<p>Hey everyone I currently go to a community college in Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>I should ultimately have 65ish credits by the end of spring 2014.</p>
<p>My current GPA is 3.7 but without my one remedial math class it is 3.8+.</p>
<p>I plan on applying to major in Political Science, my PoliSci classes I have a 4.0 in.</p>
<p>I should have all the Political Science Pre-recs completed by the end of Spring except if they don't accept my PoliSci Stat's class as I hear they are sticklers with that class transferring. </p>
<p>I am hispanic/white and a first generation college student. </p>
<p>I do have a few related EC's since graduating high school in the field too.</p>
<p>I really want to make a life in California and UCLA is a really good school. </p>
<p>Do you all think I have a chance with a 3.8 as an out of state transfer?</p>
<p>Have any of you transferred from out of state, if so how were your stats?</p>
<p>UC schools are a decent deal for CA residents but IMHO are not at all worth it for an OOS student. You will not be able to qualify for CA resident rates at UCLA in all probability; there are very few exceptions. For $50K+ a year you could attend a school with much more personal attention and smaller classes. </p>
<p>Have you got your parents agreement to pay for this? The UCs do not extend financial aid to cover OOS fees, so either your parents have to pony up the money or co-sign for loans to pay the OOS charges.</p>
<p>If you can pay for the out-of-state tuition, you probably have a chance, and you can raise it by picking a less popular major. However, they do seem to prefer California CC students - may not hold as they are now actively recruiting OOS folks because they want those high tuition dollars. Here’s a link that might help you look into it:
[Profile</a> of Admitted Transfer Students by Major, Fall 2012 - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof12_mjr.htm#TFT]Profile”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/Prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof12_mjr.htm#TFT)
Personally, I would look at some of the great in-state schools like Penn State or U Penn, and then apply for UCLA for grad school.</p>
<p>I am in sort of the same situation.
I am from san diego however I did not get into UCLA but I got into Penn state. If I am currently attending Penn State and have a 3.8 in all of my classes. I am currently on the correct track to my major and I am in the honors college do you think I could get into UCLA? If I get in would I be paying in state tuition because I “reside” in California but I am just attending Penn State</p>
<p>^ Is this your first semester at Penn State? You should either drop all your classes or quit after this semester and go to a CA CC. If you pick the later be careful about the total amount of credits you have because with 4 yr Uni credits on your transcript you can be exceed the cap for transfer. </p>
<p>From what I understand after 60 semester units they look at your transcript as a transfer / no high school information is important. So under that you’ll be placed in the awkward position of competing against high school applicants for a spot. But you have already been accepted to a 4 yr so you’ll most likely have an even lower spot on the totem pole.</p>
<p>Disagree with Bomerr, whether he/she is right or wrong.</p>
<p>While UCLA prefers transfers from in state CC’s, we get transfers from all over the country. The OC going to CC from Pennsylvania may have the edge due to OOS tuition (and our State funding is . . . I think someone told me a few days ago it was now down to about 4% per annum, but I haven’t looked at the statistics), I think UNLESS you are going to a Cal State university or a supposedly “lower ranked” UC (they’re ALL great!), based on your transfer application, both the OP and the secondary OP should absolutely apply.</p>