<p>My GPA unweighted is a 3.20. I imagine it weighed would be around a 3.75 or something. As you all know, this isn't nearly close enough to get into a school like UC Berkelly. I doubt I'm going to do too good on the SAT either. Plus I haven't taken two SAT IIs so now its impossible.</p>
<p>However, my school counsler says that it is possible to transfer from a junior college to Berkelly quite easily. Is this true?</p>
<p>Also, I am thinking of triple or even quadrupal majoring. Can I do this if I go through a junior college system since I would be transfering?</p>
<p>4.0 in college is a little different right? Or is it all As too?</p>
<p>My school counsler said that if I pass I could most likelly transfer but I would have a lower chance in doing so by doing it from a normal college. Is this true?</p>
<p>4.0 at college means striaght As. (not A-s)</p>
<p>i heard it is not very easy to transfer from comm. to UCs :/
its a bit risky but if you maintain really high gpa at comm college, you'll probably have good chance</p>
<p>Step One: It's "Berkeley", not Berkelly or Berkely or Bacardi.</p>
<p>More seriously though, it's true that its quite a deal easier to get a transfer to Cal via JC, although this doesn't mean that you won't have to work for it.
I'm going to assume you're in HS and thinking of applying this fall. This in mind, I would urge you to consider other college choices before consigning yourself to JUST Berkeley. If that's truly what you want to do, then by all means go the JC route and get in, but remember that there are plenty of other great schools that would love to have you.</p>
<p>Also, about the triple+ majoring thing. Are you sure about that? I know plenty of people who say that even a double major is just too much to handle. Tack onto this the fact that you'd be transferring, which is a real toss-up as far as whether or not your units will carry over between schools. In other words, you could find yourself short of credits needed for whatever majors you choose, or even to graduate, if you're not careful.</p>
<p>don't make it berkeley or bust. there are probably other UCs you'll like as well. LA/Davis/Irvine/SD etc., they're all great schools as well. if you don't get in, go to another UC and try to transfer later. you might not even want to transfer after.</p>
<p>assuming you are in-state, see if you can attend a juco with an honors program. Kids who do well in the juco honors programs have a high transfer rate to both Cal and LA.</p>
<p>Quadruple major at Berkeley? What a joke! Only 53% (I believe) of students who start at Berkeley their freshman year can finish a single major in four years. After transferring from CC, expect to be at Cal until you're thirty to finish your four majors.</p>
<p>no, they're public, so they don't do much in terms of legacy/affirmative action, etc... Maybe if you donated $1M you might be able to twist a few arms :P</p>
<p>California community colleges have specific programs designed to help students transfer into UC's. We have a relative who transferred from a cc to UCLA this way. In fact, this is probably why it is so hard to transfer into top UC's from out of state four year colleges. I'd recommend that you high tail it over to your local cc's counseling office and find out about what students there have to do in order to transfer to a UC -- the courses, grades, etc. required. California cc's offer a terrific second chance to students who didn't qualify for the UC of their choice right out of high school and will give you a lot of support to enter the UC's as a junior.</p>
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<p>Where did you "hear" this from? The easiest path to make it to Berkeley is through transferring there from a California Community College. You'll have to have a high GPA of course (the GPA depending on your major) but the standards are lower than being admitted as a Freshman.</p>
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don't make it berkeley or bust. there are probably other UCs you'll like as well. LA/Davis/Irvine/SD etc., they're all great schools as well. if you don't get in, go to another UC and try to transfer later. you might not even want to transfer after.
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<p>However, if you really are completely set on going to Berkeley, and you have a reason why (lets say you want to get into the Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences program, unmatched by any of the other UCs) then go to a California Community College and transfer to Berkeley. It's not impossible to transfer into Berkeley from another UC but it is much harder than it is in comparison to the California Community College transfer path.</p>
<p>"""Should be easy to transfer. I go to De Anza college after school (i'm a high schooler) and a lot of people easily transfer with 3.8 and 3.7.""""</p>
<p>Hey I think we live in the same area! :) If I am going to go throught the transfer route then I'll be going through De Anza too. Are you trying to do something similar?</p>
<p>Do employers look at your first two years of junior college when I apply for a job? Or do they just see the "graduated from UC Berkeley" part? Will going to a junior college and then transferring be damaging to job resumes?</p>
<p>But do you really have to maintain a 4.0? That would be pretty difficult even if you mess up once (even one B will bring your 4.0 average to like 3.9 or something).</p>
<p>If I was to join the army for a couple years in order to get tuition money, will I still be able to get to do the Community College to UC Berkeley option? It doesn't matter how old am I, correct?</p>
<p>Here's a secret. There are few majors where what school you went to will really matter as far as employment goes. You don't need a 4.0. Joining the military for a few years for tuition money might actually help your chances significantly.</p>
<p>""" There are few majors where what school you went to will really matter as far as employment goes. """"</p>
<p>Yea, I heard about this. In some majors going to a junior college for 2 years and then transferring to a UCB isn't considered as good as going to one UC for 4 years for employers, right?</p>