<p>Hi, everyone!
I'm currently in a CA community college and going to transfer to a UC in major of EE in fall 2015. My current gpa is 3.74. I used to be a straight A student but I messed up this semester. :( one B in calculus 3 and one B in freshmen english..
I'll try to get A in later classes. By spring semester in 2015 I'll complete most prereqs except the third semester physics. Does anyone know if Electrical Engineering is impacted major in UCI or UCSB? I heard that for impacted majors you have to complete all the prereqs by fall semester to be competitive. What are my chances of transferring to UCI or UCSB with gpa 3.7-3.8? If I miss one required physics class, will I be automatically rejected? I don't have much ECs, but my father owns a electronic manufacturing company and I always went there to learn things. Plus, I'm an international student, so are international students harder to be accepted than CA residents?
Thank you guys, please help me out. :)
Good luck to all fall 2015 applicants!</p>
<p>3.7-3.8 will give you a chance anywhere. I transferred a couple years ago, I had a 3.9 after freshman year and was down towards 3.7 by the time I transferred… I just graduated from Berkeley, EECS. I wouldn’t consider any UC to be completely out of reach for you.</p>
<p>I don’t think it matters too much when you complete your pre-reqs, at least not if there’s a lot of them. STEM majors typically have long series of requirements, and a lot of requirements, so I think most transfers have to take a couple pre-reqs in the spring.</p>
<p>I assume you already know to use assist.org to find your major’s pre-reqs, obviously completing those gives you better chances. If assist requires 3 physics classes for both those schools (required, not recommended) you should really try to get them done. Is summer session an option? Otherwise your GPA might be good enough that you could get by with a missing pre-req, but the more you have the better your application will be.</p>
<p>I don’t think being international will hurt you, if you’re coming from a CCC you should have CCC priority. I don’t think they ask anything about in/out of state on the app. However, it may come back to bite you later, UC is expensive if you’re not considered a California resident (for instate tuition, you need to live here a year, be financially independent/have parents here, and show intent to stay).</p>
<p>@failure622 Thank you so much for the reply:) that really helps. UCSB does not require the third physics, so maybe I have a decent chance for it. But UCSB has one prereq that is not offered in my college or other colleges in the district, does it matter? </p>
<p>@EEliam It totally matters. I’m applying to UCSB for chem e, and they require Matlab, which isn’t offered in my district at all. I emailed them to ask if it would be waived if not available to me and they said no. The course is listed as required, and they told me not to bother applying without it. They were nice enough to mention it was available online through SMC, so I’m taking it online in the fall.</p>
<p>@Bear87 Thank you. I heard that too. UCSB is very strict about prereqs. I recently found that the class is offered at De Anza College, so I’m taking it in spring next year. I decided not to apply this year and spend another year at cc to finish all the prereqs. </p>
<p>Holy cow! Who does UCSB think they are? UCB? They are really strict! </p>
<p>Engineering schools wont really care about the B that you got in English Comp #-o , if you continue to get A’s and have less than 3 missing pre-reqs than I think you would have a shot at both Samueli’s (UCLA & UCI).</p>