CSULA Transfer to UC

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I am currently starting my second year at CSULA majoring in BA and I'm thinking of transferring to UCI/UCLA for Business Econ. My GPA is about 3.3. I've been thinking about going to CC then transfer to UC but is it too late to do so? what are my chances of getting into UC from CSULA? </p>

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<p>Take a look at <a href=“https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13_mjr.htm”>https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13_mjr.htm&lt;/a&gt; They don’t have the full 2014 stats up yet, but in 2013 the avg gpa of a UCLA Bus Econ major that was admitted was 3.93 and according to <a href=“https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13.htm”>https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13.htm&lt;/a&gt; the admit rate from non-UC campuses was 1/3 that of other UC campuses and 1/4 of that from CC’s. Your odds at UCLA do not seem great.</p>

<p>UCI does not make the same stats easily available on the web, contact them for more info.</p>

<p>It is not too late to go the CC route, but it will probably take you an extra year because classes have already started at CC’s and the definition of a CC applicant is usually one that has completed 2 full semesters at a CC (contact the schools to check). Given your 3.3, though, you might be better off staying where you are since you are guaranteed to get a degree in Business which may not happen if you go to a CC and then apply to UCs, and if you go back to CSULA (assuming they let you back in) you will have lost a year. </p>

<p>Since this is an advice forum, here is advice. See if you can pick up your GPA a bit. A 3.5 or 3.6 will sound better to future employers. You should visit the learning center <a href=“http://web.calstatela.edu/centers/tutorctr/”>http://web.calstatela.edu/centers/tutorctr/&lt;/a&gt; to see what you can do to improve, perhaps arrange for tutoring. Second, landing a good job is going to depend a lot on what you do outside of the class. Participating in internships or part-time paid work in areas related to your future career will really help you stand out from the herd. If I were you I’d make an appt with a career counselor and ask them point-blank what characteristics they saw in the most successful BA grads from your school, then do them. As a sophomore you have a lot of time ahead of you in college, so use it wisely!</p>