Official UC Berkeley 2015 Transfer Thread

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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Yeah, @music1990‌ it’s nice to have some people in the same boat.

@soda4schrodinger‌ The whole thing with Nepolitano and Brown is extremely scary, and not just from the tuition aspect. They want to increase out of state admits, which mean they would decrease in state admits. So our chances are going down. So frusturating.

Ugh, I’m just feeling so worried. Here are some of my stats since others shared:
History major
3.8 transfer GPA
Volunteered as a tutor for six months and at my church in child care
Work part time
Personal essays were solid: explained why I changed my major to history last year and a little about challenges I have faced.

My fear is two things:
I don’t have one of my electives that they required for transfer. I took the wrong course, and though it is transferable, it’s not listed on the assist page as a qualifying elective.
Also, I changed my major just last year, so I’m hoping they don’t hold it against me.

Any other history majors?

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@SWEEP1989 What do you mean by “one of your electives?” are you referring to IGETC courses (like biological science, humanities, etc.)?

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@motivate14‌ no, one of my major electives. My IGETC is complete.

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@SWEEP1989 ohh so as in the classes required for your major? (sorry i am a little confused lol)

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@motivate14 He probably means one of his major prerequisites lol

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My major requires one elective course so I guess you could call it a major prerequisite.

Also, I’m a girl ;:wink:

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Do you by any chance have AP credit that might satisfy it?

Also, what is your major?

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@SWEEP1989‌

Lol I’m sorry, my mistake. I always assume people on here are guys for some reason unless I know otherwise.

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@music1990 Haha, we’re all guilty of this. Classic internet phenomenon where everyone is male until proven otherwise.

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That’s okay! Just wanted to put it out there lol

@luckie1367‌ no I don’t. My major is history.

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Good luck @SWEEP1989! Good luck everyone!

and yeah,Cal can be somewhat unpredictable with admissions. For some, it can be very helpful, and for others, not so much…

@SWEEP1989‌, not having a major pre-req not completed may hurt, but overall, I’d say you have a decent chance at Berkeley. Hope for the best. :slight_smile:

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Does anyone know what GPA we have to maintain this semester?

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It’s usually 3.0, but it might be different for impacted majors, I’m not sure.

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Times of London World Rankings 2015. Berkeley #6 (UCLA #13):

http://dailym.ai/1AgTyUZ

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I’m getting kind of anxious as well! I’ve already heard back from UCSD and will go to UCSD as a back up to UCLA or Cali. However, I’m still anxious to hear back from both Cali and UCLA.

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@hubbahub I don’t know if you have your question answered yet or not, but I applied to Berkeley last year with about 53 ish CC units + AP credits to reach the 60 unit requirement and I was accepted. So don’t worry about where the units are coming from, as long as they reach 60 you should be fine.

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we still have 7 weeks !!! the anxiety is torturing

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@boy561 7 weeks? Decisions for Berkeley comes out on April 24th. We have 5 weeks left!!! So close yet so far

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All you Berkeley hopefuls, here’s the grind you have to look forward to. Straight from the Daily Cal.

http://www.dailycal.org/2015/03/18/we-cant-be-friends-if-you-get-a-2-0/

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@lindyk8‌ I’m pretty sure that’s supposed to be satirical haha.