Chances of transferring into a UC/CSU?

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Hi all! I have been in need of college advice lately, especially since I feel like my situation is a little out of the ordinary.

So, I am currently a California resident as well as a freshman at Indiana University Bloomington. I am on a fairly large scholarship here at IU for being a student-athlete and playing a D1 sport. However, after attending summer school at IU and finishing up my first semester (in total, I’ve lived here for six months), I’ve been thinking about trying to transfer into a UC/CSU back home after next year. There are numerous reasons for my wanting to transfer, but I feel like that is besides the point. I’m thinking of applying to transfer to UCSC, UCSB, UCD, Cal Poly SLO, Chico, SFSU, and Monterey Bay. My top choice would be UCSC.

I know it’s early, but how likely am I to get into any of these schools? I understand that you have to have 60 credits to transfer to a UC, and that top priority is given to CCC students. Even though I am a California resident, would I have a harder time since I’m transferring from a public out of state university? I finished high school with a weighted GPA of 3.95 and unweighted 3.7, my ACT score was a 31, and currently at IU I have 3.67 GPA. Would UC/CSU admissions recognize the fact I was a student-athlete here at IU and use that positively/negatively?

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I can only speak for the UC. Yes, you need 60 semester units, and they won’t even ask or care about your high school stats (although they will ask for your hs transcript after admission).

The fact that you are a good athlete may play in your favor for sure. It depends on what they’re looking for at that particular moment. If you decide to apply to a UC as a junior make sure to note in the personal statement or ECs or additional comments that you had an athletic scholarship.

People do get in from other colleges. Figure out your major. Go to assist.org, plug in any community college, then each UC and major. Attempt to match and complete the major requirements as noted. That is crucial.

Then try to get as many GE courses completed as possible. Do not take more than a couple upper division courses (preferably none) as they calculate those units differently.

Lastly, look at the UCLA profile of admitted transfer students below to get a sense of average GPA admitted by major. UCLA is the only UC to offer these stats. Add a point for UC Berkeley, subtract a point for UCSD and then slightly lower the GPA as you work your way down the UC ladder.

https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof.htm