Question about GPA Cutoff for UCLA

I spent my first year of college at a four year university in New York, had a bad freshman year and went back to CC to recover. Without going into too many details I got FW’s for all my classes in my second semester at the four year school. After that, I decided to go to community college to regroup, improve study-habits/work-ethic and bring my grades up. I’ve been going strong getting almost all A’s in my classes but I’ve hit a wall. I’m currently taking my last two repeat courses and at the time I apply I’ll be below a 3.0 GPA and UCLA has a minimum GPA of 3.2 for transfer applicants. But by the end of this semester once I’ve finished all my repeat classes I’ll be at a 3.7 (3.6 if I seriously mess up somehow). I know that UC’s do receive and consider these fall grades in their decisions for admission, but if I miss the GPA threshold before they look at fall grades will they throw out my application. My GPA right now is still high enough for consideration at UCD but UCLA was my dream school since it has the strongest history program out of all the UC’s, especially for my specific interests. Any feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.

it isn’t clear if you are at a CA CC or attending one elsewhere. If at a CA CC then the xfer center should be a resource for you, and the UCs send adcoms to every campus on a regular basis.

You can also contact UCLA admissions and ask, probably a good idea in any case – http://www.admission.ucla.edu/contactus.htm

Nothing they have online says when the 3.2gpa screen is applied. My guess is it is after the Fall update, but that’s only a guess

It might be a good idea to address this in your personal insight questions which are listed at https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/how-to-apply/applying-as-a-transfer/personal-insight-questions.html It sounds like you have a powerful story to tell of how you improved as a student

I agree with mikemac; contact UCLA and ask. Are you now in CA? If you can, visit UCLA to demonstrate interest and get your questions answered at the same time. Perhaps you might even get to talk with an AO.