<p>Hey guys, I have a quick question regarding this sheet of transfer admission statistics from Fall 2012 from CAL. The chart with % is on this link near the end.</p>
<p>Are the percentages the percentages of transfer applicants who were accepted into that particular school/majors? Does that really mean 42% of transfer applicants who applied for an Art or Humanities major were accepted? That seems really high.</p>
<p>Hi benoblest, I thought the same thing. I wish stats were available that showed the percentage of students accepted by major…that might break it down a bit better and give us a more personalized snapshot of our chances.</p>
<p>That chart does exist. Google UC Stat Finder, and create a custom table, by major and gpa.</p>
<p>it’s possible that they mean “all qualified applicants” instead of all applicants. If it’s all qualified applicants, then the actual number is lower because they automatically rejected people applying with a sub 2.8 GPA (or whatever the cut off is), sophomore and senior transfers, etc. Regardless, even if it is all qualified applicants 42% is still a good number IMO.</p>
<p>wanago2college: Thanks for mentioning this…bummer though, looks like the site is under construction! This is what you were referring to correct? [Test</a> INDEX](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu/]Test”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu/)</p>
<p>Yes that is the website. Weird. With all the spelling errors, it almost looks hacked</p>
<p>Yes that is 42% accepted. A lot of the majors in that specific category are not impacted so the number is higher than usual. Compare that to Haas which is extremely impacted (6%). I know for Haas though that 6% is misleading. A lot of candidates that applied didn’t meet the general breadth requirement from last year so they automatically tossed their applications. For the ones that were qualified(completed the general breadth), 20-25% of them were accepted. They got rid of the breadth as a requirement for Fall 2013 though.</p>
<p>Thanks guys, thats what I thought. Yeah it would be nice to be able to see the individual majors, too bad the UCStatfinder site has been down for quite some time now. Hopefully it will be up soon. Regardless, 42% makes me feel much better than what I originally thought it to be, although my major (music) could be less.</p>
<p>Unfortunately site says:</p>
<p>UC StatFinder is no longer operational.</p>
<p>emprex, how do you get those data from the site? Can you check for me the admission rate for engineering major? and admitted applicants’ GPA? Thanks</p>
<p>Engineering major? What type of engineering? They each have drastically different admission rates.</p>
<p>emprex, if everyone of the Haas applicants satisfied the requirements, it would still only be a 6% acceptance rate. </p>
<p>Haas only let’s in ~90 transfers per year, regardless of how many satisfy the requirements. So I actually see it as a 6% admission rate.</p>
<p>my major has the lowest acceptance rate 8.5% civil engineering… too bad :(</p>
<p>The admission rate is actually 20% for haas.</p>
<p>[Class</a> Profile, Undergraduate Program, Berkeley-Haas](<a href=“Class Profile - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas”>Class Profile - Undergraduate Program - Berkeley Haas)</p>
<p>It’s an average of all the majors listed under Arts and Humanities.</p>
<p>It’s a reasonable figure considering the fact that some of those majors are relatively obscure disciplines (when compared to things like Psych, Haas, Engineering, etc.) </p>
<p>Also, I doubt the figures are weighted to be proportional to number of applicants to each major. So say a major like Classical Civilizations has 10 applicants and 9 are accepted for a 90% acceptance rate, and a major like Philosophy has 500 applicants and 100 are accepted for a 20% acceptance rate, the average acceptance rate for these two majors is 55%, a deceiving statistic for applicants of both majors.</p>
<p>Mermaker,</p>
<p>I’m aware of the statistic, but like I said, if every single applicant satisfied the requirements, they would still only admit ~90 transfers. It’s not 21%, its 90 spots regardless of the pool size. People apply to schools and majors without satisfying requirements all the time, but they’re still applicants.</p>
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<p>You’re arguing what if’s. Unqualified applicants are irrelevant. They get tossed automatically so it does not matter. The reality is that 442 qualified applicants were competing for 91 spots.</p>
<p>A lot of people apply just because they think “what if I get accepted” or “you never know”.</p>
<p>emprex and mermaker, agreed. I’m making a hypothetical point/argument. I guess I was trying to make the case that there are many irrelevant applicants with every prestigious, selective, or impacted school/major. Haas just happens to provide the extra data unlike others.</p>
<p>Good luck to all transfer hopefuls.</p>