<p>I'm currently attending a high school (senior) and plan to go to a local CC (Santa Rosa Junior College) and hopefully transfer to Haas. My high school GPAs are not that great but I definitely know that I am willing to work my butt off for Haas in college. Are there any students that are currently attending a CC and planning to transfer to Haas? Are the classes you are taking difficult? Were you a straight-A student in high school unlike me? With the acceptance rate being very low, what are your plans if you get rejected from Haas? Can I still transfer to Haas after 3 years of CC instead of 2 years? How is it going so far for you and what are some vital suggestions that I should take note of? I've researched for hours and hours for the prereqs and such so I do have some idea of what it takes to get into Haas but I would love to hear your opinion and perspective. I appreciate your help and I truly wish you the best!</p>
<p>I’m applying for Haas transfer. </p>
<p>I was an A,B,C student in HS; 2.8 GPA. I could have gotten all As but I never tried. </p>
<p>Unless a person is doing STEM I don’t think CC is harder than HS. The biggest difference is time-management. Material may be the same difficulty but there is half as much time to learn it. This is especially true for the GE/Breadth Courses. </p>
<p>For Haas specifically you need to take Calc 1 and 2 which is equivalent (although slightly harder) to AP Calc BC in HS. Calculus will make of break your chances of Haas. One of the flip-side unlike HS you can substitute hard sciences such as physics and chemistry for soft sciences such as geology and marine science. So Math will be harder than what most HS students have faced while Science will be easier. </p>
<p>One important difference between CC and HS is that you can select your own professor; Rate my professor is a must IMO. </p>
<p>I think that takes care of the academic content. The reason haas is soo competitive is because they care about non academic stuff as well. I know 5 people (including myself) who are applying to Haas this year. 2 of those people have 0 chance IMO because their personal statements are terrible. Most of the people that get into Haas have some kind of uniqueness factor. They are a DJ, a ballerina, they started a business or a non profit, they had a good internship, they created a school club, they recovered from alcoholism, etc. So grades alone will not get you in.</p>
<p>If I don’t get into Haas I’ll goto USC Marshall.</p>
<p>@bomerr</p>
<p>How hard is Calc 1 and 2? I’m currently taking AP stats and doing fairly well and I hope to pass the AP exam. I’ve struggled with Pre-Cal but I plan to take it during the summer at the CC so I can get a better understanding of it and prepare myself for Calc. Have you taken other prereq classes such as Principles of Business? or some Accounting classes?</p>
<p>I’m taking Stats right now. I find it incredibly easy compared to Calculus. Depending on your professor college stats may be easier than AP Stats. Also Haas doesn’t accept AP credit for Stats. </p>
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<p>Biz 100 is easy. It’s straight up vocab memorization. Our class covered three points. Accounting and Financial terms. Marketing Terms and General Biz stuff (like sole-propertoriship v corporation) The more of these terms you know beforehand the better. </p>
<p>Accounting isn’t required for Haas but you should take it regardless. The difficulty of this class will depend a LOT on the professor and the grading. Accounting can be a confusing subject. I recommend using web resources such as youtube. </p>
<p>Calculus can either be hard or really hard depending on the professor. I had a really hard professor. I worked my butt off and I feel the A I got was truly deserved. From my experience most CC calc teachers are lousy. Like with accounting I recommend web resources. I want to say about 20% of our class dropped out. Lot of Cs and lower grades. If you can’t pull off an A in Calc 1 with a full semesters course load (like 3-4 other classes) your chances of getting into Haas will drop greatly.</p>
<p>How are your grades right now? (It’s totally your choice not to post it out on the public. You could message or something)
I was looking through my local CC classes and they don’t have Principles of Business
Are there online classes that I could take to get the prereq credits? or…? How are your ECs? I know Haas does look at your grades and such but they also focus greatly into the ECs as well. I hope to be an intern at a local business firm as soon as I get out of high school and join/create business-related clubs.
Are you a freshman or soph in CC?</p>
<p>I was shaky my 2nd 2 semesters and got a 3.0. I’ve been getting all As for the last year and have an overall 3.79 right now. Hopefully I can hit the 3.8 mark with these winter classes. I have all As in the pre-reqs and breadth tho. I would give myself a 9 on my ECs and Essays. I think they are really strong and unique. My current weakness would be community and school involvement. </p>
<p>You need principles of business or else your application will be void. It’s not a big deal going to multiple CCs.</p>
<p>What were the hardest classes that you took and struggled in? I’m very sorry for all these questions! I hope I’m not bothering you from your studies.
