<p>There’s a lot of anecdotal evidence that floats around College Confidential, but one of the most persistent is that UC to UC transfers have no chance or very little chance of being accepted. To test this theory out, I ran StatFinder to see what the admittance rates were in 2008 of University of California transfers to other University of California schools. Here are the results:</p>
<p>School|UC to UC transfer rate|California Community College transfer rate</p>
<p>University wide: 57.5%/81.7%</p>
<p>UC Berkeley: 19.5%/29.0%
UC Davis: 71.3%/74.6%
UC Irvine: 34.8%/60.5%
UC Los Angeles: 28.0%/38.0%
UC Merced: 55.7%/84.1%
UC Riverside: 69.9%/80.7%
UC San Diego: 61.6%/68.4%
UC Santa Barbara: 70.5%/70.3%
UC Santa Cruz: 72.9%/71.5%</p>
<p>Although this doesn’t tell you the strength of the applicants, it’s clear that many people do have a decent shot at UC to UC transfers. As a matter of fact, the acceptance rate at UCSB and UCSC was higher for UC to UC transfers than community college transfers! For Davis it was fairly close, and many schools did not have as great a difference as you would think from the anecdotal evidence presented on College Confidential.</p>