<p>How important is GPA? is it only a function to filter out before they evaluate how good I did for major pre req and requirement courses? how does it work?</p>
<p>I was working full time and studying part time and took 10 classes in 4 years and ended up with 2.6 GPA.</p>
<p>I heard even if I goto another community college and start all over, the UCs will have access to all transcripts from all colleges and use all my transferable grades to calculate the GPA.</p>
<p>I have several Cs that I can not erase or retake. Fortunately they're not any of major academic classes. Just some humanity and art classes.</p>
<p>I can take about 18 classes and Ace most of them I can get around 3.4 at best. That won't be good enough ever for UCLA or other UCs, would it? :(</p>
<p>3.5 if I get an A in everything</p>
<p><a href=“University of California Counselors”>University of California Counselors;
<p>GPA, along with your pre-reqs and your chosen major, is one of the big factors they use when trying to decide on your decision. </p>
<p>A 3.4 is not a bad GPA. You can probably get into the lower and mid-tier UCs with that GPA. It could possibly give you a shot at UCLA but only if your major isn’t non-impacted. You can find the average GPA admitted for fall 2013 at UCLA here</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13.htm”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof13.htm</a></p>
<p>So If I go to another college and meet the requirement, UCLA will still caluclate my GPA based on accumulation of ALL GRADES from ALL colleges, is that correct? :(</p>
<p>“The University uses the grading system of the original college/university in computing and evaluating the GPA of the student for admissions purposes.” Is that mean it’s only calculating GPA of the school applying from or what does it mean exactly?</p>
<p>I think that is in reference to how the school you currently attend deals with + and - grades. Some schools treat a B+ as a 3.3 while others calculate it as a 3.0. Similarly some schools count an A- as a 3.7 while others disregard the minus and count it as a 4. I’m understanding that quote to mean in the evaluation of your grades for admissions purposes, the UC will honor the grading system of your home institution. </p>
<p>UCs consider all UC transferrable classes taken from all the colleges you’ve attended, not just the most recent college.</p>
<p>@CalBruin so that has nothing to do with my question of “If I mess up a little bit, can I start all over at another community college” :(</p>
<p>But the colleges will see what grades you got in what classes, so if you’re going into a technical major having low grades in arts and humanities won’t matter as much as getting good grades in math and science.</p>
<p>Well I wish to go for business/Econ type of major.</p>
<p>“The role of the GPA in depends on the major. For
applicants to Nursing and Engineering, as well as
all majors in the College of Letters and Science,
both the overall UC-transferable GPA and the
GPA for the courses required for major
preparation are considered in the selection
process. For applicants to the School of the Arts
and Architecture and the School of Theater, Film
and Television, only the overall UC- transferable
GPA is considered.” Is the answer from the link above thanks to @smltk1505h</p>
<p>Overall GPA and GPA for courses required for major. Not sure if “all transferrable credit” as in school I’m transferring from or all classes from all schools. I pray to God that it is only from the school I’m transferring from but I think it’s all classes from all schools that are counted for GPA calculation. ughhhh or correct me if I’m wrong(I’m hoping I’m wrong) (Sent an email to UCLA admissions on how they calculate GPA 
waiting for answers, hopefully early morning tomorrow)</p>
<p>You can’t start completely over, but you can get the Ds and Fs taken out of your GPA through Academic Renewal. I wouldn’t worry about the Cs because there is probably nothing you can do about them, although some colleges remove all grades from your GPA, if they occurred during a term in which you got a D or F. Also, it sounds like you have the making of a pretty good personal statement. If you talk about how you had to support your family, but now are free to follow your passion, they may overlook the Cs from the past. A few UCs always accept a few students who may not have the GPA of other accepted students, but have a good story. I wouldn’t give up.</p>
<p>It’s taking into consideration every school you have been to and the grades you have received throughout your academic career. Transferable credit refers to specific classes that a UC will accept. Certain classes at CC (such as remedial, or vocational, and others) do not transfer to UC. If you’ve taken these kinds of classes, the UC will not use them to calculate your GPA</p>
<p>If I get it up to 3.4 to 3.5 range(which means I’ll have to get 80% + of As and less than 20% Bs in 20 courses). With the personal statement, do I have a shot at UCLA or is it still a long shot?</p>
<p>I haven’t taken any major pre req courses, just art and humanities how competitive is UCLA biz/econ?</p>
<p>nvm it’ll be a super long shot. avg apply GPA 3.48, avg admit GPA 3.93 lol wow.</p>
<p>Yeah, unfortunately business/economics always tends to be pretty competitive.</p>
<p>Well I have a lot of passion on philosophy and poltiics. Philosophy and political science seems a little less competitive in terms of admissions. Philosophy is not even ranked on usnews.com and political science is #10 in terms of national public schools. But will I be able to get jobs with those? ugh… this sucks!</p>
<p>Once I get to UCLA, will I be able to change my majors or is that not possible?</p>
<p>It depends on the major and your coursework/preparation.</p>
<p>“A: Any major changes at this point have to be discussed with a counselor once you arrive at UCLA. In most cases the decision to change your major is dependent on a variety of factors, such as whether you have taken the preparation courses needed for that field of study and whether the department you are interested has room available for an additional student. You will have the opportunity to discuss your situation with a counselor at New Student Orientation. You can also contact the department you wish to transfer to directly.”
Source: <a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/newbruins/tr_after.htm”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/newbruins/tr_after.htm</a></p>
<p>However, like I said, the probability of being able to change your major really depends on the major. With Business Economics, it will not likely be possible:</p>
<p>“After transfer to UCLA, students may not change their major to Business
Economics if they were originally admitted to a major outside the Department of
Economics”
Source; assist.org</p>