<p>Many of my friends who got accepted by both berkeley and ucla tend to go to ucla. Because they think going to ucla will give them better chance to get higher gpa which makes them look better when applying for gradschool. Is it really true?
Assume person A got 3.8 in ucla and person B got 3.5 in berkeley, without considering other fields like GRE scores or research, does person A really gets a better shot for gradSchool over person B? Or they are pretty much the same since gradschool officers will consider that berkeley is a harder school.
Or.......I dont know if this example is appropriate, but how about csu-la 4.0 applicant vs berkeley 3.0 or even lower applicant??</p>
<p>oh and same question for getting a job. Does employers even think the factor that which schools the applicants graduate from when comparing their gpa’s？</p>
<p>i’m sure UCLA is just as difficult as UC Berkeley. Goto the one you think you’ll be more comfortable because thats probably where you’ll do better. I’m getting better grades at berkeley than i did at UCSB.</p>
<p>People overemphasize the importance of GPA on Grad School admission. You should definitely go to where you will succeed, but if you feel like you can get a 3.5 at Berkeley then definitely go there. A 3.5 GPA with a lot of research experience will trump a 4.0 with little research experience, so make sure you can go somewhere that you can be active beyond just doing well in school.</p>
<p>^^^that may be true for med school but law school admissions is solely a numbers game. a 4.0 clearly trumps a 3.5 for law school admissions.</p>
<p>men school and mba programs are mostly a numbers game too with mba programs wanting work experience in addition to GPA and GMAT scores </p>
<p>i would say unless there are some special circumstances a 4.0 trumps a 3.5 regardless</p>
<p>from what i heard, while law school admissions is PURELY based on numbers, med school admissions is more holistic, so 3.5 with GREAT research shouldn’t be horrible compared to a 4.0. and mba admissions goes more like work experience (potential) > gpa/letters of recommendation. once you have great work experience, gpa becomes less and less important.</p>
<p>Here’s another question, do grad schools take into account classes that aren’t UC transferable? From what I’ve read, when applying to UC’s out of a CC, the UC’s will only calculate UC-transferable classes. What about grad schools? Will they count them?</p>
<p>I dont think they will look at cc non-transferable classes</p>
<p>yes they will. its part of your cumulative gpa.</p>
<p>The OP was talking about grad school. He mentioned the GRE, and more specifically research. From what I’ve heard, research is the most important thing in grad school admissions (and esp. for PhD programs). This is because typically they are doing some sort of research during the grad program.</p>
<p>they look at EVERYTHING. Original grades in repeated courses included.</p>
<p>However, they weight things more heavily which are more closely related to your intended field of study however(which usually means your last 60/90 units are far more valued especially if you’re a transfer)</p>
<p>chances are UCLA and UCB are comparable in difficulty, heck it’s generally harder to get into ucla, at least out of HS. Heck I have this odd suspicion that UCLA has a higher dropout rate than UCB(which means more free slots making it easier for transfers to get into) in the end however, your major and individual professors will be bigger determining factors in GPA calculation. the competition at UCLA and UCB is top notch either way. if you were comparing to a lesser UC like Irvine or Davis then the GPA difference might be a bit more tangible.</p>
<p>i think ucla is actually harder than berkeley. i’m basing this on what my friends (who attend both) say, and from the “overall” scores shown on ratemyprofessor (i know-- a lame resource).</p>
<p>I highly doubt the small difference (if any) in GPA between UCLA and Berkeley will make a difference. Sorta how I highly doubt the small difference in the prestige of the universities will make a difference (depending on your major.) ahah</p>
<p>Any more advices? Thx guys =)</p>