Are you applying anywhere else? USC? UCLA? What led you a 3.0? The courses or time management? If you apply to Haas after 2 years at a CC and get rejected, do you have to start over the prereq in order to apply to Haas again? Or just retake the courses that you didn’t do so well in? Thank you SO much.</p>
<p>I would say English and Calculus were the hardest. Accounting, Econ, Sciences courses were mid-tier. Some of the GEs like philosophy or art history were really easy and almost entirely based on memorization ability. </p>
<p>Bad GPA was a combination of bad teachers and didn’t try. </p>
<p>I’m only applying to UCLA, Cal and USC. </p>
<p>You can’t retake classes you get a C or higher in. After you get the 60 transferable units your GPA starts hitting a limit. If I can get all As through spring my GPA will only raise .03 points. So staying 1 extra year will do nothing grade-wise. Not to mention I wouldn’t even have classes I need to take. Realistically (unless your extra year completely changes your personal statements) you only have 1 shot to get in.</p>
<p>Boooommmmeeerrrrrr!!!</p>
<p>Thank you so much. I truly wish you for the best results! :)</p>
<p>You’ve probably already received more than enough information, but I found a response half-typed out in one of my tabs from earlier, so I’ll just finish it now.</p>
<p>I purposely picked English teachers who were difficult but from whom I would learn a lot, so those were naturally my hardest classes. I definitely don’t regret that, though. I could make the case that my writing ability improved more in my two semesters of English courses at my CC than they did throughout all of high school, and I went to a very, very good HS.</p>
<p>Since you’re taking AP Stat in high school, you’re probably going to find the Stat at CC incredibly easy and boring (like I did). I probably attended less than half of the class sessions.</p>
<p>Calculus I was also review for me because I took AB in high school but had to take it again because I somehow only got a 4 on the AP. Calc II, when I did my homework, wasn’t difficult. Our grade was composed entirely of quizzes and tests, though, so I got lazy sometimes.</p>
<p>There will be days when you’ll feel like death and it’ll be 3 AM and you want to cry and just go to sleep already, but if you really commit to your studies, you should be able to pull of a 4.0.</p>
<p>What do you highly recommend the most during the 2 years at the CC that I should take careful note of?
Calc just sounds difficult for me but then again, I will be putting my best effort into it.</p>
<p>I’d say to just stay focused and to not lose sight of your goal.</p>
<p>Calculus is a lot easier than it sounds. If you study adequately and take advantage of the resources afforded to you (tutoring, office hours, ze internet), As are definitely feasible.</p>
<p>Find something in which to engage yourself outside of school about which you are passionate or at least will fill up your free time. I was employed throughout all of my first year of CC and through the summer after. It got really hard in the fall when work took up every one of my weekends, but I managed to get through it without my letter grades dropping. The money was nice, too. </p>
<p>But still remember that academics are your top priority, and never sacrifice your grades for work/extracurriculars unless you really, really have to do it (i.e. tricky financial situations).</p>
<p>hey guys! i transferred into haas last year and love it! feel free to message me if you have any questions! good luck to all your prospective transfers out there! :D</p>
<p>@comp100 Really? That’s awesome! congratulation on your acceptance! How do you like Haas? Why do you like going there? How difficult was it for you to transfer to Haas? Any tips?</p>
<p>Hey to all those who transferred in, I have a question,</p>
<p>What is principles of business exactly? I am from a four year private school and they don’t have a course that’s generically called principles of business so I’m not sure if I fulfilled that requirement for Haas.</p>
<p>Also, I am interested in doing both neuroscience and business but at the end of the day, my immediate interest in going into consulting and long term is to eventually get a JD/MBA. So since my target is law and business school in the future, do you think I won’t be missing out on much by not getting a bachelor’s at Haas (since I’ll eventually go for that MBA anyway)? I currently have a 3.78 and I think I will have a much better shot at Letters and Sciences.</p>
<p>Also, can you minor in business at Cal?</p>
<p>Hey @bomerr congrats on Haas plan. With one daughter done, I’m now revving for second one who wants to go to Haas (via CCC). Everything bomerr says rings true in terms of my research.
–Rate my professor a must. Drive a distance if you must to get a good teacher.
–Consider khan academy to bone up on Calc and micro/macro Econ.
–you need stellar grades for Calc and Econ.
–ECs really important and need to be business-related IMO. </p>
<p>@dotori, no you cannot minor.</p>
<p>@lindyk8
Make sure your daughter goes to a CC with a strong student government program and gets involved, </p>