Chances of transferring to a UC/Private with low GPA

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I am currently a third year student, going into my fourth year this fall 2014, at a community college in California. I am planning on applying this year in hopes to transfer fall 2015 to a University. My current cumulative GPA is a 2.78</p>

<p>My mother was diagnosed with terminal cancer during my first year of college. I was her primary caretaker so I was going to school full time and taking care of her at the same time. It's safe to say my grades suffered quite terribly as I was not able to balance the two effectively. Ever since she passed away, however, my grades have been going up drastically. I was a C/D student and this past year I've been getting A's and B's with at least 3.4 GPA each quarter.</p>

<p>My major is Biology. I have completed my general biology and general chemistry series with a B- average. I have also completed all of my general education requirements for transfer. I still have to take my organic chemistry and calculus which is what my final year at community college will consist of.</p>

<p>I've tried to calculate my prospective grades. If I was able to ace every single class from here on out, it looks like the highest GPA I can get is about a 3.15. Should I enroll in a crap load of GE classes during this time to increase my GPA?</p>

<p>What are my chances of transferring to a UC or Private school?
My dream schools are USC and UCLA but at this point, I don't really have much of a preference.</p>

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<p>It’s much harder to be accepted as a transfer than for undergrad, so yeah, you need to get into every class you can get and get an A! I’d aim for USC realistically. Good luck and chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1673832-will-chance-back-chance-me-for-cmc-barnard-bryn-mawr-columbia-stanford-cornell-umich-stern.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1673832-will-chance-back-chance-me-for-cmc-barnard-bryn-mawr-columbia-stanford-cornell-umich-stern.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>It’s much harder to be accepted as a transfer than for undergrad, so yeah, you need to get into every class you can get and get an A! I’d aim for USC realistically. Good luck and chance me back? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1673832-will-chance-back-chance-me-for-cmc-barnard-bryn-mawr-columbia-stanford-cornell-umich-stern.html#latest”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/what-my-chances/1673832-will-chance-back-chance-me-for-cmc-barnard-bryn-mawr-columbia-stanford-cornell-umich-stern.html#latest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Transfer acceptance rate to UCLA was about 28% from California community colleges last year, which is better than direct freshman acceptance, and Napolitano (president of UC) has announced her intention to embrace and strengthen the CCC pipeline. So has Nikias (president of USC).</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.aim.ucla.edu/admissions.aspx”>http://www.aim.ucla.edu/admissions.aspx&lt;/a&gt; <–some top-level numbers.</p>

<p>URM may help that even more, if that applies to you.</p>

<p>Over 90 units is a problem, so be careful about that. Look at requirements in the UCLA course catalog, using ASSIST.org and check out IGETC. Actually, make an appointment with your transfer center at your community college and discuss this with them. You will find a home in a UC or a CSU, your chances are excellent. USC may end up being a bit on the pricey side, I don’t know. It is worth running the NPC and applying, if that is your dream.</p>

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