<p>I am currently attending University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with GPA of 3.87 in chemical engineering. Is it possible to get into UCB, UCLA, or UCSD from OOS 4 year university. Btw, I am a Californian.</p>
<p>By Californian do you mean you have actual residency in California? I believe you need to have lived in California for a year to claim residency but I am not 100% sure. Transfer from OOS 4 year into the UCs, especially into an impacted major, is extremely difficult. Possible yes, likely no.</p>
<p>I appreciate your response. </p>
<p>I actually got all As but since my college consider pluses and minuses which pull my GPA down. I am wondering if UC treat A- as 3.66667. Thanks.</p>
<p>UCs treat A-s as 3.7. Getting A-s is not getting “all As.”</p>
<p>@Shannon13 Thanks for your comment</p>
<p>Is it imperative to send my AP scores along with application? Or only submit my scores only if I got admitted.</p>
<p>I’m not quite sure if they are required but they couldn’t hurt you. They could only help.</p>
<p>okay, I’ll go ahead and send them.</p>
<p>Does anyone have similar case transferring from OOS 4 year college? I am really struggling because I never heard of a successful case like this before.</p>
<p>ohhhhh. Don’t “send” anything now. Just complete the application online and once you are accepted and decide to go to a college, then you send them all of your transcripts and scores and stuff. But for now, everything is self reported on the online app.</p>
<p>AskMsSun is really knowledgeable about all this stuff. Try asking her:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/members/askmssun-337980.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/members/askmssun-337980.html</a></p>
<p>I’m transferring from an OOS school also. I might go to a CCC next semester though. </p>
<p>California residency is kind of a confusing topic and it seems like it may even change for different things. </p>
<p>I’m not sure how residency factors into admissions either.</p>
<p>You don’t send anything until after you’ve been admitted. That’s when they’ll ask for your transcripts, AP scores, etc. There’s a place in the UC application to designate what AP exams you’ve taken and what your scores were. </p>
<p>As far as getting accepted, the major hurdle for OOS/4 year applicants is that not all courses transfer over for credit. If you’re serious about transferring to a UC, you should be in contact with admissions long before you plan to submit your application. Your communication with a UC admission officer is going to be your best asset for getting accepted. Too many times OOS / 4 year transfers, just assume classes they’ve taken at their current university will count for credit because the curriculum appears similar to an admission requirement or prereq when the UCs will determine otherwise. Last year, there was an OOS poster with very competitive stats (3.9 GPA) but they were rejected because they assumed a literature class met the English critical thinking requirement. The UC’s felt differently and that person wasn’t even eligible to transfer and was rejected from all the UC’s. If you’re planning to transfer this cycle, it’s already too late because you’ve already taken all the classes they’re going to use to evaluate you. But if for some reason you’re transferring next year, be sure to get in contact with the UCs ASAP to plan your courses for the next couple terms. </p>
<p>Also being a California permanent resident isn’t going to have any affect on your admission decision. It’ll be used to determine whether you’ll have to pay in state or out of state tuition when you enroll, but for the purpose of the UC app you’re an OOS four year transfer.</p>
<p>@Shannon13 I almost did it. Thank you for stopping me lol.</p>
<p>What I don’t get is UCLA groups all California residents together on their admissions statistics website. </p>
<p>I called the UC Admissions office to ask about the living in California question on the application and they said to base it on your permanent address. So even if you go to an out of state school you can still say you lived in California for your entire life.</p>
<p>Plus to vote in California you need to be a California resident and you can still vote in California even if you are attending an out of state school. California residency may differ for different things though. </p>
<p>The thing that doesn’t make sense is that UCLA lists California Residents as one category then OOS students as a separate category. </p>
<p>What if you are a California resident and attending an OOS school?</p>
<p>That’s a great question, I got the same concern.</p>
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<p>I called the admissions office and asked if my application could be rejected if some of my classes don’t count for UC credit.</p>
<p>The person I was speaking to said that they don’t look to see if the classes meet their requirements until after you are admitted. </p>
<p>They said that you just need at least 60 credits at your college, it doesn’t matter if they count as UC credit until after you are accepted. Basically you won’t be penalized if your credits don’t transfer.</p>
<p>I guess what could happen (and this may be what you are saying) is if you take a pre-req then the pre-req doesn’t count which puts you at a disadvantage. But then the person I was talking to said they don’t evaluate the classes until after you are admitted, maybe they only look at certain classes? Or this is only true for reaching the minimum credits and it isn’t true for meeting the pre-reqs?</p>
<p>Interesting. What UC was that for? </p>
<p>Considering there are minimum requirements for admission universal for all the UCs: the two English and one UC transferable math course and 60 units. It seems like they would have to evaluate your courses for that purpose to see if you meet the minimum requirements. It also seems strange that would admit you without checking to see if you have any pre-reqs complete for your major.</p>
<p>I just called the University of California central office so not any specific UC.</p>
<p>I wonder if they just look at the title you listed? Maybe they look into the pre-reqs to make sure they meet the requirements but don’t check to see if the classes count towards the 60 units until after you are admitted?</p>
<p>I highly, highly doubt the information you received is what you may have interpreted it to be. Because I know for a fact that there have been OOS students that are rejected for not having 60 units or meeting the math or English requirements. If you go through some of the older acceptance threads you’ll see this. I think you should call and talk directly to an admission officer at a UC, someone who actual evaluates the UC applications and makes the admission decision to clarify. You can call admissions for any of the UCs and they’ll connect you through to one. </p>
<p>Perhaps, they only look for the basic requirements and pre-reqs and ignore the rest until later, but I highly doubt they don’t look at ANY of your courses until after they make their decision. The whole post-decision process is simply sending in your transcripts for them to verify the information matches what you self-reported on the UC app. It’s not to evaluate you for basic requirements.</p>
<p>It might only be for the minimum credit requirement.</p>
<p>I asked the person multiple times if my application can be rejected if some of my credits do not transfer which then puts me below the minimum UC credit requirement. The person told me that the they don’t check to see if the classes will count for UC credit until after you are admitted. </p>
<p>But like you said they must have some way of checking to see if the applicant meets the pre-reqs before being admitted. </p>
<p>Hopefully someone can clear this up.</p>
<p>Okay, I was thinking about this a little more and after reading a post by Ms. Sun:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/1275057-how-do-oos-units-transfer.html?highlight=oos[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/1275057-how-do-oos-units-transfer.html?highlight=oos</a>
I think I know why you’re confused. What they do is they go over your transcript to determine which UC courses are UC transferable. Then they’ll use that to see if you’ve met MAJOR pre-requisites, the basic admission requirements, and to determine your UC transferable GPA. AFTER you’ve been admitted they look at the rest of your coursework and determine specifically which classes they’re equivalent to at the UC. Some will be UC transferable, but have no equivalent so you’ll have the units for them, but they can’t be used as a pre-req for anything. This is the same procedure they use for everyone. Your major pre-reqs are going to be evaluated that’s inevitable. But outside of that and the basic requirements you don’t know specifically what courses are equivalent until you’ve been admitted and send your transcripts in.</p>
<p>If I were you I would just go straight to the source and speak with a specific UC’s admission officer. They’re extremely helpful and the call only takes a few mins.</p>