<p>Good evening everyone,</p>
<p>I had a few questions regarding my eligibility to transfer to a UC.
So I had originally atteneded CSUN from Fall 09-Fall 10 as an Information Systems Major.
I unfortunately did not take it so seriously, and ended up with a 1.52 gpa
Which then made me academically disqulified.</p>
<p>I then took the spring semester of 2011 off, and attended a local CCC in the fall of 2011.
I have then switched my major from Information Systems to Psychology.
I now am in my 3rd semester with 31 units under my belt, planning on to complete my 60units by spring 2013. As the application date for UC's approach closer, and the TAG application has opened up, I have a few questions which need to be addressed.</p>
<p>My current GPA at my CCC is a 3.0
But my GPA from my CSU was a 1.52
My overall GPA then became a 2.26</p>
<p>I know for UCR's tag it is required to have a 3.0, but I was reading that the UC will take my overall GPA rather than my current at the CCC. I have no idea if I should just not even bother applying for tag, or if i should just apply to the UC's in November without it? I'm wondering if I even have a chance at all getting into any UC. I was planning on applying to UCI, UCR, and UCSB. I have also read that some CSU classes are not transferrable to a UC, so I'm assuming some of these classes may be dropped from my overall GPA? Any help would be grately appreciated, thanks.</p>
<p>Have you repeated all your failed grades from your CSU with an equivalent class? I would assume that most of them will be deemed UC transferable and therefore must be repeated with a passing grade. UC do not accept transfers who have have failed grades that have not been repeated.</p>
<p>^Right, if you’re trying to use any of those 1st year CSUN classes to meet IGETC or Major prerequisites, then they all must be grade “C” or better to apply to UC. For CSUGE, only a few specific areas require you to have a “C” or better. Any required courses, IGETC, Major or transferrable elective fillers to reach the required 60 sem (90 qtr) units, will need to be repeated for a passing grade.</p>
<p>Basically, if it’s transferrable to UC, it needs to be a passing grade.</p>
<p>you should repeat the csu failed courses at your cc and that should raise your overall gpa. As long as you have a 3.2 or higher you’re in most of the UCs</p>
<p>Are you guys sure that an F in a UC-transferable course that hasn’t been repeated is grounds for automatic denial? A GPA can still be quite competitive, even with a F on a transcript. </p>
<p>In my case, I failed a Business Calculus course and then repreated it at a different community college (in a different district because I moved). I know for a fact that it’s the equivalent course to the failed course when it comes to UCSB and UCD, but I’m not sure about the others. I always assumed that as long as both courses are of the same content then the UCs will take the passing grade.</p>
<p>Your CCC GPA is probably good enough for UCR but they will probably also want some evidence that if you were to return to a four year University you would not have another 1.52 GPA and have to dismissed from UCR as well.</p>
<p>Hey guys I really appreciate all the feedback I have gotten since creating my problem thread! You guys are all fantastic and have shed a lot of light on my situation. So after reading the responses I got a couple of things to ask.</p>
<p>1) Will the UC’s look at my CCC GPA alone? or will they look at my combined GPA? Since my combine gpa at 2.26 is so low, does this completely deny my admission? Reggarding my classes with a C or lower, at CSUN I received: 1 F, 2 Ds, and 1 C- Since UC’s do not accept grades of a C or lower, does this mean they will completely disregard these classes? I have retaken 1 D and recieved a B in the class. Will they average out the 2 grades? Or will they replace the lower grade with the higher grade? I will end up retaking the F for sure, but the other class I received a D in and a C- do not have a class offered at my CCC that can replace it.</p>
<p>2) At the end of spring 13 I will have already achieved my 60 units for transfer. What will happen to the other 30 units that I took at a Cal State? I did not plan on using any of the grades that I have received at CSUN for my transfer.</p>
<p>3) Is there a way I can see if my CSU classes are UC transferable? And should I try tagging UCR? Or just apply in November without TAG? Just somewhat confused since my GPA at my CCC is 3.0 which meets the requirement for UCR but my overall GPA (which includes my GPA from CSUN and my CCC combined) is a 2.26 and does not meet the UCR’s TAG. </p>
<p>I’m really nervous that I’ll end up having a 0% chance at being able to transfer to a UC. Once again thank you for all the input and help, it is well appreciated.</p>
<p>Also one last thing, can I TAG UCR and also apply in October/November without TAG to UCR just in case I don’t get in?</p>
<p>^They will use your combined GPA for all classes that are deemed UC transferable. You must repeat ALL of your failed grades with an equivalent class, or you will not be accepted, period. You don’t meet the TAG GPA for any schools at the moment. Once again, you must repeat those failed classes.</p>
<p>OP, Unlike CSUs which simply accept or reject applicants based on the GPA and SAT data that are fed into the computer which decides, UCs take a “holistic” approach to admissions and have more discretion on what they will consider to base their decision on. It is possible that they will ignore your record at CSUN and just base their decision on your CCC GPA, although academic dismissal from a university is serious and not easily overlooked. However a 3.0 GPA is on the very low end of what CCC students planning to transfer to a UC can have and have a realistic chance of acceptance. UCR and UCM are probably the only two UCs that would seriously consider an applicant with a CCC GPA of 3.0.</p>
<p>You said that your academic dismissal from CSUN was the result of “not taking it seriously” which is something you should absolutely not tell UCR. UCR is also well aware that a student can easily achieve a 3.0 GPA at many CCCs without “taking it seriously”. UCR is aware of its standing in the California higher education heirarachy and know they have to often settle for the applicants that are left after the seven other higher ranked UCs and some of the top CSUs like Cal Poly SLO have filled their classes. Just because they choose from the applicant pool they have rather than the one they wish they had does not mean they like it.</p>
<p>UCR has worked hard to improve their status and is no longer the referral school among the UCs. After years of being looked down on, UCR is a school that desperately wants to be taken seriously, especially by its students. For you to be admitted to UCR you are going to have to convince them that if accepted you will take UCR more seriously than you have taken any other thing in your life.</p>