Hi all,
I’m currently an aerospace sophomore at CU Boulder and wanted to know what my chances were for transferring into a top engineering school (as a computer science transfer), UCLA, Cornell, (Ivies), Duke, etc. I have a 3.5 GPA in the School of Engineering with several EC’s including Society of Hispanic Engineers, and the University of Colorado Men’s soccer team. I’m guessing my GPA might be a bit low, but it should rise a bit before I would transfer and I’m hoping other factors would help my chances. I also have loads of credits (not positive on the exact number but I know its enough to be a Junior). The classes I took were also quite rigorous, Engineering Calculus 1, 2, & 3 (had a B+ in all classes), Diffy Q (had a B), 4 CS classes (had A’s in each).
The deadline for fall 2019 transfers already passed. Were you intending to transfer in Fall 2020? If so that would be difficult, as you would already have completed 3 years.
No sorry, I’m still a freshman, I was just trying to be hypothetical. I would be a sophomore in 2020, and would be applying then.
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major has some information on UC transfer admissions.
UCB (EECS and L&S CS) and UCLA (CS and CSE) are extremely competitive, and a 3.5 college GPA is below the 25th percentile of admitted students to those majors (3.86 or higher for 2018).
@ucbalumnus “transfers-major” is a GREAT page of stats, because it shows GPA BY MAJOR.
Is there something like that for freshman admits??
It’s easy to find campus wide GPA and SAT ranges, but not for Engineering or other majors.
I’ve been looking.
Unfortunately, the UC frosh admission stats pages do not show by division or major, though they do show admission rates by GPA band: http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-general/2127392-faq-uc-historical-frosh-admit-rates-by-hs-gpa-2018.html
I think that since your already a sophomore, your college-transcript is what will be heavy weight. Although engineering is a difficult major, and it may seem that ad-officers put numbers into the overall scheme of major/rigor, there is simply a lot of competition among people applying to the elite schools. If your GPA rises to a 3.8 or 3.9, and your transcript is filled with mostly As and a couple of Bs, then you have a chance.