Getting into Cal with a 3.5

Transfer Students UC Transfers
1

<p>is this possible? I know some of you got in with lower than 3.5 but admissions gets harder each year.</p>

<p>Does it help that my major isn't impacted at Cal? American Studies.</p>

<p>I just read the Cal transfer profiles and each year the average gpa is getting higher and higher... last year it was 3.61-3.9x</p>

<p>Since my GPA lingers in the 3.5-3.6 range I am still up for consideration, of course, but reading about people with 4.0's not getting into Cal with majors of all kinds is kinda discouraging....</p>

<p>or am I worrying too much about GPA? I know GPA isn't *everything * but it is verrry important.</p>

2

<p>yes it’s possible but the higher the GPA the better…of couse not everyone is perfect gpa wise. I’m not sure what percentage of cal admits 3ransfer with a gpa of 3.5 and less but I’d say a couple hundred of the 3K accepted… (verify with stats). Cal is tough to get into so always have backups if all else goes awry… Just my 2 cents.</p>

<p>yes it does help to have an unimpacted major but various factors are considered as well…</p>

3

<p>it’s possible for some majors. if your major isn’t impacted and easy to get in, then it is possible. For instance, I know that Berkeley admists a lot of philosophy majors who has 3.5-3.6. Also, Berkeley takes your personal statement more seriously than other UCs, so that would help. I saw a lot of people who were rejected by UCLA but accepted to Berkeley. Maybe their essays helped! (:</p>

4

<p>you could always go to that statfinder website and check out the GPAs of admitted students in the past!</p>

5

<p>I am with you on this one.</p>

<p>I have a 3.7 and applying to Haas (might have seen my recent thread). But i am not giving up hope and if anything i will reapply next year if i do not get in this year.</p>

6

<p>@redoplease I just ran a couple tables (for the longest time I was confused by the configurations, lol). </p>

<p>Berkeley accepted 30% of transfer applicants w/GPAs between 3.40-3.59 in 08-09 school year. In addition the Interdisciplinary Studies sector of L&S accepts 30-40% of applicants.!! :O</p>

7

<p>^yeeahh it took me a good minute to figure the tables out too haha. But I think you were correct in saying that GPA isn’t everryything…hopefully your personal statements were the $hizz, and you fall in the 30% :D</p>

8

<p>Is biology impacted at Cal?</p>

9

<p>@redoplease Thanks! I hope so too. Good luck with your admissions as well!</p>

<p>@Blackmamba2410 I ran a table on statfinder for biology at Cal - for 08-09 they accepted 270/619 applicants. ~40%</p>