How hard is it to transfer from MIT to Berkeley in California. How difficult is it to get that going.
Are you a CA resident?
Why Berkeley? What does it offer that you cannot get where you are now?
UC Berkeley has strict requirements for transfer applicants in terms of the number of credits you need to complete, and in which subjects, for you to apply. Just make sure you’ll have fulfilled all that: https://admissions.berkeley.edu/transfer-requirements
Berkeley gives preference in admissions to graduates of California community colleges, ahead of people from other four year schools.
Those things aside, if your grades at MIT are good, and you’ve completed the coursework needed by Berkeley, you’ll have a shot, so long as you have a good reason for transferring to Berkeley - they do weigh that.
Are you a California resident?
Why do you want to leave MIT?
(You’d have to prove that they can’t provide you what you want/need for your education and when were talking MIT it’s a high bar).
UCs only allow you to apply in November of your Sophomore year.
UCs take transfers at the junior level (60 semester units by the time of transfer; this appears to be equivalent to 180 MIT units). You are also expected to be ready to enter a major (with frosh/soph course work completed as much as possible) with some general education completed. College GPA is very important in UC transfer admission; see https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major .
Looks like from your other posts that you come from a lower to lower-middle income family, and therefore need substantial financial aid. If you are not a California resident, you will not get any financial aid at UCB, unless you get a super-reach Regent’s scholarship.
Why do you want to transfer?
I understand that MIT is academically tough. However, Berkeley is not exactly a walk in the park either. If you were accepted to MIT, that means that they are confident that with sufficient effort you can do it.
Well, as a proud Cal alum, I think you should still think long and hard about leaving MIT, unless there is a dire situation we don’t know. MIT is on a level all its own.