<p>Hello,</p>
<p>I am currently a freshman at UCSC. I am interested in transferring to another UC as a junior in two years. Why? Well, I am worried about my job prospects and believe I will have more opportunities at another UC. (Should I be concerned about this?) Currently, I am an Econ major, and plan to stick with this major. I am mostly wondering about the degree of difficulty to get into this major at different UCs.</p>
<p>I plan to have a ~3.8ish average GPA
I plan to get a job this quarter and continue it spring quarter (10-15 hours a week).
I plan to get an internship in the field of law or business over the summer prior to applying
I am part of a community service club at UCSC and do modest community service work</p>
<p>A few questions:</p>
<p>1) Which UCs could I plan to get into with this GPA, in the major of economics?</p>
<p>2) I know UCLA's biz econ major is tough to get into. I suppose you need a 3.7+ gpa to gain acceptance into that major, but what gpa would you need for Econ/math or just plain Econ? </p>
<p>3) When the UCs calculate my transfer GPA, do they only look at my first three quarters at UCSC (I am applying at the beginning of sophomore year), or do they also count the fall quarter after applying to the UCs as a transfer?</p>
<p>Any comments or feedback is greatly appreciated! Thank you.</p>
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<li><p>Assuming you maintain that GPA, finish UC Reciprocity(All of UCSC's GEs) and pre-reqs.
You have a very decent shot at UCB and UCLA.(Especially if all the planned internship/work/volunteering goes through)</p></li>
<li><p>UCLA</a> Undergrad Admissions: Profile of Admitted Transfer Students by Major, Fall 2008
Avg GPA for those admitted to Econ was 3.82 , Math/Econ 3.57.</p></li>
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<p>Econ is in Econ Department and Math/Econ is through Math Department. These stats reflect mostly CC students since 90% of them make up the transfer class.</p>
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<li>I think you update your app with your fall quarter grades in January. Not 100% sure but they don't even go over apps til Feb?</li>
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<p>I'm planning to apply Math/Econ because it's supposed to be the best grad school preparation of the econ majors. What do you want to do with your econ major?</p>
<p>if you plan to goto grad school math/econ would be your best choice for LA because grad school econ requires alot of math.</p>
<p>Thanks very much for the knowledgeable replies. Keep them coming :)</p>
<p>I really do not know what my plans are yet. That is why I am hoping to get an internship somewhere to see what job fits me. If I could get a business related job right out of college that has good pay and high future prospects, I would. However, I am very interested in law as well. That is why I am staying as a general economics major until I decide what I want to do. </p>
<p>Do you guys think it is worth say taking math/econ at UCLA just to get into UCLA instead of pursuing economics at a school like UCSD/UCD? I have heard math econ is very math-oriented. I am good at math, but did not plan to go in to multi-variable calculus or advanced linear algebra in college. </p>
<p>Unknown- You mentioned that I should complete all of the UCSC GE's before transferring. There are some GE's like ..art or minority rights, that I can fulfill by taking upper division econ classes, though I probably will not take any upper division Econ classes until my junior year. Would I be at a disadvantage by leaving a few UCSC GE's to take at another UC or should I just suck it up and take a couple boring classes to take care of them? As it is, I only have about 5 more classes to take to meet the UCSC general requirements because my AP scores.</p>
<p>It will be a lot easier if you complete UCSC's GEs so that you will be exempt from further GE courses at UCLA. With this, all you need to do is to get 180 units and complete at least 60 upper div units.</p>
<p>If you don't finish the GEs, it will be a bit more complicated since UCLA will have to figure out which of UCSC's courses will apply towards UCLA's GEs.</p>