<p>Let's say I get a 3.8 gpa and do all my pre-reqs. I really wanted to get a 4.0, but I think I might get a B in my Italian 1 class due to some very silly mistakes, and it's been completely stressing me out. I did not try at all in high school, and going from not trying at all to trying to get straight A's has really stressed me out. Do I have a significant chance of getting into UCB? How about USC? (I know this is not a UC, but I'm just curious)</p>
<p>I'm doing TAG for UCD (this is the school im most likely to go), but getting into USC or UCB would be awesome.</p>
<p>Also, unrelated, but why do most CCC students take 2 years to graduate? I'm a new student to my community college with bascally no priority, (I'm about to finish my fall semester) and after I'm finished with the next semester, I'll be finished with 30 units. And it's not like I'm going to a CC with a few students and open classes. The CC I'm going to is probably one of the most crowded ones in California.</p>
<p>This question is impossible to answer if we don’t know what major you’re applying as. </p>
<p>Regardless, it’s still possible to get accepted into Berkeley with a 3.8. That’s about the average GPA admitted into the College of Letters and Science. Make your self stand out; become active on campus and make sure you start your personal statements early and have a lot of people read them. Berkeley is notorious for putting quite a bit of weight on your extra circulars and personal statements. Depending on the CC you’re going to, you might want to get in contact with a Berkeley representative and join TAP. It’s extremely helpful and they assist you with basically the entire transfer process. USC is a different story, I don’t know the stats for that school but I would say it’s still possible, but it really depends on your major.</p>
<p>People take 2 years are CC because they either 1: don’t take a lot of units during their semesters, 2: classes that they need aren’t offered/ get full, 3: their major requires a lot of prereqs, or 4: they need to take a lot of english and math classes because they didn’t place well on the assessment testing. </p>
<p>It does help, thanks. I’m planning to major in sociology, because they had a relatively high acceptance rate the last few years and I’m bad at math/science ;x</p>
<p>Where’s your source for that GPA statistic? I’m pretty sure L&S average admitted GPA is much lower than 3.8.</p>
<p>pragmatic- you’re wondering why so many community college students take 2 years to graduate when you will have finished with 30 units in 1 year? Well it takes 60 units to graduate or transfer.</p>
<p>I was told that the average GPA for L&S was around that high from the Berkeley rep I spoke to. Whether or not that is true I don’t know, but I’m just passing along what I heard from her. I should’ve been more specific, the 3.8 is for Social Science majors. Those that fall in the humanities probably bring the average GPA for L&S down; should’ve been more specific. But the statistic I provided does apply to the OP (I also asked specific questions regarding the sociology department because I’m a sociology major too.) Sorry for the confusion!</p>
<p>@pragmatic23</p>
<p>Based off of the stats provided by UCB, the social science department is actually pretty selective…I’m not sure where you heard that sociology is easy to get into. The Berkeley Rep I spoke to said that sociology has a high average GPA…but I believe you’re admitted into the departement and not the major so you’ll still have a good shot!</p>
<p>I started this fall, not at the beginning of the year. I can get around 15 units a semester, and there’s 3 semesters in the year, so I can finish in around 4 semesters, which is just over a year.</p>
<p>I just calculated my GPA as to how I’m doing right now accounting for if I mess up on my math/sciences.</p>
<p>Thank you for all the helpful answers guys.</p>
<p>Also, can you apply to Berkeley more than once? Never applied to a Uni so I’m not really sure how it works.</p>
<p>At a semester system school, there are typically two 15-week semesters and an 8-week summer session when students take half as many units’ worth of courses. Most colleges (CC, CSU, UC) have fewer offerings in the summer than in other terms. Three semesters of 15 units each and a summer session of 8 units will be 53 semester units, though you may have more than 60 if you went in with enough AP credit.</p>
<p>At a quarter system school, there are typically four 10-week quarters. The summer offerings are typically fewer than in the other three quarters which make up the normal academic year. Note that four quarters of 15 units each gives 60 quarter units, which is equivalent to 40 semester units.</p>
<p>Thank you for the clarification. Funny, while I was reading your post there was a commercial about UCB on tv, the first I’ve ever seen I think. I guess it’ll take me around 2 years to transfer then. I’m just mind boggled when people say they’ve been at my CC for 4-5 years. I was really hesitant and thought I would need to travel to different CC’s so I could transfer before I got married…</p>
<p>Regardless of how long it takes, it won’t matter if I can make it into UCB :)</p>
<p>Yeah two years to transfer is pretty normal…most people get their BA/BS in about 4 years so half of those years are completing general eds like what you’re doing at CC. </p>
<p>You can apply to Berkeley as many times as you want but only when they have open filling periods which would be every fall semester so you can apply 1 time a year.</p>
<p>Darn, once a year. I just checked their transfer admissions statistics and saw their Arts and Humanities has a 42% acceptance rate. I might just try Art History then. I did take it in high school and it was fun.</p>
<p>Do you just want a degree in whatever? Lol.</p>
<p>You should have a good chance of getting into as a social science major…just make sure you keep your grades up and write a rockin’ personal statement.</p>
<p>I’m just clueless on what I want to do, so I just want to make it into a good school and hopefully by then I figure out what would be the best choice for a major. The motivation at a CC gets a little tough though. Thanks for all the good advice everyone.</p>
<p>Being at a CC does give you the chance to sample more different subjects before deciding on a major, as the institutional and financial pressure to decide is much less (an extra year at CC costs less than an extra year at a CSU or UC).</p>
<p>For applying at a junior transfer to a CSU or UC, you should have completed the major prep courses listed in [Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“http://www.assist.org%5DWelcome”>http://www.assist.org) for the major you apply to (if available at your CC or other nearby ones). Completion of the IGETC breadth courses will also help for the majority of majors and campuses that accept IGETC for breadth satisfaction.</p>