I got rejected from all my UC’s except UCR & UCSC which were technically my “safety” schools. I want to major in Economics. How difficult is it to transfer in 2 years? And if accepted Economic majors could please list their transfer GPA, it’ll be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
If you’re starting at a CC, you can use TAG to guarantee a transfer. https://tag.ucdavis.edu/students/faq.cfm
Yeah, but how hard is it to keep a 3.2?
I would think it would be a bit easier to maintain a GPA of 3.2 at a CCC than possibly at UCR or UCSC. Plus if you look at the transfer GPA’s for many of the non-tagged applicants, they are higher than 3.2.
@Gumbymom Thanks for the response. Oh yeah I know, but 3.2 gpa is all that’s needed to TAG. So I’m wondering how hard is it to actually keep a 3.2 gpa? I heard economics is one of the easiest majors to transfer. Also, I don’t have poor work ethic. I can for sure sit down and study for more than 4 hours a day if needed.
My friends who go to CSU/CC and had a sub 3.0 GPA in HS all have 3.8+ GPAs in CSU/CC; you’ll be fine.
If you’re talking about transferring from UC to UC then it’s a slightly different process. There is no TAG for intra UC transferring. Having a 3.0+ GPA as an Econ major at UCSC/UCR shouldn’t be too hard if you put in the time.
@Onikage34 Thanks for the reply and the confidence booster! I’m like really nervous that I won’t be able to transfer haha. I had a 3.6 in high school :/, but I think I can keep atleast a 3.2 right? Could you maybe tell me which CC they go to and what their major is? I heard the curriculum varies from CC to CC. Thanks!
Also, if anyone could help me decide, I’m close to De Anza and ohlone. Ohlone is 14 minutes away and De Anza is 22 minutes away. Which one should I choose? I’m assuming De Anza because it has like a 70.2% chance of transferring? Please give me your thoughts!
Either school is fine, many students take courses at more than one CC.
With a little schedule planning and some hard work, a student who earned a 3.6 in high school should be capable of a 3.2 in college. There are very different distractions, (including just 15 hours of class time in your typical week) in college. You are really accountable only to yourself…space out your challenging/time consuming courses.
@NCalRent Thanks for the response, but don’t counselors do that for us? Or do we have to make our own schedules based on how much we can handle?
No, in college, there are advisors who you may go to in order to receive help with planning your schedule, but ultimately, you are the one responsible for signing up for your own classes, not your “counseIors.”
Anyone else have any other personal experiences or thought that community college was hard to maintain a 3.2 or above? Please let me know!
I never went to community college and can’t speak from experience there. But really, it’s not hard to maintain at least a 3.2 if you’re scheduling smartly and staying on top of things. When I say scheduling smartly, I mean not piling on a bunch of classes that you know will be very difficult. I know for me personally, the only quarters where I’ve gotten below a 3.3 average were ones where I ended up with 3-4 very hard classes. Even then, I didn’t end up that far below and my overall GPA didn’t dip lower than 3.2.
This is for a computer science/linguistics double major. And for what it’s worth, it was a lot easier to get high grades in my linguistics classes than my CS classes. Keeping at least a 3.2 still isn’t overly difficult though, especially because I got good at balancing my schedules junior and senior year.
EDIT: With regards to Ohlone vs De Anza, both are good schools and you can’t go wrong with either. But De Anza is on quarters while Ohlone is on semesters, and being on quarters to begin with would help you with your transition to UCD (or any other UC on quarters).
@PhantomVirgo Thanks for the response. Yeah I’m going to probably do that with my advisors/counselors. I’m just worried about keeping a 3.2 in economics to TAG to UCSB lol. I’m hearing it’s easy so far… I really hope I do manage to keep a 3.2. What do you think of going to both ohlone and de Anza? Would that be hard or something?
My personal experience with CC advisers over the years has been mixed. Some are really outstanding and others aren’t. Don’t rely on them to do the thinking for you. Figuring out pre-reqs and course sequencing can be a challenge. Use the TAG planning tools, visit a counselor at your target UC, talk to your peers, take advantage of tools like rate my professor to balance your workload semester to semester.
Lots of students struggle with this transition but, it is doable. Just look at your CC’s 2 year transfer rate (most are below 30% - which there are a multitude of reasons for but, that is another discussion).
Good luck.
My concern with going to both schools is managing the semesters and the quarters at the same time. I’m sure someone’s done it before and it’s doable, but keeping up with two completely different systems seems like it’s more trouble than it’s worth. Unless you mean taking some quarters at de anza then taking a semester at ohlone or something like that (where you’re not at both schools in the same term), in which case it may be a bit wonky but other than that I don’t see why it’d be a problem.
In addition to what @NCalRent said, utilize assist.org: http://www.assist.org/web-assist/welcome.html. That will let you see what courses transfer to which UCs and CSUs, and what specific requirements they fulfill.