Chance for Transfer to UC's & Cal States

Chance Me / Match Me!
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ey everyone! I’m a second-year CCC Computer Science student and was hoping you could help me gauge where I stand in terms of my chances for transferring into a good college. Thank you for reading this even if you don’t end up commenting!

Applying to (so far):

  • UCLA
  • UCB
  • UCI
  • UCR
  • UCSB
  • UCSD
  • UCSC
  • Cal Poly Pomona & SLO
  • Maybe USC but if I do I have to fill out Common App which seems like a really daunting process after the UC App (completed aside from essays).
  • If I do end up doing the Common App, Harvery Mudd though I don’t really expect to get it.
  • SJSU

GPA: 3.756 overall at the moment. By the end of this semester should be a 3.83 and afaik, this is GPA they end up looking at after the Transfer Academic Update in Jan.

Demographics: Asian, Male, California

Intended Major: Computer Science
Alternate Major: For most places, something like Computer Engineering. For UCLA, its Mathematics of Computation (L&S so TAP can help)

Awards:

  • AP + PLTW Student Achievement in Engineering
  • First Place in Undergraduate Research Conference that was hosted at my cc
  • AP Scholar with Distinction
  • Dean’s Honors List for every semester I’ve attended my school
  • Some sort of certificate for volunteering (not sure what to call it & probably not putting this on my apps)

Extracurriculars:

  • VP of Alpha Gamma Sigma Honors Society
  • Ambassador Program (work 6 hr/week)
  • Student Tutoring for Math/CS (work 6 hr/week)
  • Software Development / Android Programming internship at local mid-tier company during first semester of cc.
  • Honors/TAP Program
  • Pathways Program
  • CCCP Scholars Program
  • Set-up a program where students from my cc can go to a local middle school that has historically been academically inferior to all schools in the region, and is comprised mainly of minorities in order to tutor them for free.

Question:

  • Should I apply to more places? I really can’t afford to pay for out-of-state tuition but I’m open to applying to other California schools if you guys have any suggestions.

Other stuff:

  • I will have completed all prereqs by the end of the spring semester
  • I can get a few good letters of recommendation if I need to
  • I kind of get that some of my ecs aren’t exactly related to my major but I’m hoping that the internship I did early in my college career will kind of make up for that.
  • I’m a decent essayist and I can probably get a good amount of help on the essay to make it near perfect so I think I’m well-covered on that front

Sorry for the lousy formatting too. Let me know if any more info is necessary.

If you took the time to read this, thank you, I really appreciate it!!

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just by looking at your gpa, Id say you’re in for most of the schools on your list, UCR and UCSC almost guaranteed and for the remaining you have a lesser but still a good chance nonetheless, except for UCLA and UCB, yet not exactly impossible since you seem to be really engaged in your major and have good EC

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https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major can help you with UC transfer admission. Relative to the 25th-75th percentile admit ranges, your 3.76 GPA is:

  • below for UCB (EECS, L&S CS), UCLA (CS, CSE, MoC), UCSB (CS), UCSD (CS, CE)
  • within for UCD (CE, CSE), UCI (CS, CE, CSE), UCSB (CE)
  • above for UCD (L&S CS), UCM, UCR (CS, CE), UCSC (CS, CSG, CE)

http://www.sjsu.edu/admissions/impaction/ can help you with SJSU transfer admission. For 2017, CS applicants with 5 course requirements completed needed a 3.50 GPA; those with fewer than 5 course requirements completed were not admitted. The similar software engineering major admitted applicants with 4 course requirements completed with a 3.00 GPA and those with 3 course requirements completed with a 4.00 GPA.