<p>re: Community Colleges, yes, all the UCs save Berkeley and UCLA have <em>guaranteed</em> transfer agreements with community colleges. There are some requirements but they are quite attainable.</p>
<p>I used to live in NE Orange County (which isn’t that far from UCR). </p>
<p>If you have a car at UCR, you will have the ability to go wherever you want on weekends…to the OC beaches, to the Bren Center at UCI for entertainment, to LA for everything, to the mountains for skiing, etc.</p>
<p>College of the Canyons JC (Santa Clarita, CA) has a guaranteed transfer agreement with UCLA, where all you need is a 3.0 GPA and you are in.</p>
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<p>This is false</p>
<p>^ that is indeed false
Berkeley and UCLA do NOT have guaranteed transfer agreements</p>
<p>I find it hard to believe that anyone with a 3.0 GPA is guaranteed into UCLA. If that were true, kids would go one place for the first year, one year to Canyons, and then go to UCLA.</p>
<p>JohnAdams12: The guarantee admission programs (that is, you are guaranteed in if you meet the curriculum and gpa requirements… which I believe is 3.0) exist for several UCs that I know of, including UCSB, UCSD, but NOT UCLA and Berkeley. Here is a link to the JC transfer stats for UCLA for 2009 entering juniors:</p>
<p>[Profile</a> of Admitted Transfer Students by Major, Fall 2009 - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof09_mjr.htm#CE]Profile”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof09_mjr.htm#CE)</p>
<p>You will see there are some majors where the admit rate is under 20%, and the successful applicants had average GPA over 3.7 or 3.8 at their community college.</p>
<p>Admit rates for certain popular majors in School of Letters and Science, and Engineering:</p>
<p>Business Econ: 14%
Communications 9%
Econ: 15%
Econ, Int’l: 9%
Biology: 20%
Marine Biology: 23%</p>
<h2>Sociology: 20%</h2>
<p>Engineering, Chemical: 10%
Comp. Sci: 12%
Aerospace Eng. : 17%</p>
<h2>Comp Sci/Eng: 17%</h2>
<p>School of Architecure: 12%
School of Nursing: 12%
School of Theater/Film/TV: 6%</p>
<p>Check out the GPAs of those admitted… they are generally over 3.7 for all the popular majors.</p>
<p>I meant to edit the above but the time clock expired…</p>
<p>In the link posted, you will find almost 102 majors at UCLA. However, the 12 most popular are designated “impacted”, and are much more competitive in their TRANSFER admissions policies. These 12 impacted majors represent 71% of all transfer applicants to UCLA. The ave. GPA of the admitted transfer applicants into these 12 majors is 3.75.</p>
<pre><code>#app / % admit / GPA
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<li>Business Economics, Pre 1,832 13.76% 3.86</li>
<li>Psychology, Pre 1,267 31.25% 3.7</li>
<li>Political Science, Pre 1,080 40.37% 3.65</li>
<li>Communication Studies 902 9.87% 3.93</li>
<li>Economics, Pre 828 14.61% 3.86</li>
<li>English 756 45.77% 3.64</li>
<li>Biology 756 20.37% 3.65</li>
<li>Sociology, Pre 718 20.75% 3.72</li>
<li>History, Pre 567 44.44% 3.7</li>
<li>Biochemistry 405 46.17% 3.69</li>
<li>Int’l Development Studies 286 17.13% 3.74</li>
<li>Economics/Int’l Area Studies, Pre 261 8.43% 3.85</li>
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<p>Subtotal Impacted Majors:
Transfer Applicants 9,658<br>
Ave. GPA Admitted 3.75</p>
<p>I’m glad that you will have the chance to visit UC Riverside over spring break.
I’m in the “give it a chance” camp.
