<p>Do I have any shot of getting in:
Bay Area CCC Student
GPA: 3.1 (expected when applying)
Major GPA: 3.75 (expected when applying)
Major: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2nd Major Choice: Chemistry</p>
<p>The bottom line is my first three semesters flat out sucked(2.0-3.0). Since then, i've had nothing but 4.0 semesters, and i'm planning on keeping that up until I transfer. When I transfer, i'm planning on having everything mentioned on assist complete, except for physics.
I've worked all throughout college, I have 3-400+ hours of volunteering that include community centers, animal hospitals, regular hospitals, and i'm currently training to become a docent volunteer at my zoo (giving tours). If I can have a really good personal statement that can as well explain why I didn't start off so well at community college, do I have a shot?
Do you know anyone who got in either school with really low stats? I've searched through as many UC sites as I could find and all I could find are average stats, I haven't found anything where the school states the lowest grade point average admitted. </p>
<p>Thank you! This is my first post, so I hope i'm doing this right haha.</p>
<p>Possible? Yes. Probable? No.</p>
<p>UCI and UCLA are becoming increasingly selective, and I’ve seen higher GPAs get denied. I’m not saying it’s impossible; if your circumstances are truly extenuating and you effectively convey that, you might have a shot. Not only are the schools themselves selective, but your intended major tends to be very competitive and impacted. I suggest you look into TAG for UCI and see if you can bump that GPA up to a 3.2 and fulfill the requirements if possible. I’m not sure if your major offers the TAG at UCI, so be sure to look into that. Keep working at it and apply to some other UCs too.</p>
<p>Best of luck!</p>
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<p>You definitely have a chance at UCI. If you can bring your GPA up to a 3.2, you can TAG to UCI.</p>
<p>UCLA = No
UCI = Maybe, but definitely yes if you TAG. </p>
<p>I got wait listed to UCI with a 3.38 GPA in a non-impacted major</p>
<p>I also have a similar story like yours, but I guess that doesn’t really help after being rejected from LA and waitlisted to Irvine :/</p>
<p>i say for both colleges are possible. biochemistry / molecular and chemistry are not impacted majors. Just shoot up ur gpa and u’ll have a chance</p>
<p>The average admitted GPA for Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology at UCLA is 3.71 and for Biochemistry was a 3.77 and it’s also impacted. It’s possible, but you would have a lot of ground to make up GPA wise and I’d suggest that you finish not just the required pre-reqs, but also the recommended ones as well to make yourself more competitive if your GPA is on the low side of the average. For UCLA, realistically I think you’d have to get near a 3.6 to have a shot. Just my opinion and I got into UCLA as a MCDB major this year with a 3.67 and all the required/recommend pre-reqs finished.</p>
<p>Like many others have said, it’s possible but not so probable.</p>
<p>I don’t need to reiterate other posts on UCLA, but you won’t be able to apply TAG for UCI with biochemistry and molecular biology. They don’t participate in the program, so your best bet is to be a chemistry major and of course, bump up your GPA to at least a 3.2. Also, just because TAG says its a “admission guarantee” you should still sweat a little because I have seen people get rejected even with TAG. I don’t mean to be a downer, I am just going off of a classmate’s experience (he wanted to do TAG for the same major as you) and I follow the UCI admissions thread in which some people have posted they were rejected with TAG and last year some people experienced the same thing. So, to be safe, do more than the required and EC’s because UCI has switched to holistic review.</p>
<p>Anyways, good luck!</p>
<p>I’ll definitely take everything into consideration, and i’ll start planning on taking more of the recommended prerequisites. Thanks for the input, everyone!</p>
<p>For UCI, just apply for Biological Sciences. They accept more applicants probably lower GPA too.</p>
<p>You can apply for the Biochemistry major after you transfer.</p>
<p>The major is nothing special. Bio Sci majors can take all the classes that a biochemistry major can take plus more. The biochemistry major is just forcing you take to take a certain set of classes. </p>
<p>This is different from UCLA because the biochemistry major is apart of the chemistry department and not the biology department. </p>
<p>Oh don’t apply for chemistry if you planning to do Biochemistry and Molecular Biology because they are totally different. One is in the bio department and one is the chemistry for UCI. Chemistry will will be way more math/physics/lab intensive. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology will all bio-type classes. That means a lot of memorize/understand the concept type of classes.</p>
<p>UCI also has a chemistry with concentration in biochemistry. This is different from the biochemistry and molecular biology that the biology department offers. It will be like a chemistry major with the math/physics/lab intensive with some biochemistry thrown it there.</p>
<p>So please note that there are three types of majors
Chemistry
Biochemistry (from chem department)
Biochemistry (bio department)</p>
<p>This goes for other college you are applying to also.</p>
<p>If you enjoyed your chemistry classes then go with chemistry/biochemistry in the chem department.</p>
<p>If you enjoyed biology classes then go with biochemistry in the bio department.</p>