<p>trying to transfer from uc to uc. are my shots at uci, ucsd, and ucsb a long shot with a 3.02 in biological sciences?</p>
<p>what UC are you transferring from, and why?</p>
<p>ucsc, doesnt have much of a college feel to it which is what i want from college.</p>
<p>On the contrary, I believe UCSC has a very strong, close-knit college community. </p>
<p>And yeah, I think your chances are poor considering the increase in transfers this year and assuming you don’t have much going on for you besides the GPA.</p>
<p>I think your extra-curricular activities and personal statement could be the decision breaker, especially for UCI and UCSB. 3.02 is not a subpar GPA in my opinion, especially considering it’s a UC GPA and not a community college GPA. The adcoms should recognize that. </p>
<p>Could you tell more about your dissatisfaction with UCSC? I’m thinking I may have to end up there next year…and I really do want a “college-feel.” Please elaborate all you can about it.</p>
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State law mandates that CC transfers get first priority. He basically needs to go ABOVE and beyond those at a CC to successfully transfer.</p>
<p>if you really want to transfer, you’ll need to spend another year there and I’d suggest aiming for as high a GPA as possible these next few semesters. UPWARD GPA TRENDS ARE A PLUS. if you end with say a 3.5GPA by the time you do your transfer apps next october/november, you’ll be in good shape. remember your fall semester will count and you’ll need to update your application after you get fall grades. Winter doesn’t count from what I understand.</p>
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<p>@Oliver, UCSC does have that “college-feel.” I’m currently a soph there and it really is a great university (the stereotypes are EXAGGERATED). The problem is that some people don’t try to adapt or get involved here, so they basically start hating it after a couple of months (tend to isolate themselves). </p>
<p>This might be a large generalization, but I mostly see this with incoming freshman who are from southern California. I’m not saying all SoCal kids hate it here (I know many who love it), but many of them are not used to a city like this. Usually people who transfer here are much different though. They know the atmosphere here and know what kind of school SC is, so they usually have a great time. </p>
<p>Basically, do your research + don’t be a loner = great college experience.</p>
<p>^ is it true that SC is a really a BIG weed school ?</p>
<p>It is if you want it to be. I’m not going to lie, I saw a lot of weed usage my first year at SC. Except I realized that was mostly due to the people I hung out with. If you have friends who smoke, then you’ll get friends-of-friends who probably smoke as well. This year I hang out with different people and this year I’ve only seen a handful of people smoke (all instances were at off-campus parties).
The thing is, it’s pretty much at all UC’s. I went to Cal this weekend to see some friends and I saw/smelled some pretty heavy usage on campus at night. I think SC doesn’t really care about getting caught because it’s expected here, haha.</p>
<p>Nothing wrong with smoking some good weed. :)</p>
<p>I know a bunch of people who got into SD with GPAs around yours, youve got a good shot at SD, which is the most competitive of the universities you mentioned.</p>
<p>Were they UC to UC transfer students though? Most CCC students can get into SD very easily with a 3.0 flat, but they have a much higher priority than intercampus transfers.</p>
<p>I have about this GPA, but am in kind of a weird circumstance. Right now I have a 3.02 in physics at UCI, but I am in the process of changing my major to art. I was planning to stay at UCI, although I hate it here, but my boyfriend/domestic partner recently got a permanent job in San Diego. Transferring there would (besides making me happy in a couple of ways) help me save a lot of money, and also provide a better environment for studying art than Irvine (as far as I know, SD has a better visual arts program, too.) I still have most of my art degree to complete. How would I fare as an intercampus transfer? I think I have a few good reasons.</p>
<p>You’re going to have a very difficult time transferring with a 3.02 from UC to UC. To put things in perspective, UCSD accepted every CC transfer down to a 3.2 last year in non-impacted majors. UC to UC transfers are all the way at the back of the line behind CC transfers, high school applicants and out of state applicants. If this is still your first quarter at UCSC and you really want to get out of there, I would advise that you consider talking to a CC counselor about withdrawing from UCSC and reapplying as a CC transfer again for the fall. </p>
<p>You can only do this if you have less than 30 quarter units at UCSC, but it’s still an option.</p>