Chances of transferring into MIT, UCLA, Stanford?

Transfer Students
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TL;DR:
I’m currently a sophomore in UC Berkeley studying Computer Science.

GPA at Berkeley: 3.96
SAT: 2290
High School GPA: 3.92
International: Yes
AP: 5 in CS and Physics
Units Completed in Berkeley: 42
Technical Units Completed: 32

I spent the entire freshman year taking on super heavy workload in hope of transferring to College of Engineering via University’s Change of College process (http://engineering.berkeley.edu/admissions/undergrad-admissions/change-college). As I nearly fulfilled all the requirements the University suddenly closes off the Change of College process without giving any prior notice. (“Effective Fall 2017, the College of Engineering will not accept change of college applications for any of the following: EECS major, EECS/MSE joint major, EECS/NE joint major.”, from above link) At this point, I’ve fulfilled all academic requirements with a GPA of 3.96.

I’ve been working extraordinarily hard for this endeavor since day one in Berkeley. I changed my schedule drastically to fit in the application cycle, took 5 technical classes at once, and even spent the entire summer here taking classes while my family is sick so that I can fulfill all the requirements for transfer by Fall 2017.

After month-long fruitless communications with the Department, I am very disappointed with University’s policy and irresponsible attitude towards its students. Plus, the heavy Breadth class requirements in L&S made me very depressed and unproductive. I am very unhappy in the environment and more importantly I feel like I’m not being treated fairly and reasonably.

With a 3.96 GPA in Berkeley CompSci, which universities do I have chances to transfer to? I’m hoping to transfer to a university with an EECS department comparable to UC Berkeley.

I omitted other detailed background info but I’ll add more if needed. Thanks CC!

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Did you talk to an advisor Freshman year and indicate you planned on changing majors?

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I did multiple times. None of them mentioned the policy change beforehand.

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You look like a competitive applicant and you do have a good reason to transfer which may help, but MIT and Stanford will be tough just due to the extremely low transfer rate. UCLA seems like you best target. Make sure you get the UC reciprocity letter for your GE’s and best of luck.

5

Thanks! Do you know if my status as an international student would affect my chances? Or are all transfer students in the same pool, unlike freshman admission?

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For UCLA, you would be a UC to UC transfer which puts you in a different pool than CC to UC transfers however, UCLA tends to be very transfer friendly with UC to UC transfers. As long as you meet the transfer requirements, you should be fine.

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What about Stanford and MIT? Thanks!

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Stanford and MIT accept very few transfers so getting into one of these schools is probably tougher than as a Freshman admit. In regards if being an International applicant/student will make a difference, I cannot comment.

My advice is apply widely, so you will have several good options to choose from in the end.

You are doing very well at UCB, so why not continue on your current major path and get your BS degree. You could also go to Grad school for Engineering???