<p>Are extracurriculars as important to university for community college transfers as they are for coming straight out of high school? I hope to take general requirements at a community college then transfer to one of the California universitys. I don't have any extracurricular activities. Is a good gpa, recommendations and essay enough?</p>
<p>I’m bumping this</p>
<p>I’d like to know as well. Since i’m applying as a sophomore transfer I haven’t had much of a chance to get involved at my school :l</p>
<p>@beachpony same thing, i want to transfer as a sophomore also but i have not got involved in my school at all.</p>
<p>I’m in essentially the same situation right now myself. I’m in CC right now, and planning to transfer as a junior in a couple years. From all the research that I’ve done and people that I’ve asked, it seems that EC’s are less important for a transfer student. If you’re transferring as a sophomore, they may be somewhat more important though as far as your high school record is concerned. In transfer applications, they look at your grades and test scores more than they look at EC’s. EC’s definitely don’t hurt though. I’m getting involved in some, either way. I’m planning on joining the Math Club next semester…and I’m also going to get involved in Americorps.</p>
<p>I also plan to get involved in some ECs during the rest of my time in community college just in case, but I know by the time I finish school it won’t be many. My dream school is UCLA but I would like to try the other UCs as well. I was really concerned about the ECs.</p>
<p>I went to a CC transferred to a large state school and had minimal EC’s most important is the 3.5+ gpa for the elite UC’s…guaranteed admission if you meet certain standards from what I recall some friends said about Cal and UCLA</p>
<p>You have to take the right courses, not just basket-weaving. If you did, then GPA is enough. Even the essay isn’t that important.</p>