GPA: 3.51
Major: Econ/Math
IGETC: completed
Prerequisites: Done by end of spring semester
ECs: Co-founded a women in STEM club, currently in a research program for community college students at UCLA
TAG: UCSB
Applied to: UCSB, UCSD, UCD, UCB, UCSC, UCI, UCLA
Acceptances: none as of yet, haven’t heard back
UCSB comes out tomorrow at 3 PM(Pacific Time). Good luck to everyone who applied!
Major: Communications for Transfer
GPA: 3.72 w/ UC transferable units only
TAG: Yes
IGETC: Completed
Prereq: 5/7 done
EC:
-UC Berkeley Bioengineering competition
-UC Davis TOP program
-volunteered to teach English in Taiwan
-volunteered to help orphans with medical needs in China
-orchestra
-Girl Scouts
-tutored violin
-journalism workshop at Columbia University
-UC Berkeley ATDP program
-Kiwanis Key Club in high school
-People to People ambassadors at Harvard University, etc.
Background: bilingual
Applied to: UCSB, UCLA, UCB, UCD, UCSD
accepted to ucsb
major: stats
gpa: 3.81
igetc: yup
tag: nah
prereqs: finishing last 2 this sem
Accepted into UCSB today
Major: Psychological and brain sciences
GPA: 4.0
IGETC: done after this semester
prereqs: missing a ton
CCC student, no TAG
ECs; Just my job, but it’s at a pharmacy and I have a leadership position.
Pending: UCD, UCI, UCLA, UC Berkeley
Congrats @ericbadmon !
@Ohm888 thanks!! You’ve helped me a lot through this process, your selflessness has helped a lot of ppl! Hopefully I can get the same result for la and Berkeley lol
Major: Biomedical Engineering/Bioengineering (BME:Pre-Med is primary and BME is secondary for UCI)
Applied (in order of preference): UCI, UCLA, UCSD, UCD, UCSC
TAG: UCI
GPA: 3.59
IGETC: Complete
All but 3 classes were passed with an A; 2 Bs, 1 C
EC: Some engineering clubs, one summer engineering program I did at UCI in 2016, some community volunteer work. 2 jobs- college tutor and electronics technician
All prereqs will be completed by the time I leave CC, with the exception of MATLAB (UCI’s BME 60B)
Math- AP Calc AB (5), Calc 2 (A), Calc 3 ©, DiffEq (A), LinAlg (A)
Physics- All (B)
Chemistry- All Gen Chem (A), Ochem1 (A), Ochem2 (IP)
CompSci- C (A), Assembly Languge (A)
Biology- MolecBio (B), Genetics (IP)
Please chance me (for all campuses). No decisions received yet.
@ericbadmon 1 down, and yet the nightmare continues! [-O<
accepted as social major with 2.9 GPA at UCM and UCR
Hi everyone 
Thought I’d post my stats here for future transfer applicants.
Major: Communication Studies
UCs applied: UCLA, UCSB (TAG’d and accepted!)
CSUs: accepted to CSULB
GPA/Tranfserable GPA: 4.0
*had 2 Ws in classes unrelated to my major bc I took a semester off and changed my major when I returned, discussed in PIQs *
Major Prep: 6/7 completed, final class needed to fulfill UCLA’s Comm St 10 is in progress (worried how much an IP pre-req will affect me, ahh)
TAP: Yes, no alternate major chosen though and not sure how much beneficial TAP is for Comm. Studies
ECs:
Completion of Honors Transfer Program at my CC
Participant in Honors Transfer Conference at UCI
Worked 2 jobs in after-school programs during full-time course load (1.5 years)
Started own small business in makeup artistry (current)
Nanny 3-5x/week (current)
Volunteering for a literacy intervention program in community (3+ years)
Interned 1 year at literacy intervention program
Dean’s list
Scholarship recipient for social and behav. sciences dept.
PIQs:
Interest in major- Spoke on how I lacked passion in my previous career/major path and took a semester off to pursue my interest in the cosmetics and makeup industry professionally. Grew my platforms from under 800 followers to over 12k collectively in 6 months. Fascinated with public relations and personal branding/marketing as I used these skills to develop working relationships w/ big name makeup brands. Heavy interest in human connection found in computer-mediated communication.
Community contribution- Discussed my experience volunteering for literacy program in low socioeconomic areas. Explained personal impact on students and importance of literacy as a basis for success in education.
Educational barrier-
1st gen student, oldest of 3. Lost home in 6th grade and moved 3x before entering HS. Spoke on lack of guidance and resources in high school as my parents were inexperienced, and how I opted out of applying to UC system because of this. Then sought out Honors program where I attended transfer workshops and took on a more rigorous courseload (honors courses). Took responsibility for own education, unaffected by my circumstances. Coming full circle by conquering the process that intimidated me.
