<p>UCLA has always been my dream school, and I'm thinking about transferring there next year. My GPA will be around a 3.3-3.5 and I haven't been too involved on campus.</p>
<p>I did a lot of stuff in high school but I simply don't know what to get involved in here. What can I do? I don't see the point in joining a random club because all you'll do is sit around during club meetings and talk. It seems pointless. Apart from that I don't really know what to do. I express my interest in sports by playing with friends. I could get a job, but I'm waiting on a significant research position or something instead of being a useless lab manager. </p>
<p>At this point I don't know what to do but I know you have to have a significant resume to transfer.</p>
<p>What did all of you do and what do you recommend? Also, what do I need to do to raise my chances?</p>
<p>My major is biochemistry. I'll definitely be trying hard to get my GPA up but do most transfers not have too many EC's? It's the first year of college and it's difficult for me to get involved in too many things.</p>
<p>Thanks for the info. What kind of things should I do to "get involved"? I know I should be doing things I enjoy, but I already do that without having to join a club for it.</p>
<p>Any recommendations? Pretty much all I've done so far is play a lot of table tennis, I'm part of the club and I won the school doubles championship..</p>
<p>Well like in high school, sometimes you have to suck it up and do something you do not enjoy. Just join something you can tolerate and maybe have a knack for, it's all about padding your sheet. In the end just think of it as something you are doing to get to your ultimate goal at UCLA. It would be a shame if you had all the grades and all the right credits and the thing that stopped you from getting in was a lack of EC's. Once you get to LA, you wont have to worry about that stuff. good luck man.</p>
<p>Wouldn't you apply the fall of your JUNIOR year. Don't UC's require that transfers have at least 60 semester/90 quarter units to qualify? If you're taking 15 per quarter, that comes out to completing 90 in about 2 years, which means applying during the fall of JUNIOR year...correct?</p>
<p>No, you definitely apply fall of sophomore year because you are applying as a junior level transfer. Otherwise it would be kind of odd to just transfer and go to a new school for one year. Yes, UC's do reguire a certain amount of units, and for this reason I believe they have an update system throughout your sophomore year so that they know your grades and number of units.</p>
<p>WHOA...I didn't even know. I am an idiot. So you apply fall of sophomore year...complete your sophomore classes, and then keep them updated? So do sophomore grades and EC's get taken into consideration?</p>
<p>I would certainly think so. You should definitely keep up your EC's and grades sophomore year because unlike your senior year of high school, they will count. Also never forget that your second year is important anyways cause it counts for your 4 year degree and for graduate school. So yea if I were in any position to give advice (which im not) I would say to make sure you try as hard during your sophomore year as you did your freshman year, maybe even harder. In any case I wish everyone luck trying to accomplish the same thing as myself, hopefully we'll get what we want.</p>
<p>I am actually not even in college yet, but I have done a lot of research on transferring and I have been reading alot on this board. Basically this is what I know about the transfer process whether it be from CCC to UC or UC to UC:</p>
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<li><p>gotta keep your gpa up as high as possible (if you wanna have a shot at UCLA it should be at least a 3.6 and higher depending on major) And yes from what I have read here on these boards, you DEFINITELY have to keep your grades up through all of your 2nd year as your colleges will ask you for updates.</p></li>
<li><p>gotta have I'd say at least 100 credits by the time you transfer</p></li>
<li><p>gotta have some type of EC's just so they see that you can manage your time well and that you are an outgoing productive person for the college (from what I hear, LA puts great emphasis on EC's). As far as what I plan on doing, I plan on going to either UCI or UCR (havent decided yet) for 2 years and then transfer out to LA as my number one choice. As I understand it there are a ton of "clubs" and organizations on campus one can get involved with. Me personally I hope to get involved with newspaper, student government, and probably some community service, and whatever might interest me (or whatever I think might look good on an application).</p></li>
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<p>Basically, the way I think is that doing some EC's that you might not be completely into isn't a steap price to pay for going to UCLA. Im sure you don't have to have like a ton of EC's, they probably just want to see you excel and be dedicated to the ones you are in. Unfortunately I failed to realize this in my first couple years of high school, and by that time it was too late, so I want to make sure that I dont make the same mistake twice.</p>
<p>I figure to be on this board for a while as I see it as a fantastic resource, so once I register and sort of get into the swing of things at my college I will certainly be glad to share with you what type of EC's I am into. But like I said, EC's are certainly a vital part of transferring especially to the upper level UC's, so just keep an open mind and who knows, Im sure you will find something that interests you. If you would like to see some real life situations, I believe there was a thread on here a while ago that had people who were accepted to LA and Berkeley list their stats (including GPA, and EC's). I will try to find it for you and post a link here, but in the meantime, as usual good luck.</p>
<p>Hey Megathunder, I remember you from the UC Davis forum when we first got in...but now I'm trying to transfer like you too. Good luck on your apps next year.</p>
<p>I also found something interesting on one of the previously suggested sites:</p>
<p>"Lastly, we give highest priority to students who are transferring from California community colleges or other University of California campuses."</p>
<p>Does this mean community colleges do not have priority over other UC-Campuses?</p>