<p>EC’s:
-LOADS of tutoring: job as a paid math tutor (Introductory Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Vector Calculus); some unpaid Math/Biology/General Chemistry tutoring
-Tutor in various subjects (math, biology, chemistry, history) for underprivileged middle school/high school students for a college program called Reality Changers.
-Paid internship at a Bioinformatics/Chemoinformatics company since May, very relevant to both the fields of Applied Mathematics and of Developmental Biology
-Currently doing a Sophomore Honors research project on the neurobiology of fruit flies and the effectiveness of male fly pheromone in the absence of all other sensory stimuli.
-Active member of Bioscholars Honors Society at my school, which is invite only.
-Active member of Habitat for Humanity. Nearly 100 hours of community service completed.
-Active member of AMSA, pre-med club. 30-40 Hours of community service completed.</p>
<p>Pre-req’s:
-All Lower Division GE’s will be complete by spring, satisfying the UC Reciprocity agreement.
-ALL UCB major pre-req’s will be done by spring, and most UCLA major req’s will be done by spring</p>
<p>Essays:
Major Essay: Will talk about how I intend to do an Applied Mathematics/Molecular Biology double major at whichever school I get into. This is my way of reconciling my passions for both qualitative and quantitative sciences. Will mostly reference my paid internship due to its relevance to both majors, and maybe even my research project, although it only started a month ago.
Quality/Experience Essay: Will talk about how tutoring with Reality Changers has made me a better person/given me a new outlook on things. Being able to teach people in positions not as fortunate as myself about some of the things I am really passionate about has been to me one of the most rewarding experiences of my college experience thus far.</p>
<p>Pros: My GPA is good in my opinion, and I feel that my extra curriculars are solid, relevant to my majors, and display quite clearly what I am passionate in.
Cons: UC-to-UC transfers suck.</p>
<p>Do you guys think two w’s will hurt me? None of them relate to the major that I am applying for, and for one of the classes I had a high grade but I dropped it because it was a full online class, something I was not accustomed to. Should I explain it in the additional comments section? </p>
<p>These are my stats:
I am transferring from an out of state 4 year private, but I am a California Resident.
Double Major in History and Business - applying as a history major to UCB, UCLA, and UCSD. Applying as a junior transfer , will have 95 credits after my winter quarter. </p>
<p>Stats: Overall GPA- 3.8 , Major (s) GPA - 4.0
Pre- Reqs will be done by Winter Quarter </p>
<p>EC’s -
Independent Research
Fundraising Chair for SigEp- raised 40,000 for children’s cancer research
Biddle Law Society
Club Soccer
Phi Alpha Theta- Honors Society
Research Assistant/ Intern- UPenn ( I go to Drexel)
Business Intern at STS
LIFT- nonprofit community service
Rotary Club- I go to a third world nation each year and do service
Paid Work - Accountant at a small business in California, I do it while I am away at school as well </p>
<p>Honors Awards
Balanced Man Scholarship , Deans Scholarship , Congressional Nomination, Deans List, New Member of the Year for Sig EP, Rotary Scholar, AP Scholar , IB Diploma Recipient, Wellsgate Scholar. </p>
<p>Others: African / Indian , First generation college, first generation american </p>
<p>Pitfalls: not enrolled in campus wide honors program</p>
<p>Applying from:UC Riverside
Applying to: UC Davis, UC Irvine
GPA:3.04
Major:Economics
Hello, i am in a unique situation, i went 2 years to cc and was accepted to Davis, Riverside, Santa Cruz, and waitlisted to Irvine (eventually denied), i just transferred this fall to Riverside and miss NorCal so i wanted to transfer to Davis since it close to home and wanted to know my chance, will they look at me as a uc to uc transfer even though i spent 2 years at cc before joining Riverside, and since i got accepted to Davis last time, do i have a good shot again? Thanks.</p>
<p>UC to UC Transfer
Applying from: UC Davis
Applying to: UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCR, UCSB
GPA: 3.76
Major: Chemical Engineer
Pre-Reqs will be done
No Recprocity</p>
<p>UC to CC to UC Transfer
Applying from: UC Santa Cruz -> Irvine Valley College
Applying to: UCLA, UCSD, Cal
GPA: 3.83
Major: Business Economics/Economics/Economics
Pre-Reqs: Econ 1: A+
Econ 2: A
Accounting 1A: A+
Accounting 1B: A+
Calculus 1: A
Calculus 2: in progress, but struggling
Calculus 3: to be taken
TAP: Yes
TAG: Yes, to UCSD
Extracurricular activities: Not much other then work in college. A bunch in high school though.</p>
<p>Applying from: CCC
Applying to: UCLA, UCB, UCSB, UCI
GPA: 4.0 (major and overall)
Major: English
Prereqs: all will be complete by Spring '13 (one left for spring)
TAP: Yes
TAG: To UCSB
ECs: newsletter editor and writer for a club, some volunteer work (tutoring reading to kids, helping at a food bank).
