How hard would it be to transfer from a state school to somewhere like UCLA or Carnegie Mellon?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
1

Just graduated high school, going to go to a state school next year and really want to transfer to UCLA because well it’s UCLA and it’s one of the rather few colleges that offers the degree I want. I plan on working hard in university next year. I don’t know what else to say. I was pretty lazy in high school and don’t have anything noteworthy to make me stand out. But I’m hoping that next year will be a fresh beginning and I’ll get a chance to redeem myself. What will they be expecting from me as a transfer student in order for me to get accepted?

ACT: 31
SAT: 2050
Race: Asian (if that’ll work against me)
And the school I’m going to is on the east coast.

2

You need 60 semester or 90 quarter units which usually means a Junior level transfer. Are you in- state California resident? If so, why don’t you go to a CCC and use TAP to transfer. If you are coming from OOS, not all classes may transfer so you need to check with a transfer advisor at each school to see which courses will map correctly for the UCLA course requirements prior to transfer.

3

I agree with Gumbymom, if you rally want UCLA the best route is CCC and transfer.

4

If you can’t do some basic research on what the requirements are to transfer to UCLA, you’re probably not going to get in.