<p>Hello and congrats to all the new Berkeley admits! So, I hope to transfer to Berkeley myself in a couple of years as a polisci major. </p>
<p>Besides completing pre-reqs and maintaining a high GPA, what did you do that got you into Berkeley ? </p>
<p>You have no idea how much I'd appreciate your advice!</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>3.67 Poli Sci, EC's were pretty poor, I helped at an elementary school afterschool program like once a week (though I may have exaggerated a bit in the application ;)) and I also helped maintain the sporting facilities at the highschool I went too, just basic stuff like mowing lawn, cleaning up trash, building an occasional fence. I wasn't in any clubs, no honors, no TAP. I did have a damn good personal statement though, I think that plays a slightly bigger role than your EC's do. Now that I look at it though I think I was pretty lucky in getting in, you should definitely do more than I did.</p>
<p>congrats trumpet....you mentioned something about TAP....I thought that was just for UCLA, Berkeley has a TAP too??</p>
<p>i dont think so</p>
<p>ECs in my opinion are pretty important. Try to get a leadership position in your students gov.</p>
<p>I was wondering, how much do they look at HS GPA? I have like a 3.8 W, 3.3 UW GPA and I'm afraid it might hold me back.</p>
<p>i dont think they look at HS gpas for transfers</p>
<p>High school GPA is not I repeat is not a factor in UC transfer admissions at all.</p>
<p>They don't look at your high school gpa at all. I came out of high school with about a 2.5 and applied to Cal as a polisci major with a 3.67 from my cc. My ecs were practically nonexistent but I have been working part time since I was 16. I think my essays were pretty good (I don't really know, I was the only person that read my essays). I got in, but it was a reach school for me. I'd say do a few ecs, focus on your gpa and write a killer essay. Make sure you have someone read your essays. I took a big risk not having anyone check mine.</p>
<p>Ohh sorry, yeah TAP is just for UCLA.</p>
<p>yay! no hs GPA! in that case I assume they don't look at SATs either, right? I was less than thrilled to learn that some schools take them into consideration for transfers.</p>
<p>No SATs either. You do have to submit hs transcripts after you're accepted but I'm not really sure why.</p>
<p>i didnt know that.... but now that u mention it, probably for those who took two years of a foreign language??</p>
<p>Well, to transfer they want three years in the same language in high school or a semester of college Spanish. I think. I didn't fulfill it in hs and they still want my transcripts.</p>
<p>bump. </p>
<p>anyone else with advice??</p>
<p>If you can get involved with the honor society's leadership, I think that is even better than student gov'nt. I'm biased, but I had PTK President on my app and I got into Haas. So, it doesn't hurt.</p>
<p>~3.5, Econ major, Cal Spring admit... but I've always been the exception to the rule. (I managed to get admitted into UCD for Fall '06 with two F's and a D on my transcript.)</p>
<p>My essays were average. I wrote them the day the application was due. Talked about my ambitions of changing the world and how my studies in the field would assist with that goal. (Seriously.)</p>
<p>Academic performance trends upward. I have about nearly ten withdrawals on my transcript and two failed courses (that have since been replaced), but most of that took place when I started out. The past few quarters have been 4.0's.</p>
<p>No, they do not look at your high school transcript or SATs.</p>
<p>Anything else you're curious about?</p>
<p>^this sounds like u have a lota unitss</p>
<p>ok, people who are familiar with Berk transfer admissions, imagine this scenario. </p>
<p>So there is a california community college student applying to be a polisci major at Berkeley. They have completed all of their pre-reqs and have a 3.8+ GPA. They also have some sort of leadership position, and do volunteering stuff. They write some nice essays.</p>
<p>Would you say they can be pretty sure they will get into Berkeley?</p>
<p>Yeah, just be involved in your campus and take all your major requirement classes (as much as you can) before you turn your applications in, or at least in the fall of your applications. I think Berkeley wants to see how well you did in those core classes rather then seeing them "in-progress" in the Spring.</p>
<p>I started my own organization at my CC, so I think that may have helped out a lot. And don't brush off the personal statements. Just keep you GPA within 3.5 - 3.88, and I think you'll be competitive.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>