<p>I'm curious to see how my competition looks like, especially with everyone hopping on the CS bandwaggon nowadays :)</p>
<p>A little bit about me. 3.03 GPA, and held officer positions in Russian/Computer Science/Engineering Clubs. Had a job for 2.5 years. Applying to all the UC's, but I'm only really focused on Davis, Santa Cruz, Irvine, and San Diego. My GPA sucks, I know, but whatever. </p>
<p>I'm done with nearly all my pre-reqs. I took a ton of C++ classes, General Chemistry 1, and finished Calculus I, II, and Linear Algebra. All I have left is General Chemistry 2, Calculus III, Discrete Math, Data Structures, Java Programming and Assembly Language. </p>
<p>My schedule for next year is basically
Fall: Data Structs, Calc III, Java
Spring: Discrete, Chem 2, Assembly</p>
<p>Honestly, with a 3.03 GPA and a very competive major like CS, UC Merced is probably the only UC you will have a realistic chance of getting accepted at. As for CSUs, Cal Poly SLO is way out or reach and SJSU and SDSU are reaches. Depending on where you are applying from, some CSUs, as long as UC Merced, may be possibilities.</p>
<p>You may want to start taking a look at some ITT technical Institute Brochures… there is no competition at your level… nah man i’m kidding but my stats were similar to yours. i had like a 3.2-3.3 or something which is really low for cs, but managed to get into get into uc davis uc santa cruz sjsu and others (tried ucb, but you know the story…) raise that gpa to 3.1 or 3.2 and i think you got a shot though your going to have to cast a tear on some readers eyes if you want to get in (have some amazing essays). You have okay extra-curricular activities, i had like 5 or 6 i listed. I had some physics in there which it seems like you don’t which may have propelled me or maybe it won’t matter (i know the assist cc agreement says no physics for some uc schools for CS). You have way more programming under your belt than i did though, so thats a plus.</p>
<p>3.2 GPA, will have all prereqs done for UCI (only UC im applying to due to personal reasons…) </p>
<p>8 Month Internship at Software Company in Santa Clara
Officer of ACM chapter at my CC</p>
<p>Definately in the not-so-sure boat.</p>
<p>For some reason UCI changed their assist requirements online with both my CC’s and it shows that they no longer require science classes ??? is it the same for you too?</p>
<p>Of the CSUs, Chico, Dominguez Hills, Fullerton, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Northridge, Pomona, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, and San Bernardino all have computer science. Some of these, plus San Diego, have computer engineering. San Luis Obispo also has software engineering.</p>
<p>I have yet to receive my summer grades, but I am confident I will improve my GPA. In which case, I’ll sign a TAG with Santa Cruz. I’m pretty sure I can bump up my gpa to at least 3.1 by the end of Fall. Im in the sf bay area, so I think I’m in at SFSU. The only other CSU I’d like to get into is Long Beach. But damn this is pretty discouraging.</p>
<p>What are my chances of getting into Long Beach?</p>
<p>As long as you get 3.0 + with all your classes that you have already taken & next years your in to pretty much all CSU except SDSU (that school is straight gamble…). My friend with same major as ours got into UCI,UCD, UCSC with a 3.2 but he had EVERY prereq done. You should be golden for UCSC if you can bump it up to 3.1 , rest you’re just going to have to play the lottery game as someone on this forum has told me before =)</p>
<p>As noted above, a 3.0 GPA was not enough to get into SJSU for computer science for fall 2012 (although it was sufficient to get into SJSU for software engineering). CPSLO is also probably more selective than that.</p>
<p>I’m planning to apply for transfer as a junior for the Fall of 2013 from a CCC.</p>
<p>Applying to:
UCB- EECS (CSE)
UCI-CSE
UCD-CS</p>
<p>Perhaps a few others, any suggestions?</p>
<p>-All prereqs completed
-Estimated 3.8-3.9 GPA
-Math through Linear Algebra
-Calculus based physics series
-Electronics
-Java programming
-data structures
-MESA member
-Engineering club member
-700ish hours of community service in church (all working with tech equipment)
-Job Shadow from engineers at Chevron/Aera</p>
<p>@Resistance, scince you are out of area, you have almost no chance of acceptance at CSULB. If you want to stay close to the bay area and major in CS your two target schools should be UCSC and SJSU. Both have good CS Departments, are not far from the bay area and enjoy strong ties to industry in Silicon Valley, particularly SJSU. You are going to really have to work to get your GPA up so you will either be able to TAG into UCSC, which would be the best outcome, or meet SJSU’s threshold GPA.</p>
<p>If you want to emphasize CS, note that UCB also has the L&S CS option. This has one fewer lower division course needed (EE 20N) and no upper division breadth requirements, leaving potentially more room for additional upper division CS courses and electives. But it is not ABET-accredited, which may matter if you want to be a patent agent or patent lawyer (but typically does not in most CS employment or graduate school contexts).</p>
<p>EECS requires you to take at least two upper division humanities or social studies courses after transfer. L&S CS does not.</p>
<p>L&S CS does require a minimum of 6 upper division CS courses plus 1 (CS or other) technical elective. EECS allows you to choose your upper division major courses in any combination of EE and/or CS.</p>
<p>Am i required to complete IGETC? Will it hurt my chances of admission if I don’t finish it? I have 2 classes left for it, but I would rather finish my pre-reqs</p>
<p>Check the ASSIST pages for each campus/major to see whether IGETC can be used on the breadth requirements there. For example, UCB EECS does not accept IGETC (you must fulfill the College of Engineering’s breadth requirements including two upper division humanities and/or social studies courses), but UCB L&S CS allows IGETC in substitution of L&S breadth requirements.</p>