<p>I just want to sincerely wish all the UC applicants good luck in getting into the school of their choice. Has anyone else been worrying about it already--even though it hasn't even been four weeks since applying?</p>
<p>Yeah I am worrying. I think UCs (exluding UCB and UCLA) overhype the competition for transfer. But that's just my opinion.</p>
<p>Yeah--I have noticed that--Santa Barbara for instance.</p>
<p>i am more worried about my final grades b/c these are the things that i can control somewhat. don't worry about things that can't control.</p>
<p>Before I came to this forum, I would spend a good portion of my day calculating and evaluating my chances to transfer in my head while waiting anxiously for a response from some slow-responding UC counselor.</p>
<p>I am worried about my Fall grades. Yikes. I think it could make me or break me. Ugh, what to do? I really think I am borderline here with my expected GPA + essays. I do not know what to think at this moment. I am just going to pray that my dream comes true.</p>
<p>What's your stats and where are you hoping to get into?</p>
<p>Let me see if I can answer for her! UCLA--poli sci--and her gpa is like a 3.5 (she should realize she has a really good chance).</p>
<p>Guys don't start worrying yet, there will be pleanty of time in March/April for that. 3.5 for Poli Sci here is a little below average I believe, but still a very strong. I'm a History major, so I know more about that one, I'm working on a minor in Poli Sci, but not sure of the department requirments for much more then that.</p>
<p>gabe, u're way off b/c it's a he lol.</p>
<p>Sorry, he she, whatever. Allena, the average GPA of admits into poli sci was 3.54 for Fall 2005.</p>
<p>Really 3.54? I always thought it was a bit higher. Hey you live you learn!</p>
<p>For Fall 2004 it was 3.61. It's obvious that someone with a 3.5 is in the ballpark.</p>
<p>Yeah like I said I was (still am) a History major. I know that department much better.</p>
<p>I have a 3.7. And like highschoolda said, I am a he. haha.</p>
<p>Haaa wow. You seriously need to stop complaning dude; it's (1) illogical and (2) plain mean (for those who really are in dire straits). And is that before or after this semester?</p>
<p>ah....the waiting period. hahah reading this thread brings back so many memories of those days I'd get butterflies in my stomach just thinking of april 29, when i get to open up that letter from berkeley....and then the last week before arrival...talk about nervous!! hahah</p>
<p>congrats you all!</p>
<p>You also suck then Cal_girl since you had a 4.0--real scary! hah.</p>
<p>just kidding</p>
<p>haha but i knew people with 4.0's and qualified who got rejected. nothing is definite when applying to schools--never know what the committee is thinking, and it's beyond your control. what major are you</p>
<p>The only thing that is unknown is the applicant pool. What they look at is clear--all of that is elucidated in the guides they have available. So the only thing to have butterflies about is the chance that somehow a huge amount of super qualified students applied.</p>
<p>Obviously if someone had a 4.0 but got rejected, they weren't qualified. There are no ghosts in the process. And a 4.0 for either UCLA or Berkeley is always going to be at the top of the applicant pool--so if the 4.0 student really is qualified (completed IGETC, 60 credits, major prereqs, etc.) they WILL get in. I haven't seen one case where a person who was actually qualified was rejected; that's not the nature of admissions. (And a 4.0 student with only a few extra-curriculars need not be worried considering academic factors make up the first tier within comprehensive review.)</p>
<p>I'm a philosophy major.</p>