<p>Good luck to all of next year’s potential transfers! Don’t let people on here discourage you. Just because you don’t have the best GPA or the most spectacular extracurriculars doesn’t mean you don’t have a chance. </p>
<p>Good point @2016candles. Speaking of which, what is everyone looking at right now as far as GPA, major and EC’s?</p>
<p>I should come in at 3.8-4.0, American Lit major with a lot of EC’s due to being an older student with lots of history in non-profits, volunteer work and being published.</p>
<p>You?</p>
<p>So who else around here is working toward a Fall 2015 UCLA transfer? I’d love to hear how things are coming along for you guys. No reason for us to go it alone. 
What hurdles are you facing?</p>
<p>Hey guys, as a Bio major, do I need to complete IGETC?</p>
<p>IGETC is not required for admission. </p>
<p>@ennanozid </p>
<p>I’d recommend completing IGETC unless the school to which you wish to transfer(Presumably UCLA since you’re posting in this thread) says otherwise. I believe UCLA still wants bio majors to complete IGETC or some other general education program, but I could be wrong. Check with your counselor and/or a UCLA representative who may visit your school.</p>
<p>Hmm, yeah, a friend of mine went to UCLA as a bio major and did finish IGETC. I would be surprised if it’s not required, or some form of GE prereq list.</p>
<p>This is a note for students trying to transfer to UCLA engineering (coming from someone who’s been recently admitted): </p>
<p>Your GPA ought to be a 3.9+ to be considered competitive and have a chance, if at all. I swear it’s pure luck. Literally getting all A’s doesn’t cut it sometimes, but the higher your GPA, the higher the probability that an engineering admissions officer will like your application, and thus accept you. </p>
<p>If your GPA isn’t a 3.9 or near it, still apply. However, make sure you’ve actually a good candidate and have completed every requirement and almost all the strongly recommended courses because you have to stand out somehow. The reason strongly recommended courses help you stand out is that they inch you closer to graduation and taking such classes is a strong indicator of a student’s character (academically speaking). </p>
<p>RE what Cayton said about pre-req’s being excused if not offered at your CC:</p>
<p>Call and or email admissions at UCLA and ask. I was told the same thing by my transfer counselor at my CC, but I emailed UCSB (I know this is a UCLA thread) and was told that is not always the case. For me UCSB requires a class not offered at my school or in my district. When I emailed admissions explaining that the only place I could take it would require a 4hr roundtrip bus ride 2x/week to attend, they simply emailed back and said it is absolutely required for my impacted major (chem e) and that I could always look into taking it online through another CC.</p>
<p>So lesson learned. UC’s will not necessarily excuse a lack of completed pre-req’s based on availability in your school. </p>
<p>hello Guys,</p>
<p>I’m planning on transferring myself to UCLA for fall 15.
However, I am nervous because UCLA’s engineering programs are heavily impacted.
Does anyone know if Aerospace Engineering is one of the heavily-competitive programs?</p>
<p>@drcheese: <a href=“https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13_mjr.htm#SEAS”>https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13_mjr.htm#SEAS</a>
Admit rate is about 15%.</p>
<p>@imaplealot Thanks for the link!</p>
<p>15% isn’t as low as the 1% for computer science.
But it still scares me that out of 115 applicants, only 18 were admitted. </p>
<p>Any of you guys doing any type of prep right now for your application? Just wondering if there’s anything I should be doing this early on.</p>
<p>I’m not doing anything as of now, besides my classes that are in session and continuing my volunteer service. When the prompts come out (so to speak, because they rarely change) in June/July, I will probably take a look and make a couple of rough drafts, so that my professors and counselor can take a look when the Fall semester starts.</p>
<p>If anyone hasn’t checked it out, I highly recommend the UC Transfer Admission Planner. Its used to submit TAGs, but its been nice to see all of my classes and grades in one place as well. </p>
<p><a href=“UC Transfer Admission Planner - UC TAP | UC Admissions”>https://uctap.universityofcalifornia.edu/students/</a> </p>
<p>Edit: Thought I would include this link too, because I’m not sure if its been posted before.</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof.htm”>https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof.htm</a></p>
<p>@fullload, you really should just focus on school if you’re still in session. I wouldn’t worry about the app for another couple of months. </p>
<p>Cool, thanks guys. Not sure what “prompts” are?</p>
<p>Sorry, that was vague on my part. I mean the personal statement questions.</p>
<p><a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/personal-statement/”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/personal-statement/</a></p>
<p>So far I’ve just entered all my coursework in the UC Transfer Admission Planner (completed, in progress, and planned). I figured I should do that ASAP because it was tedious (I have a lot of credits/coursework) and time consuming. I also noticed several posts on this forum regarding mistakes students made that they didn’t catch until after submitting the application, so I did it far in advance and will check over it several times before completing the application. </p>
<p>Besides that I’ve been researching the various UC’s I’m applying to for insight into my major program at each school. Also working on plans to visit several over summer. Been brainstorming and reading up on approaches to the essays as well, so when the prompts are published I’ll have some ideas going.</p>
<p>I’m not saying that the essays don’t matter, because of course they do, but don’t overthink your essay topics. Really what they want to know is about you and why you chose the major you chose. they really want to get to know about you as a person in addition to what your stats say about you as a student. </p>
<p>I’m not suggesting that everyone does this, but I literally wrote both of my essays in about an hour. I already had a clear idea in my head about what I wanted them to know about me, and what I thought made me unique. To be honest writing does come very easily for me, so it probably was easier for me than it is for some people, but I still say don’t overthink it.</p>
<p>I think some people’s essays become too cerebral, and it’s not necessarily a selling point. Your GPA and course history can tell the story about your intellect. I think the best essays are ones that tell a story, not once it sound like a dissertation.</p>
<p>These are all of course just my opinions, and should be taken with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>Are the prompts published when the application goes live in August? I just looked at the link and there are questions already there. Are those the prompts or will there be different one’s? Thanks!</p>