Won an award for academic excellence from my CC.</p>
<p>uc to uc
international student
computer science major
3.5 gpa, upward trending
by spring quarter all major lower division requirement will be done
3/4 of GE education requirement will be done
apply to: ucb, ucla, ucsd, uci, ucd, ucsb, and usc maybe?
what is my chance? XD</p>
<p>I’m actually on the border-line on applying or not… The reason being is because transferring just sparked up on me and for that reason I did not start my UC essays. I don’t want to waste my time working hours on them because of my criteria… </p>
<p>I am a sophomore at SJSU right now (CSU) and know that CSU to UC transfers get low priority… Which is the biggest reason why I’m borderline</p>
<p>My GPA is great (4.00) and I meet almost all the pre-reqs (Missing just one)
However, my extra-curriculars are weak because I wasn’t really involved in school. I’m only in one club and only worked one summer as a tutor.</p>
<p>Any help/advice/facts is greatly appreciated!! </p>
<p>Someone please chance me!
Applying from: CCC
Applying to: UCLA, UCI
Major: Psychology
GPA: 3.8 (by the end of this semester)
Major GPA: 4.0 (only took two classes for my major though because I had AP scores to fulfill my other prereqs)
Major Prereqs: Done
IGETC: Done
TAP: Yes
TAG: No
ECs: Part-time job, weekly volunteer job at Lanterman Developmental Center, Honors program (yeah I don’t have many ECs :/)
Personal Statement: Working on it…I’ve had pretty bad situations in the past though (mom died of cancer few years ago and dad is out of a job. plus I dropped out of UCSB because of financial issues)
I’m just scared that my GPA isn’t good enough for Psych but hopefully TAP will help me get in?</p>
<p>Looks like I’m in a long line… but if anyone can, please chance my statistics! :)</p>
<p>UC to UC transfer!</p>
<p>GPA: Expecting 3.1 by the end of Fall Quarter
Major GPA: Expecting 3.4 (good chance 3.5) by the end of Fall Quarter
GEs Completed: Almost all.
Prereqs Done: Hopefully finished by Winter (definitely by Spring)
Major: Pre-business
Transferring from: UC Riverside
Applying to: UC Irvine - Pre-business
ECs: Recent part time job as assistant manager at Medusa Lounge in LA. Another job at a start up company called “Forked” in LA. Internship for Gilead in the resource management department several years back. President of hometown’s longboard & skate association & sponsored rider.
