<p>Is it very difficult to transfer to UCLA or UCB?</p>
<p>Am studying in Business and concentrate in finance.</p>
<p>UCI seems like a good school. Why do you want to leave?</p>
<p>I attend UCI, its a nice school, overall. Sometimes, I feel like people don’t give the school a chance. Yes, I know people (3 so far) that have transferred out. 2 to UCLA, 1 to UCSD, I’m sure there are more. </p>
<p>Not sure how difficult it is, but I will assume that you need a higher-ish GPA b/c you aren’t supposed to transfer from UC to UC (from what I heard).</p>
<p>CCC transfers are given first priority but as long as you are in a UC you can probably transfer to another UC without too much difficulty. Even if you are at a four year private institution you have a decent chance of transferring to a UC with a strong GPA. It is basically only CSU to UC transfers that are for all practical purposes impossible.</p>
<p>If you are trying to transfer to UCB under Business as a UC-UC transfer, then your chances are pretty much non-existant. Last year Cal only accepted 2 students that were non-CC. </p>
<p>If you’re applying to UCLA business econ or regular econ, you pretty much need a 4.0 (avg gpa’s for those majors were ~3.94). The only problem about UCLA is they are known to reject UC-UC students for business econ/econ because of issues finding course equivalences. They made a fuss about one UCI student’s acct class (he posted on here), they made a mistake with my upper division writing class from UCSC, and one of my friends from UCSC was told he didn’t take intro to microecon (even though he took it at a CC).</p>
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<p>Does he have to have a reason? It is his choice. People should stop nagging about why he wants to do it and answer the question he is asking. </p>
<p>And yes it is possible to transfer from UCI to UCLA/UCB. Just finish the required pre-reqs, keep your gpa high, and hope for the best. Also don’t take econ 25 for the accounting 1 requirement. Take management 30a. Sandaboy did this and was the reason he didn’t get into ucla/ucb.</p>
<p>In fact, I think UCI is good. But the question is: I have a dream, a difficult dream that you may think it’s just a joke, to get an investment banking job.</p>
<p>I have never heard a UCI business student is better than a UCLA/UCB student in IB.</p>
<p>So, I wanna transfer.</p>
<p>Say thanks to everyone who replied my thread.</p>
<p>If you want to be an IB wouldn’t it be better to graduate from UCI wih a high GPA and then get into a top business school like Wharton, Haas, Stern?</p>
<p>You gave a nice idea. But if I graduate from UCLA with a high GPA, is it better? I dicussed a lot with people like me and they were only mentioned UCLA/UCB. Seems like no one will take “UCI” with “IB” in thier mind.</p>
<p>Do you have an experience or memory about UCI student work for IB? SMCguy?</p>
<p>I agree, UCLA/UCB is always better…but from what I’ve seen undergrad at a top 100 school with a high GPA will usually get you into a top business school and it’s the business school that matters most.</p>
<p>Example…my boss went to Rutgers (ranked lower than UCI, but still top 100) and went to Columbia for business school. When she talks about school she only mentions Columbia business school.</p>