<p>I am ending my first year of community college in California and with hopes to transfer to UC Berkeley. For numerous reasons my grades were really messed up my first semester but if I play my cards right I can obtain a 3.6-3.7 by the time I have to transfer. I hope to transfer to UC Berkeley as a psychology major (very competitive, I know). This past year I dedicated to debate at a nearby 4 year college and obtained numerous high scoring awards to fill my award slots (additionally I hope to join their debate team if I'm accepted) . I plan to volunteer at a teens homeless group for the summer and following year and continue if I'm accepted so that fills one of my volunteer slots and correlates to my essay. I have other volunteering as well as well as coaching a high school debate team. </p>
<p>What would be my chances of acceptance and is there anything else I can do to make my application more appealing?</p>
<p>Ah! I put this in the wrong spot. Redid in chance me. Srry I’m new, how do I erase this?</p>
<p>Try to join the honors programs at your CC, take the most challenging courses available to you, and keep up your grades for the rest of your time there. Admissions can be forgiving if you improve drastically and explain your reasons for doing poorly. But keep in mind that Psych is an impacted major – definitely apply with an alternate major if that’s an option.</p>
<p>If you can get your GPA to a 3.7 after Fall, you would be a very competitive applicant to UCB.</p>
<p>I just got an internship at an embassy!!! I hope that’ll help cause I can’t get into honors (takes a year of awesome grades). Even though the internship will be doing gofer taskes, does it still look good on the application?? </p>
<p>Thanks for responded, it really helps motivate. :)</p>
<p>It helps, but your application will still mostly be evaluated on GPA and pre-req completion. Even if you get a 3.6+ instead of a 3.7, you would still be competitive. Obviously there are no guarantees for admission to UCB no matter how high your GPA is, but a lot of people with 3.5-3.6 GPAs do get in.</p>
<p>Okay, so if I fall between 3.6 and 3.7 I’ll have good chances. I might have one class of the lower divisions that I will have to take in the summer after next year if I don’t get it for spring, will that hurt my chances a lot or is that common? It stated on assist to finish them by summer but I’m guessing it depends on who.</p>
<p>I have no idea what you mean by “It stated on assist to finish them by summer”. You must have all courses for admission done by the end of Spring prior to transfer. They will disregard what you plan to take during the summer prior to transfer for admissions purposes.</p>
<p>Oh on assist.org. Okay well I think I can finish them all, thanks for your help. :)</p>
<p>Get good grades and keep the upward trend. Finish with as high of a GPA as you possibly can get. Psychology is heavily impacted here. </p>
<p>Do not sacrifice grades for extra curriculars. GPA is going to be more important in an impacted major. There are only so many spots open with a very competitive applicant pool. </p>
<p>The Number 1 thing you need to do after all that, is write an amazing Personal Statement. GPA and Pre-reqs completed are an absolute must, but what will get you a spot at Cal is your personal statement. Convince them why you are a great fit for Cal and why you will do well there. Talk about how you turned your education around after a bad start. Admissions want to get to know you and see if you will be a good fit here. </p>
<p>Good Luck!</p>