<p>Major: Computer Science B.S.
GPA: 3.15
EC's: Held officer positions in Russian Club, Computer Science Club, Engineering Student Council, participated in various programming competitions
IGETC: Not completed, but all minimum transfer classes are
Pre-reqs: Will be 100% completed in the Spring for all schools</p>
<p>UC's: Davis, Santa Cruz, Irvine, San Diego
CSU's: Cal Poly SLO, CSU Long Beach, San Diego State</p>
<p>I recently sent a TAG application to UCSC. Any feedback would be appreciated.</p>
<p>This is a UC transfer forum, so naturally people won’t accurately know the chances for CSUs.</p>
<p>Don’t take my word for it, but I think these are your chances for the UC’s…</p>
<p>UCSC: 100% if you TAG’d properly
UCD and UCI: 30-50%~: If I recall correctly, UCI’s average transfer admit GPA is around 3.4, and computer science is competitive. I don’t know about Davis, but I assume it’s about the same as UCI since those schools have similar academic standards. You have some decent EC’s.
UCSD: less than 10%. I heard that since UCSD TAG requires a 3.5 GPA, admission officers expect a higher GPA than 3.5 for non-TAGers.</p>
<p>With UCSD what happened was the original TAG was 3.0 which was a steal for a lot of CCC students. I mean think about it, you only need a 3.0 to get into arguably the 3rd best UC where as 3.0 could get you rejected from Irvine, Davis, SB. Not only that but off the top of my head the only requirement for TAG was completion of IGETC. They raised it to 3.5 to make it more difficult intentionally but you can still be admitted with a 3.2+. It was such a nightmare for UCSD because there were so many TAG applicants(since it was only 3.0), there was less spaces left for the regular applicants than usual. This meant they only admitted the highest GPA regular applicants (3.7-8+) and with the rare exception a few lower GPA. In last years transfer decision thread, a lot more 3.2-3.5 regular applicants got accepted compared to the F2011 admits because less people tagged because of the 3.5+ requirement which meant more room for regular applicants. I think the cutoff is probably 3.3 now, the average GPA is rising every year. Last year UCSD average transfer applicant GPA was 3.33 and admit was 3.39. This is off the top of my head it was in a PDF.</p>
<p>Unless you are from their service areas those three particular CSUs will be extremely hard to get into with a 3.15 GPA. Your chances would be better at a lower tier UC like Riverside or Santa Cruz. Even though it is a lower tier UC, UCSC’s proximity to silicon valley has advantages for a CS major.</p>
<p>San Jose State’s threshold for fall 2012 transfer admissions was 3.20 for computer science, 2.40 for computer engineering, and 2.40 for software engineering. San Jose State is in Silicon Valley.</p>
<p>Hm, well I live in the SF Bay Area but nowhere near the schools I’m applying to. The only school I REALLY want to go to is UC Davis, but if I get rejected then I really hope UCSC takes me in.</p>
<p>Just apply to all of the campuses you listed there, take it with a grain of salt and continue to focus + work hard in your classes now (till Spring) to get a better GPA; who knows you might get accepted to these schools without you even knowing, just keep striving to your goals and just forget all about the UC process (that’s what I did and I never would’ve thought Irvine would accept me but they did!) I also had a backup plan so that IF I didn’t get in; I would’ve went to my CC and apply again no problem but if you work really hard this year; they’ll see potential and success in you</p>
but if you work really hard this year; they’ll see potential and success in you</p>