<p>A friend of mine just told me that he has a friend that was accepted to Berkeley for fall 2004 with a 3.2 GPA, Integrated Bio major. After hearing this, I regained my confident. You people who want to go to Berkeley, don't give up hope!!! GOOD LUCK...just 3 more months...</p>
<p>no way...is that true? 3.2? and isn't bio like a popular major?</p>
<p>I hate to burst a bubble by posing this question, but it begs to be asked:</p>
<p>A friend of a friend?</p>
<p>I feel the same way. Im a bit skeptical about this.</p>
<p>I also am a bit skeptical. If this is true, I definitely want to know how this person got in.</p>
<p>my friend told me that his friend had a really good essay...</p>
<p>wow essay counts that much?? where can I turn to get help to write a killer essay?</p>
<p>i guess there are always few eyebrow raising cases. </p>
<p>I wouldn't count on it if i were u.</p>
<p>I've also heard of the girl who was behind two semesters in High School during the second semester of her senior year and graduated on time nonetheless.....
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It was me! </p>
<p>Sure, that kind of thing is rare but miracles do happen. Because I made the impossible become possible when everyone said that I'd be wasting my time, I've never stopped believing in the power of bringing a dream to fruition.
( I was behind two semesters for reasons that had nothing to do with my lack of working hard in school. I'll explain it if you PM me because it's a long story.)</p>
<p>omg ok 3.2 is NOT outrageously low, especially since no other info about this person is posted</p>
<p>haha true..some people in CC have hard time keeping above 3.0, even in easy majors.</p>
<p>Transferring to UCB with a 3.2 is NOT unusual. For the Fall of 2004, 99 students were admitted with a 3.00 - 3.24. If a 3.2 surprises you, you might be shocked to know that 7 transfer students were admitted to UCB in the Fall of 2004 with a GPA of 2.5 or lower (keep in mind, in-state requirement is a 2.4, out-of-state is 2.8). Three of them were from CCCs, one from CSU, two from other UCs, and 2 from somewhere else.</p>
<p>Don't believe me?</p>
<p>Chech out "Table 16: New Advanced Standing GPA Distribution, Fall 2004"</p>
<p>Communist smurf do you know if those gpas include spring semester grades?</p>
<p>The point is still that such cases are rare. It was 99 students, but it was 85 from CC (which the UCs have a special agreement with) and that still only represents 5.7% of the total pool. Notice the median GPA? 3.76.</p>
<p>It is not impossible, obviously. It is, however, very unlikely. And yet, as we all know, numbers can't tell you everything.</p>
<p>I, personally, was expressing skepticism because two degrees of removal from a story usually accounts for some exaggerations. At the same time, 3.2 in a bio major is still an impressive accomplishment, and I'm sure said person has some excellent things to bring to Berkeley.</p>
<p>UCB weights grades. I suspect that the 3.2 was UW. If many B's were in honors or AP classes, the 3.2 would go up quite a bit.</p>
<p>Also: The kid could have had stellar SAT scores. Plus at UCs you get points for certain things (leadership, disadvantaged background, etc) and this could tip a 3.2 GPA in.</p>
<p>SBmom: we are talking about transfers</p>
<p>-- Whoops...</p>
<p>So according to <a href="http://osr4.berkeley.edu/Public/STUDENT.DATA/PUBLICATIONS/UG/ugf04.html#table%2017%5B/url%5D">http://osr4.berkeley.edu/Public/STUDENT.DATA/PUBLICATIONS/UG/ugf04.html#table%2017</a>, it is possible to transfer from a CSU to a UC. Granted only 13 people did so to Berkeley, nonetheless, it does happen.</p>
<p>it's normal
a friend of my friend, i know for sure, he had 2.9 gpa got accepted to ucla from last year
btw he's biochem major</p>
<p>UCSD is fairly selective, yet 40% of last years xfer students had a CC GPA between 2.9 and 3.29. So there is hope for many.</p>