Hi guys.
I have a 2.9. When I started community college, I was very ill and was unsure of my major. I accumulated a ton of W’s and F’s because I was always hospitalized. The past two years, however, I have been getting all A’s doing 18 units at a time.
Because of my proof of hospital records and my new A’s, the school granted me academic renewal so my gpa boosted to a 2.9.
Over the summer, I was in a bio class and an online English class. An emergency pregnancy loss at 21 weeks led me to be hospitalized for a week and due to bio being a 6 week class, I had to get ANOTHER W, right before deadline because my bio teacher didn’t want to work with me despite hospital documentation. I got an A in English but my GPA didn’t move. Still a 2.9.
I’m taking health and math as they are my last classes aside from one bio I must take. The past two years I have all A’s. I really want to transfer into international business as CSLB. I’m getting two AA’s in May next year.
I am supposed to be applying for university transfer this October but I’m really worried my 2.9 isn’t prestigious enough for Long Beach. I have good things to include like being a public recreations coordinator for a club, being in a ton of shows, making the Deans list, and I can get a ton of good recommendation letters from my boss who is an attorney and all my job managers (I have 8 jobs). I also own a business.
I’m considering:
A. Taking the risk and applying to Long Beach in hopes of being approved next fall.
or
B. Finishing Health and Math with an A and boosting my gpa and applying this spring for next spring. Which I’d hate but do it if I have to.
I really want to apply but I know how competitive CSULB is and with a ton of credits on my transcript I’m worried my 2.9 won’t be enough. Do I stand a chance?
CSULB supposedly has a very strong preference for local area applicants.
http://www.csulb.edu/admissions/local-preference-admission-consideration
So your chances could depend on whether you are a local area applicant, though CSULB does not publish past admission thresholds.
Some other CSUs are less selective, such as CSUDH.
There is no 2019 data but the overall average CSU transfer GPA for CSULB was 3.2.
This link shows the average CSU Transfer GPA for admitted students in 2018 for all campuses which could help target which CSU’s to apply : https://www2.calstate.edu/attend/counselor-resources/Documents/transfer-2018-admission-impaction-chart.pdf
Being local is an advantage as stated by @ucbalumnus. Average CSU Transfer GPA for admitted Business applicants was 3.22 in 2018.
This link allows you look up admitted Transfer GPA by major: https://data.ir.csulb.edu/t/IRA-Public/views/UndergraduateStudents/TransferAVGandSDofTransferGPA?:embed=y&:showAppBanner=false&:showShareOptions=true&:display_count=no&:showVizHome=no
Thanks for the advice so far everyone. I’ll definitely consider that.
As for a school that would take a lower GPA, I’m whole heartedly trying to avoid schools that are only seen as “ok.” Only because I really would rather my loans go to a quality education and the location not stress me out. I’m so pressed on Long Beach though because I pretty much have a guaranteed law job if I got in there.
I appreciate the advice so far, however.
I forgot to add, I am local. I’m in San Diego.
Since you are local to San Diego, I would add SDSU into the mix. You are just at the minimum GPA for Transfer, but their International Business program is one of the highest ranked for any of the CSU’s #11. Worth a try since you never know. SDSU also gives high priority for local transfers.