<p>I have a friend who will be attending a private out of state school next year who is interested in transferring to UCB. How hard is this? </p>
<p>If anyone reading this has had experience transferring to UCB from a private school your feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!</p>
<p>hey fouxdufafa, I miraculously got in to UCB from a private liberal arts college just yesterday. I really thought I had very little chance of being accepted and would basically be given the lowest priotity - because based off of Berkeley's logic, oos community colleges should have priority in acceptance over oos private schools (since coming from a private school, we are already able to obtain a bachelors, vs those coming from many of the community colleges who are unable to). I also assumed that since berkeley only admits less than 10% (for 2007) of oos transfers, I had to have a 4.0 to be considered competitive (which in fact wasn't the case because I had a 3.8 when I applied.) So with that said and since my school was is ranked among the top 20 or so lib art colleges, I do think Berkeley takes into account the difficulty/competitiveness of the school you are applying from. </p>
<p>Also, tell your friend to write about in his essay WHY he/she wants to apply to berkeley as a transfer. For a community college student, this reason is somewhat apparent, but coming from an oos private school, it is not so much. </p>
<p>And definitely make sure your friend's major pre-reqs are able to articulate at Berkeley. The cali. community college students have a website (assist), which clearly states which classes will transfer over to berkeley. Since I applied as a science major, it was pretty obvious that a gen. chem class at my school would articulate as a gen. chem pre-req at berkeley, but if your friend wants to major in sociology, for example, it probably won't be so obvious. SO, be sure to explicitly ask cal admissions whether or not a class will be counted for credit at cal. </p>
<p>Finally, I think the selling points for my application were my extracurriculars and my essay. I know this is important for all applicants, but as an oos transfer, i think you especially need to get the admissions department's attention with these components and stand out from all the rest. fin.</p>