Creativity/what it means to me-
Emphasized my love for makeup at a young age and how it grew into my passion to pursue a career in the industry. Discussed how my creativity is the driving force for everything I do; my opportunity to inspire others to explore their creativity and so on…
-Major: neuroscience/molecular cell
-Ethnicity/gender: Armenian/female
-Age: 18
-School: UCLA
-Gpa: 3.83
-Finished all my prereqs (the only thing I haven’t done is my physics courses but I did take the biotechnology+genetics courses that my cc offered for a UCLA program), have IGETC done, did TAP, and I’m also in PTK
-I have done biology tutoring at my cc, have 350+ volunteer hours at a hospital, and I work as a biomedical researcher for the NIH at my community college. I’ve worked there since summer 2017-present.
-In my personal statements I talked about my research which fuels my creative side, my struggles bc I graduated high school when I was 14 and how it affected me at a community college environment, and I talked about my family abuse story and how it has encouraged me to be stronger and made me determined to become somebody that will be independent, strive to do my best in education, and help others.
(I really wanna go to UCLA, what would you think are my chances :/) + I also applied to other UCs and recently got accepted into Irvine in their honors program.
-Major: neuroscience/molecular cell
-Ethnicity/gender: Armenian/female
-Age: 18
-School: UCLA
-Gpa: 3.83
-Finished all my prereqs (the only thing I haven’t done is my physics courses but I did take the biotechnology+genetics courses that my cc offered for a UCLA program), have IGETC done, did TAP, and I’m also in PTK
-I have done biology tutoring at my cc, have 350+ volunteer hours at a hospital, and I work as a biomedical researcher for the NIH at my community college. I’ve worked there since summer 2017-present.
-In my personal statements I talked about my research which fuels my creative side, my struggles bc I graduated high school when I was 14 and how it affected me at a community college environment, and I talked about my family abuse story and how it has encouraged me to be stronger and made me determined to become somebody that will be independent, strive to do my best in education, and help others.
(I really wanna go to UCLA, what would you think are my chances :/) + I also applied to other UCs and recently got accepted into Irvine in their honors program.
I’ve spent every day for the past week looking at these threads so I figured that I’d bite the bullet and ask for some insight. I’m nervous that completing IGETC this semester, as opposed to earlier, could negatively impact my application.
My Stats:
Age: 27
CCC
Major: Spanish
GPA: 3.9
IGETC: In progress: English 2, Physical Anthropology and Lab, Astronomy
TAP: No.
Schools Applying: UCB, UCD, UCLA, UCSC
Accepted: UCSC
EC:
-Marine Veteran
-Parent
I’m obviously lacking here, I wrote about my awards and honors that I received while in the military, as well as humanitarian missions that I took part of, and leadership positions that I held.
Background:
Hispanic/Latino
First generation student
Returning student
Veteran
Mother to young children (it was a box on the application, so hopefully this is relevant)
Any thoughts? I have gaps in my education from my military service, as well as popping out babies, and I’m hoping that this doesn’t adversely effect my application. I also have Ws from 8+ years ago, but since I returned to school, I’ve had straight As, with the exception of an Advanced Spanish II class at the Defense Language Institute (I received a B+ and I’m secretly hoping that this course doesn’t carry over so that I can have a 4.0).
Finally, has anyone received an admission decision from UCB, UCD, or UCLA? I know that everyone’s saying late April, but maybe there’s someone out there who has received a decision. I’m just so tired of waiting!!
I didn’t read the whole thing, but I did see:
3.9
Military
Latina
Non-trad, first gen
You’re in!!!
They love military, are trying to increase Latino/a presence, you’re non-trad, first gen (they love that) and you have a stellar GPA.
IGETC can be finished last term and that’s a good time to finish it, since major courses are more important.
Thanks! I had no idea they were trying to increase enrollment of Latino students- good to know.
@Ohm888 hey! i think i saw on another thread that you were accepted into UCLA for comm. I was wondering how much impact you felt your PIQs had on the decision I have a final comm pre req in progress rn and am hoping my PIQs save me, lol.
@sumgal1997 I did get in but I can’t remember if I had a pre-req in progress. I don’t think one pre-req left will hurt you. I have no idea how my personal statements affected the outcome (there were only two when I applied). I don’t think they had much impact. I would say GPA and ECs were the bigger factors. I had two marketing internships under my belt, plus I had started a non-profit. Now that I think about it, I did work the essays, managing to connect my interest in PR with social causes from a young age — starting a farm animal welfare club in 4th grade, noticing how an anti-smoking campaign I saw in 8th made me realize it was PR, and that PR can be used for good. I tried to connect the essays in some way to PR and social change. But the topics were different then.
Everyone is different. So I would say GPA and ECs. My mom had friends that got me the so-called internships. (Working for free, essentially.) You need to work any contact. If no ECs, then essays for sure.
@Ohm888 Thank you for the response! Ahh gotcha, my GPA is a 4.0 and I’d say I have some solid ECs that I elaborated on. I mostly spoke on my personal experience with PR, personal branding, marketing, and fascination/desire to research CMCs effect on the industry I’m involved in. Beyond that, I talked about my experiences as a literacy tutor in a low income school district and the impact I’ve made and what its done to me as well. Oh and some personal struggles I’ve had with getting to college as a first-gen, oldest of 3 gal. Guess I’ll just have to wait and see!
@glowgoglow I’m a nontraditional student also! I think you have a good chance. You have a great GPA and real life experience. Tambien eres un orgullo Latino.