<p>I was accepted to Cal, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCI (with the regents scholarship) and UCSB.</p>
<p>I thought it would be nice to give back to the community that once helped me during my transition as a transfer. </p>
<p>Ask me anything about the process!</p>
<p>edit: A little background about myself is that I started off at a four year state college. After a semester, I went back to the community college system and transferred within a year and a half with 80 units. I've officially attended six colleges. I am an engineering major.</p>
<p>It would help and save people lots of time (and posts) if you post your GPA and specific major, considering how important those are in the transfer process.</p>
<p>UCLA over Cal because I loved the atmosphere at UCLA. Even though Cal’s engineering ranks higher than UCLA’s, that factor doesn’t really influence me. </p>
<p>“What area are you from?”</p>
<p>I’m from Northern California.</p>
<p>@smltk1505h</p>
<p>GPA: 3.93
MAJOR: Civil Engineering</p>
<p>@goodjobdaveman</p>
<p>“Did you TAG to any schools?”</p>
<p>I submitted a TAG with UCI, my second choice school. The main reason why I tagged with UCI is because they are really lax on prerequisites. I did not complete IGETC as many schools did not encourage completing it. I would’ve gone over my unit limit if I did complete it. </p>
<p>“List of scholarships you have applied for?”
I did not apply for any UC specific scholarships. I did apply for the NSF STEM Scholarship and chosen as a recipient. Also, being a recipient of the UCI Regents’ Scholarship, it was very tempting to go to UCI over UCLA. A Regents’ Scholar at UCI has graduate library privileges, priority registration, monetary assistance and other benefits.</p>
<p>“Any tips in general?”</p>
<p>My general advice is for you to maintain a high GPA and complete all prerequisites to maximize your chances for admission. Extracurricular activities may not help much in the admission process but I would encourage it as it would most likely help you outside of your education. I didn’t have many extracurriculars.</p>
<p>You did not have many extracurricular activities, so for prompt 1, did you write about experience you have had in the field, such as volunteer work, internships, or employment? I also do not have many activities, so I am not sure how to respond to the second part of prompt 1.</p>
<p>@jason
I think it’s recommended to do IGETC for life science majors. For engineers, they do not accept IGETC. I am not too sure about the AP credit.</p>
<p>@lucky
No where in my UC application did I talk about my four year college. I could not find a reason why to talk about it. There was nothing important to say.</p>
<p>@lays
Instead, I wrote about relevant experience I had in high school. It was about a little over a year ago where I worked on a project in my engineering course in high school. I wrote about the impacts that project would have on our community. A majority of my essay was dedicated to applications of my engineering knowledge. For example, I spoke about how I learned about a concept in my engineering course and related that real life situations I encounter everyday. </p>
<p>Overall, I would say that my essay was not the greatest but it was thorough.</p>
<p>Do you also take any of the recommended courses that they ask? I finish all of the pre-reqs (except 1 that I will finish by Spring '14) but cannot have any of the recommended course since my school does not offer. I want to transfer to Cal’s EECS, so I’m afraid that high GPA and extracurricular aren’t enough. </p>
<p>Is there any case that GPA 4.0 is still rejected in UCB?</p>
<p>“My general advice is for you to maintain a high GPA and complete all prerequisites to maximize your chances for admission. Extracurricular activities may not help much in the admission process but I would encourage it as it would most likely help you outside of your education. I didn’t have many extracurriculars.”</p>