<p>I'm currently enrolled at Cal Poly Pomona and i have the necessary 60 credits for transferring. I've taken courses necessary for my major which is eletrical engineering and i have a solid gpa of 3.9 right now. How are my chances of getting into UC Davis, Berkeley, Irvine, Santa Barbara, San diego (bascally the UCs that are known for this major). I know for a fact that 10% of Davis's transfers are from a 4 year institution.</p>
<p>The reason that i didn't go to a CC to transfer is because i have insecurity issues that i don't want to discuss. And i really want to go to a UC for that better chance at being successful in the real world.</p>
<p>Why would you do that?! As a mechanical engineering major, I honestly think you should stick to ponoma. I’ve read that every year 400-600 employers seek employees from Cal Poly SLO, so the number should be relatively close to your school’s also. With that being said, Poly schools offer a lot of hands on, so that should a plus that you should be considering.</p>
<p>"And i really want to go to a UC for that better chance at being successful in the real world. "</p>
<p>That is not true. It’s all about the experiences, and I believe Pomona has way more experiences offered than any UC’s. And with the number of employers posted above, you can make the final decision yourself. Happy transferring, or not!</p>
<p>^Really, dude? you’re gunna tell someone how to live their life??? He was asking if he could transfer from cal poly to a UC, not what school he should go to. what school he wants to go to is his own personal business.</p>
<p>wow…that’s incredible for an electrical engineer,I say you should have decent shot at most UC’s except probably Berkeley and possibly UCSD.I say some EC’s should boost your aplication dramatocally.good luck!</p>
<p>btw,if you don’t get in,you’re still likely to possible to be successful since cal poly’s are known for engineering.</p>
<p>Sure you can bro. Just understand that you’ll be last in line. With CC transfers getting 1st priority.</p>
<p>@HeatherBecca,</p>
<p>Perhaps you should read my post carefully again. No where in my post did I state that he SHOULD do anything.</p>
<p>It is true that 10% of transfers to UC Davis come from four year schools but few, if any, are admitted from CSUs. Most are probably transfers from other UCs. The rest are likely transfers from out of state 4 year universities who statistically are twice as likely as a CSU transfer applicant to be accepted at a UC.</p>
<p>There is a strong feeling among the UCs that those high school students who did not apply to or did not get admitted to a UC and then enrolled in a CSU rather than going to a CC with the intention of transferring to a UC from a CC as a Junior have made a choice concerning their educational future that is essentially irrevocable and fundamentally incompatible with the college education being pursued by UC students and CC students hoping to transfer to a UC. as a result, they are much more willing to take a transfer applicant from Arizona State than they are from a CSU. UC Merced has difficulty attracting high quality students and of all the UCs might be willing to accept CSU transfers. However, if you are at Cal Poly Pomona now you are already getting a much better education than you would get at UC Merced.</p>
<p>^Ok banh, sry babe :)</p>
<p>Hold up OP, I thought you were still a high school student, as stated on your other thread. And now you’re telling us you have 60 units?</p>
<p>^ sorry, i share this account with my brother. We have similar goals</p>
<p>First off I think you have amazing stats and you should be proud off that. I’m also in a similar situation as you. I am trying to transfer from ASU ( but I am a California resident)</p>
<p>Lemaitre1- When you say people from ASU have a better chance do you mean because they are not CA residents or just because they left the state ( thats what I did). Thanks for the input!</p>
<p>I think it is the perception on the part of the UCs, which take great pride in the fact that they are designated as “research universities”. that CSU students initially chose “teaching” universities, which have less stringent requirements for admission than UCs, rather than “research” universities and simply do not belong at a UC. ASU on the other hand is also a “research” university like the UCs and its students would be held in higher regard by the UCs than CSU students.</p>
<p>Has any CSU student heard back from any of the UC’s regarding their acceptance or denial for admission as a junior transfer student for Fall 2011? If you received an acceptance, what were your stats?</p>
<p>High School campus counselors should really stress the TAG Program. Unfortunately, mine did not. Most of us that did not get into UC’s upon graduation from high school with AP’s and GPA’s above 3.0 did get into CSU’s “assuming” we would just be able to transfer into the UC system as a jUnior. Never realizing due to lack of knowledge, that the CSU acceptance would forever bar us from getting into the UC system. If I left my CSU after two years (GPA 3.5 Physics major) and went to a CCC for 1 year and earned 30 semester credits there (qualifying me as a CCC by definition), I know that I would not be eligible for a TAG with any of the UC’s, but would I have more priority of entering a UC as a CCC transfer without a Tag than as a CSU transfer? How many CCC’s students applying to the UC’s without Tags get in? At what level of GPA would a CCC student without a Tag be admitted to a UC?</p>
<p>^ If you have already been at your CSU for two years and have basically completed the lower division Physics, Math and Chemistry courses required for Physics majors there would not really be anything for you to take at a CCC except possibly some GE requirements that are needed for the UCs but not the CSUs. CCCs do not offer any upper division courses in Physics or Math.</p>
<p>In addition, I think it would be nearly impossible for you to earn 30 UC transferable semester hours at a CCC over the next year. You would be considered a transfer student and would have low registration priority at a CCC. With the CCCs planning to cut thousands of courses from their offerings starting this Fall, after the continuing CCC students and the newly matriculated to college CCC students who have priority have registered before you, there will be few if any courses still open at most CCCs. </p>
<p>At this point it would probably be better for you to work to maintain your very good GPA, make a strong effort to get a good GRE Subject test score in Physics and try to find some research opportunities before you graduate. You could then apply to a UC for graduate school and despite being a graduate of a CSU have a good chance of acceptance since not many people major in Physics. Alternatively, you could apply to a top graduate program in Physics on the East Coast, where nobody knows nor cares what the difference is between a UC and a CSU, and probably get accepted with a good financial aid package.</p>
<p>Thanks so much “Lemaitre1” for your thoughts. Just very frustrated about the inability to transfer especially had I gone to a CCC for two years and perhaps with a TAG, rather than the CSU after graduation, I would be getting into my UC dream school now, and perhaps have had an easier road and less tuition. If anyone out there does get in to a UC as a transfer from a CSU, please let me know–so far it does not appear anyone on this entire College Confidential site has ever succeeded.</p>
<p>Be careful of a credit cap if you’ve attended a CSU AND a CC… since ALL your transferable CSU credits will add to your CC credits (max 70) and there is a general cap of 90 semester units for transfers into the UC system. This thread explains each schools individual requirements but that was a problem that I encountered and I’ve already been rejected from UCSB for having 92 credits.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/769356-course-action.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/769356-course-action.html</a></p>
<p>Don’t believe anybody who says you won’t have a decent shot at life if you graduate from a Cal State, especially in engineering. For graduate school, you definitely want to apply to a bunch of research institutions, as that’s how you get research/teaching assistantships that will pay your way through grad school. By the way, the UCs DO respect the Cal Polys, and as long as you maintain your GPA, you get good GRE scores, and you get three good recommenders behind you, I think you have nothing to worry about for grad school.</p>