<p>I'm going to be majoring in Quantitative Economics at UC Irvine. Transfer student from a CC. I would like to go on for a masters degree in economics.</p>
<p>I had a rocky start in the CC with Calculus, calc2 in particular. My overall UC GPA is a 3.6-3.7, but factoring in repeated courses(all calc2) my GPA is about a 3.1(GPA w/o calc2 is 3.65) this is with 84units attempted(I have one last term at a CC which should boost it a bit higher still). This is all largely due to poor work ethic. I effectively took calc 2 and honors 1+2 5 times though I ended with a B in honors calc 1+2. I'm going to hone myself and do better in the future.</p>
<p>also had a W from calc1 which I took when I was 16 and took a W in a speech class which doesn't transfer to UCI.</p>
<p>assuming I knock out a 3.9-4.0GPA, score very well on the GRE, knock out some solid research (and possibly get my name in a paper) do a fair bit of volunteer work and an internship or two would a top grad school be impossible? I'm thinking Berkeley, NYU, or something around that caliber.</p>
<p>taking a more mathematically oriented version of the standard econ major, taking a fair number of statistics courses(statistics minor) and I might minor in math.</p>