<p>If I want to try to transfer to top schools like Stanford or Berkeley, what GPA should I reach for?</p>
<p>BTW, I currently go to UCLA.</p>
<p>1000.0 Gpa</p>
<p>Let me rephrase this. What's an ideal and realistic target I should aim for? Obviously, it's not as easy for me to attain a 4.0 at ucla than some community college..</p>
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read this. Above a 3.5 is considered the "magic number" GPA wise.</p>
<p>youre going to need higher than a 3.5 to have a solid shot. 3.5 is pretty much the number that puts you in consideration. aim for more like a 3.7+ if you can.</p>
<p>I understand the magic number 3.5 and everything but mines a 3.47 (not knowing if this semester will boost it up or down, could go either way depending on finals)...... But of course 3.47 is not a 3.5.... so am I not even considered or do they round up or something????</p>
<p>of course im not trying for standford but I am trying for 2 schools in the top 25</p>
<p>more than likely depends on the caliber of your current school</p>
<p>3.47 is good for UMich and probably USC. UCLA will be hard if you are out of state.</p>
<p>He already goes to UCLA. I can't speak for other schools but for Berkeley the GPA you need really depends on which department in the school you are applying for. And also to transfer within the UC system you will need a good reason as to why you want to transfer to Berkeley. A simple I want to transfer to Berkeley because I think it is a better school than UCLA will not really cut it. One of the best reasons to transfer between UC schools is that the school does not offer the program you want to major in. What major are you?</p>
<p>I dont go to UCLA, S01 does, and I have no idea if his GPA is 3.47.... I was just putting in my concern lol</p>
<p>Sorry for the confusion, I was talking about the original poster.</p>
<p>I currently attend UCLA. </p>
<p>I want to transfer to Stanford or Berkeley.
Realistically, I think I'll be ending up with a 3.61 by the time apply for these schools. Would the adcoms even consider me w/ this GPA?</p>
<p>i'm sure they would consider you...a 3.6 is still a good gpa and ucla is a good school. although stanford might be out of the picture (since they accept like 1% of transfers)...but berkeley might be possible depending on your other stats.</p>
<p>I think Stanford is a crapshoot no matter what your GPA is... I would imagine you would need a 4.0 or a really impressive hook. Berkeley depends on your major. If you apply for an impacted major, I believe the average GPA is a 3.8+.</p>
<p>This question seems to come up often. To be honest, the higher your GPA the better. It is best if you have a 4.0, but not necessary to be accepted, although it does help.</p>
<p>Having a 4.0 helps, but still does not guarantee acceptance.</p>
<p>I disagree with the above posts.</p>
<p>I think having a 4.0 might actually slightly work against you in that it may show that your courses are perhaps not too challenging or simply easy. </p>
<p>I would guess that having a 3.8~3.96 range would look better.</p>
<p>I don't have any theories to back this up, but it just looks better.
Again, I know many of you hard working CCers will disagree, and I have no objection to your disagreement.</p>
<p>SexyKoreanGirl-</p>
<p>Not to bash on you, but your logic makes no sense to me. Admission committees from top schools look for top applicants. Obviously a 4.0 is higher than a 3.9. A student with a higher GPA with similar ECA of a student with a lower GPA will have a higher chance of getting in. </p>
<p>Why would admission committee accept the second best alternative?</p>
<p>That said, I welcome ANYONE who'll apply for transfer to the same university that I am to lower their GPA under the notion that "the second alternative is the best alternative".</p>