Number of units completed: 65 Quarter Units</p>
<p>Also, I’m confident in my essays. In the first essay I discussed my major and tied in my work experience. In the second I used my experience leading the longboard community and my own self-discovery, etc etc.</p>
<p>Can anyone give their opinion on what my outlook should be? My academics definitely are not as strong as I would’ve hoped, but I’ve been working for several years behind it all, so I’m hoping my essays and EC’s can help back myself up.</p>
<p>@ stevololpb18: You would be considered a UC-to-UC transfer. Since Riverside is the last school you attended. I had friends who went to UCSB, hated it, than went back to ccc and transferred to another UC. Your GPA is a low at the moment but just make sure to boost it up. Remember that 4yr-to-4yr have low priority when transferring and econ is impacted at all campuses so your GPA needs to be even more competitive than ccc applicants. It probably would have made more sense for you to hold off on transfer until this year and transferred from ccc. You’ve already been through the transfer process so it shouldn’t be too hard for you this time around. </p>
<p>My brother got accepted into UCSD right out of high school but got denied to UCLA. He really wanted to go to UCLA so he decided to go to ccc for 2 years and transfer. He got accepted and transferred to UCLA in 2011 but got denied from UCSD this time. So if you get accepted the first time, there is no guarantee the second time around.</p>
<p>@ JulianLee93: My input on stevololpb18’s situation goes for you too. Business is one of the most impacted majors for transfers and you are going to have to be even more competitive as a UC-to-UC transfer. Are you applying to UCLA or CAL? Than you can bank on your Personal Statements since UCLA and CAL are the only 2 UC’s that take your PS into consideration when reviewing your application. Even though your gpa is even lower by UCLA and Cal’s standards, at least your PS’s will give you application a bit more weight.</p>
<p>@ bhargav21: Hey I think you have a great chance and you should definitely apply if its what you want, especially with a 4.0 gpa. The only concern that I can think of is whether CSU classes transfer as smoothly to UC’s as CCC classes do.</p>
<p>@ Everyone else with a 3.7+ gpa…Based on last year, you all have a great chance and I wouldn’t worry too much. You all have a solid gpa and it now just depends on your EC and PS to push you ahead of similar competition. The only Kryptonite to a 3.7+ gpa is if you have your college math or English requirement In-progress during the Spring semester before transfer. Last year there were applicants that had 3.8+ gpa that got denied because they had math or English IP during the Spring. The UCs don’t know if you are going to pass the class and it probably just looks bad that you waited so long to take the basic math/English requirement. I hope this doesn’t apply to anyone but if anyone may be in that situation, take the math/English requirement ASAP. The major pre-reqs are not as important as igetc. It will not kill you to not have all prereqs done. </p>
<p>Major: Political Science
Alternate major: Philosophy</p>
<p>Overall GPA: 3.91
Major GPA: 4.0
EC’s: part-time job at a tutoring center, teaching high school kids. weekly volunteer work at church.
Pre-req’s: done
IGETC: done
TAP: UCLA TAP through SMC scholars program</p>
<p>What are my chances… Not that great but here it goes: </p>
<p>Applying to: San Jose State, SF State, CSU East Bay, UCB, UCSC, UC Davis, Santa Clara, University of San Francisco, and Mills College
GPA: 3.02
Major: Sociology (minoring in education)
all major prereqs and IGETC will be completed. </p>
<p>EC:
ICC rep of Black Student Union
Former board member (Secretary) of Muslim Students Association at CCC
board member of Qabeelah Haadi Youth of Al Maghrib Institute ( an institute that offers Islamic science classes)
Volunteered about 100 hours at my local library
Former active member and board member of Key Club International
Was a Teacher Aide for a 2nd grade class.
I currently Tutor at-risk youth to be successful in language arts and mathematics and be prepared for the state standardized exams and CAHSEE
I was also part of my high school honor society…
I played Badminton in high school…</p>
<p>My GPA is low cuz I struggled with Generalized Anxiety Disorder ( Now I take meds) throughout my first year and half at my CCC, and I even took time off…</p>
<p>@iDizzle
Thank you for your response! Just to clear a thing or two up, I’m trying to transfer from UCR to UCI. Does this mean that the prompts play little to no role?
Also, do you know how much ECs way in as well? Although I don’t want to place blame on my work for my meager GPA, it did undoubtedly have some effect on it (I worked part time, 20 hours a week, Mon-Sat during school while maintaining 14-16 units per quarter).
This includes over summer where I took classes @ UCLA (reason being because I had gotten that job as assistant manager at the Medusa Lounge).</p>