<p>do the schools look at only the gpa or do they look every grade i earned in every class?</p>
<p>how about trying to get in as a prelaw or premed major?</p>
<p>the schools look at both and the toughness of the classes too. but ec and your personal statement also plays a role.</p>
<p>I'm sorry to let you down but you have a 3.0 GPA and i feel you are shooting too high. The UC's don't look to kindly on out of staters and they are basically at the end of the barrel.But you work on your GPA a little and you should be able to get into one of the lower UC'S.Oh yeah if your an out of staters you will want to do the pre major stuff too.</p>
<p>how long does it take to gain residence?</p>
<p>2 or 3 years i think.</p>
<p>that's so long. what should i do to get in?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/tr_prof05.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/tr_prof05.htm</a>
here is a website 40 people got admitted from all the 50 states and trust me all of those 40 had at least above a 3.5 or 3.6 it is probably the same at other uc's my advice would be too try csu's instead.</p>
<p>csu's are good, but i prefer uc's. how bout i transfer to a cc in california for 1 year. would that increase chances?</p>
<p>you can get into ucr and ucsc maybe if you do well that is about it as far as your chances go.</p>
<p>It sucks to live in hawaii because the options are so little.</p>
<p>what about ccc's?</p>
<p>basically, if you currently have 30 units, you are about halfway done. which means, you will probably be applying for the fall 2007 semester.</p>
<p>if you wanted to stretch your chances, you might look into attending a ccc part-time, for more than one year. this could give you a longer time to build that gpa, and create a financial safety net with california residency (once you move onto that four year university). but, that is just a thought, as i am sure that you, like many of us are or once were, eager to transfer to a four year university as quickly as possibly.</p>
<p>personally, i don't think you are going to have a strong shot at ucla without a gpa of 3.5 or above. however, there are always exceptions, but keep in mind that if you are still considered out-of-state, your chances certainly decrease. </p>
<p>i would, like most people on this board already said, look into some of the other uc's, as well as some of the csu's (perhaps just as a safe option - who knows, you might fancy the program, location, or cost at a paticular csu). </p>
<p>good luck!</p>
<p><3,</p>
<p>Izzie Bear</p>
<p>I'm really tired right now, but I wanted to make this post before I totally collapse into bed :)</p>
<p>The Mid Tier UCs (UC Davis, UC Irvine, and UC Santa Barbara) are all great schools, and all have transfer agreements with california community colleges. I applied to UC Santa Barbara, which has a very easy agreement:</p>
<p>1) At least 60 units in the spring semester before you transfer
2) 7 minimum classes as specified on the UCSB website or IGETC general education requirement
3) A 2.8 GPA</p>
<p>A few science majors have more specific class requirements, some have higher GPA requirements, and some rare majors don't qualify for the agreement at all. Also, because UCSB is just so darn popular, the GPA requirement will be raised for Fall 2008 transfer applicants, but that won't affect you if you're aiming for Fall 2007.</p>
<p>Now, here's the thing I'm fuzzy about. As an out of state transfer to a community college, do you qualify for this program? Here's what the UCSB transfer agreement says:</p>
<p>*Complete the last 30 of your 60 or more UC-transferable semester units in<br>
residence at your current community college or at any California community college *</p>
<p>There you go. It would seem that if you transfer, complete 30 more units at any California community college, and apply this November to UCSB for example, you will qualify for the guaranteed transfer, and thus will be guarenteed admission to UCSB. </p>
<p>So barring any understandings on my part, this should work for you. If you have more specific questions, feel free to ask.</p>
<p>what about other uc's?</p>
<p>if i go to a ccc and exceed more than 70 transferrable credits, can i still apply to a uc?</p>
<p>The limit at UCSB is 90 semester units, which I believe is the standard limit. The only thing is that you only get subject credit once you go past 70.</p>
<p>As far as the other UCs, I'm not as familiar with them so I can't explain them in detail. </p>
<p>UCI has PAIF:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.admissions.uci.edu/paif.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.admissions.uci.edu/paif.html</a></p>
<p>UC Davis has TAA:</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for your input. What about my chances of getting into schools around the U.S. ? What I really want is a school with a good football program. I am interested in sports and it nice to have that. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Well, if you want good football, you can throw out UCSB, UCI, and perhaps UC Davis (I don't know if they'd be considered "good football"). UCSB is incredible for the other "football", soccer, where they made it to the NCAA Soccer championship game last year (and sadly lost :()</p>
<p>SDSU is decent at football tradionally, but not this year...</p>
<p>USC is the best...</p>