<p>I had a lot of AP Credit (5/7 ap classes) that pretty much filled all of my igetc requirements so now I just have 4 classes this semester and then 7 next to transfer to uci (most of them are psych). My question is how important is extra curriculars? I'm only at this community college for a year so I'm not going to be able to do clubs and the sports i did in high school aren't offered here.
I'll send in my application to transfer in november and after the fall semester ill have a 3.4 gpa and then much higher after spring because I'll have like half of my classes then (i just need random credit at this point other than one writing and one non lab physical science)
I'll have an associates in psych by the time i finish in the spring will that look good?
my major is criminology.
how good is my chance?</p>
<p>You don’t have enough units to TAG, right? Will you finish both IGETC and your pre-reqs by the end of the coming Spring? And you will have 60 semester units too? UCs will only see your grades after Fall before they make a decision (nothing beyond that will be included in your GPA when they evaluate you for admission). </p>
<p>I wouldn’t worry about ECs. They’re not necessary. Your chances depend on having everything that I listed above and your GPA after Fall. I would also meet with a transfer counselor and go over your plans if you haven’t already.</p>
<p>All the classes i took were suggested by a counselor. I couldn’t do TAG because they required a certain amount of credits before the end of the summer semester that just ended and that didn’t include credit from AP classes. I will have 60 units and I will have all of the IGETC finished as well as all pre reqs</p>
<p>Well, I’d say you have a great chance if you get a 3.4 after Fall. You can look through the UCI thread from last year to see people’s stats and majors.</p>
<p>alright, Will the fact that I’ll have an associates in Psych on the side help at all?</p>
<p>In the past, the UCI transfer admission process was focused on academic preparation and grades. But during the last application cycle (2012) the campus switched to holistic review for transfer admission and the personal statement now plays a decisive factor in admission evaluation. Make sure you have something significant to discuss in your personal statement.</p>
<p>What would examples of something significant be?
I’m not someone who has gone through something extreme.
The only things big in my life i could possibly write about would be becoming an eagle scout, hosting a foreign exchange student, or my dad being unemployed.</p>
<p>^Don’t worry too much about the essay. Answer the questions thoroughly and stay on topic. Also, “show” don’t “tell” when writing them. Give examples and details while using imagery, don’t just state what happened or what you think. And make sure you have multiple people look over it. But your application will still mostly be based on your major prep, GPA, and IGETC completion. </p>
<p>You should be a very strong applicant for UCI with a 3.4 GPA and all of that stuff done. You may be at slight disadvantage because they will not have a lot to evaluate you on, but it shouldn’t make a big difference.</p>
<p>ahh i see. Also how do dorms for transfer students work?
I wasn’t a bad high school student either I would have probably gotten into other uc’s if i applied i just only wanted to go to uci</p>
<p>First prompt for the personal statement is all about your major.</p>
<p>UCs expect you to have good grades and demonstrated interest in your field of study. There are three places on the application for you to tell the UCs how you have pursued your field of study with a passion: Academic History (coursework in your field of study), Activities & Awards (extracurricular activities in your field of study), and the Personal Statement. Your job is to use the Personal Statement to paint a picture for the application evaluators on how you have progressively pursued your interest through your coursework and extracurricular activities and that you are well prepared for advanced studies in your field at the UC level.</p>
<p>Make sure you respond to the prompt fully and address 1) your intended major; 2) how you became interested in the field; 3) any experience you had in that field (academic coursework, research, student clubs, internships, work experience, etc.); and 4) what you have learned from those experiences.</p>
<p>While it is extremely important for you to demonstrate some sort of involvement in your field of study, what happens if you have few or no extracurriculars to show? Well, what the UCs really want to know from Prompt 1 is that you have a full understanding of the field you are getting into and that there aren’t any surprises when you start your upper division study. So even if you have few or no “real world” experience in your field of study, you need to make a compelling case to the application evaluators as to why you want to study your field, what you want to do with a degree in that field, and why you know the field is right for you.</p>
<p>ohhhh alright. That I can do then. Thank you.</p>
<p>UCI housing information for transfer students: [UC</a> Irvine Student Housing - Prospective Student - for Transfers](<a href=“http://housing.uci.edu/prospective/transfer.asp]UC”>http://housing.uci.edu/prospective/transfer.asp)</p>
<p>The associates won’t help…anyone who is eligible to transfer is basically eligible to get an associates so it won’t make you stand out. BS ECs won’t help you but legit ones will. Not having ECs won’t work against you but if you were a borderline case and you had good ones then it would help. Did you do any ECs in hs? Since you’re applying halfway through your first semester, I’m sure you could use hs ECs.</p>
<p>Oh then yea I do have a decent amount of EC’s that I did during highschool, 2 years swim, a year water polo, boy scouts, Criminal justice academy. etc</p>
<p>LAforLife are you sure they only see your grades after fall? My counselor said the exact opposite. She told me in order to TAG for UCSC, they make sure you have the minimum GPA require. They look at the classes you’ve completed after Fall</p>
<p>@mermaker</p>
<p>All UCs, except UCSB and UCSD, don’t include Fall <em>for TAG</em>. However, ALL UCs include Fall for the GPA that use to evaluate you for the normal application.</p>