My friend’s daughter went to UCR as a freshman this year and was fully prepared to hate it. She instead joined a sorority, loves the other kids in her dorm and is happy in her classes. All thoughts of transferring are gone.</p>
<p>^^^</p>
<p>Good to hear. </p>
<p>I hope that before the OP visits UCR, he sends emails to the dept head of his intended major to request a meeting and/or dept tour (This would be in addition to the campus tour.)</p>
<p>Also visit the housing. Does the school have an honors program? If so, arrange to visit that, too.</p>
<p>mom2 – not for incoming freshmen, but for Sophomore year, yes … [UCR</a>, Honors Program- Sophomore Applied Learning Component](<a href=“http://www.honors.ucr.edu/sophomore.htm]UCR”>http://www.honors.ucr.edu/sophomore.htm)</p>
<p>Isn’t there an honors level for incoming freshmen, too? I think the app deadline is quickly approaching…</p>
<p>Q: How can I join the University Honors Program?</p>
<p>A: There are three components of the University Honors Program. Each has a different application procedure:</p>
<pre><code> 1. Lower Division Honors
Students apply on-line to the Lower Division program through this website. The application period is January-April. Only incoming first year students can apply to the Lower Division program. The application deadline is April 15th of a student’s senior year in high school. App link: UCR, Honors Program- Lower Division Application Information
2. Sophomore Honors
Students who did not apply as incoming freshmen, or applied and were not accepted, can apply to the Sophomore Honors Component of the University Honors Program. Applications to Sophomore Honors are accepted during the spring quarter of a student's freshman year at UCR.
3. Upper Division Honors
Juniors and seniors can inquire about the Upper Division Program at the UHP Office.
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<pre><code>**
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<p>Lower Division Honors Program
About the UHP Learning Community**</p>
<p>The University Honors Program (UHP) provides a smaller learning community within the larger University community with which to identify and connect. Our students often refer to UHP as their second family.</p>
<p>The Lower Division University Honors Program encourages well-prepared and highly motivated students to excel in this challenging academic environment by taking an active role in shaping their education. The UHP also stresses the concept of “service-learning,” a crucial element of the program. Students are expected to volunteer in efforts that better the community.</p>
<p>The UHP lower division curriculum provides Honors students with special seminars, projects, and classes designed to introduce them to the challenges and rewards of scholarship and research. Honors courses are small in size, allowing for personal interaction with some of the most enthusiastic and innovative faculty members at UCR.
Admission Process
Lower Division Honors - For Incoming Freshmen</p>
<p>Participation in Lower Division Honors is by application. Only incoming freshmen may apply to the Lower Division Honors Program. The application period is January - April. Students are only admitted to Lower Division Honors prior to the fall quarter of their first year at UCR. (Application)</p>
<p>Participation in Lower Division Honors is by application. Students must have a 3.5 high school GPA as reported on the UC system application to be eligible (no exceptions). Students with an SAT score of 2100 or higher (Math, Verbal, Writing) and 1350 or above (Math and Verbal only) are guaranteed admission. Applications from students with SAT scores below 2100/1350 will be evaluated by the UHP Admission Committee and may be placed on a waiting list.</p>
<p>A competitive candidate will have an excellent high school record of scholarship, leadership and involvement, and community service. Admission to the UHP is very competitive and not all students meeting the 3.5 GPA criteria will be admitted.</p>
<p>on the College of the Canyons/UCLA thingy, it is true.</p>
<p>Checked it out with a current Student/Parent and with UC admiistrators months ago.</p>
<p>by they way, I myself find it very hard to believe</p>
<p>but it is true.</p>
<p>maybe it applies to a certain department at UCLA</p>
<p>JohnAdams12 – I wish your report were correct, but it is not. Check here. half way down the page, fto see the the specific exclusion of UCLA and UC Berkeley (by ommission) from the College of the Canyons Transfer Agreement Guarantee (TAG).</p>
<p>"transfer guarantee agreements with 7 UC campuses: Davis, Irvine, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz "</p>
<p>[University</a> of California](<a href=“http://www.canyons.edu/offices/Counseling/University%20of%20California.asp]University”>http://www.canyons.edu/offices/Counseling/University%20of%20California.asp)
Actually, drilling further down, it appears UCSB not on the TAG program matrix for the 2010 school year … not sure if this is just for COC, or for all JCs, or if it is simply a clerical error.</p>
<p>Be careful not to confuse the Transfer Guarantee Agreement with a program UCLA has set up, which is not guaranteed, called TAP “Transfer Alliance Program”, in which UCLA transfer admissions gives the applicant a slight bonus when applying. However, specific threads on this UCLA program here on CC report that it is irrelevant in applying for impacted majors.</p>
<p><a href=“Understanding UC transfer | UC Admissions”>Understanding UC transfer | UC Admissions;
<p>Wow, **** you for saying UC riverside is not a good school. Man, you people make me mad because I go there and it feels shameful that people say this.</p>
<p>I live in Ca. and I would go to Santa Barbara City College and transfer to a UC. If you have a choice to live in Riverside or Santa Barbara, it would be an easy decision for me.</p>