anyway but if you are, why are you applying for MIMG!?). Your counselors have probably told you not to do this. They will tell you the same thing if you ask for scheduling advice. It’s probably best to take that advice…because they have been working with Bio students for a while.</p>
<p>Of course, nothing is physically stopping you from doing this. You can still enroll in both classes. You can even spend money and tackle some of these courses during summer school, to lessen the strain during the year. You really have to ask though: what’s worth it? What’s not? Is it worth going to extra mile and enrolling in a bio lab/physics/ochem class during summer, when it’s not even required at UCI? Is it worth it to cram Ochem and Physics into the same, agonizing time frame just to transfer to UCLA?</p>
<p>Imagine this: You take a bio lab at a CCC during summer…it was manageable, you got an A, but it wasn’t really the way you wanted to spend your summer. Then you go into your second year at UCI, the pressure is on. In addition to tough bio core classes like 97-99, you have Ochem and Physics all at the same time. Okay, you survived fall quarter. Maybe you got a 3.7 GPA. Not too shabby. You worked harder than ever before for those A’s though…and you’ve committed 3 quarters to the same schedule. Now you’re partially through your spring quarter…winter was hell but it’s over now. You did okay…but definitely more B’s due to exhaustion. Well, admissions decision come back…and it’s a rejection. Why? You had a 3.8, you had all the pre-reqs done, even the non-mandatory ones like Ochem and Physics. You went to great lengths to finish that bio lab during your summer break. What was wrong? Could be lots of things. Maybe they didn’t like your personal statement. Maybe your extracurriculars were strong, but not strong enough. Maybe they just had too many, more qualified CCC students applying this year. Even though you’ve worked harder, even though your courses are harder, even though you’ve gone to greater lengths to commit to this process, others have been selected over you. Unfortunately for you, that’s the reality and actually, I believe it’s written into law. There’s a path to increasing your chances of getting into UCLA, but there’s no guarantee (or TAP lol). Is getting into UCLA so important to you that you would…in some ways at least…risk ruining your experience at UCI? I’m not asking you directly, this is just a question that I was really struggling with while deciding how to best approach the transfer application. You are obviously a very accomplished student. Your GPA is amazing and you are in the CHP. I actually do believe you can do it. You might even get into UCLA. But what are you risking, and is it worth it? </p>
<p>So that’s the end of my little rant…I got a bit carried away…but you know, it’s just an awfully lonely experience, being an intercampus transfer applicant…I mean there’s some of us around but it’s hard to find those in the same situation. </p>
<p>Here’s a helpful link: <a href=“http://www.lscore.ucla.edu/new/news/syllabi/Winter%2012%20ARTICULATION%20LIST%20CURRENT%20(2).pdf[/url]”>http://www.lscore.ucla.edu/new/news/syllabi/Winter%2012%20ARTICULATION%20LIST%20CURRENT%20(2).pdf</a></p>
<p>Pre-reqs: [Transfer</a> Major Prep - Life Science majors - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/lsmajors/life_sci.htm]Transfer”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/lsmajors/life_sci.htm)</p>
<p>Wow thats a lot of writing lol</p>
<p>UC-to-UC transfer</p>
<p>Major: Anthropology B.A.
Major GPA: 3.8ish
GPA: 3.41-3.47
GEs: will complete last course(s) end of Spring quarter
PreReqs: 2/3, will complete third prior to Spring quarter
ECs: not much after high school, had a job and volunteered this past summer
PS: alright, I guess…sort of BS</p>
<p>UCLA, UCI, UCR</p>
<p>I guess I’ll jump in here, too!</p>
<p>I’ve applied to UCLA and Berkeley and am a Geography major.</p>
<p>Current GPA: 3.69
I have a 4.0 in about 53 semester units at my current college, the reason my GPA is lower than that is because I had a lot of issues when I first began going to school, most of which I had removed with academic renewal, but there were some B’s and a couple C’s I couldn’t wipe off and aren’t reflective of my current academic performance. I explained this in one of my personal statements, and I think both of my personal statements were pretty strong overall.</p>
<p>I have completed the Honors Program at my school and am TAP certified for UCLA. I have a few hours of community service, but I haven’t really had time to do too much since I work about 20 hours a week. I’m also a little bit older than the typical college student, making me a re-entry student. I heard this works in your favor a bit. </p>
<p>So what do you guys think? I’m so nervous and excited…and I wish April were here already!!</p>
<p>My stats:</p>
<p>CA community college student
international student
Fall 2012 transfer</p>
<p>3.83 college GPA, all classes transferable to UCs
Physics major (4.0 in math and physics classes; but got one B in my chem class, which is recommended. does it affects?)
Will have all major requirements, IGETC, and 67 semester units complete.</p>
<p>ECs: 4 months of physics tutoring(present), 6 months of hospital volunteering </p>
<p>Essays: Average, I’m not that great a writer but it was well revised</p>
<p>Applying to: Berkeley, LA, SD, SB,Davis
wanna go to berkeley so bad
any chance?</p>
<p>^ uh lol. I like how people come here with 3.8+ GPAs all worried about not getting in lol.</p>
<p>@TonyStark93
I got 4.0 in my major GPA but I still feel hopeless about my application since I am transferring from an OOS 4-year university…</p>