Question Regarding W grades

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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Hi there again,(and sorry for the repost).

I will be applying to a few UC’s and CSU’s this fall (CS major). But i’m concerned about the 6 W’s i have on my transcript.About 3-4 came during my first year in CC which was a horrible year as i fooled around without taking academics seriously and along with that i serious medical issues the second semester. My first year gpa was a
2.23 but over the past 1.5 year(s) i worked my way up to a 3.28 gpa (hopefully more by the end of this semester). And have a B average in my CS classes and Calc 1 class. 2 of these W’s are mainly in general Ed classes the other 3 in chem which i think is not required for admission towards UCSC’s CS program. I wanted to know how much will these affect my admission chances towards the colleges I’m applying to?Mainly UC santa cruz (but also csu LB, UC davis , csu northridge, UCR). How much does this really affect my transfer and Will me explaining my horrible first year and upward gpa trend help on my personal statement ?

Thank you in advance for the help!

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The Ws won’t matter but work on the GPA.

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@Ohm888 Thank you!!!
I will, and have been consistently for the last 1.5-2 years and hoping to get it up to a 3.3-3.35 by this semesters end. I’ll be writing that on my personal statement how it was a upward transition froma 2.2 to this current gpa.
Putting all of this into consideration, do you thing i have a decent chance at these colleges( cs major)? Currently 3.25ish gpa.
–>CSU LB, UCSC/riverside?

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  • i do meet all the Tag reqs for UcSc (3.0 gpa overall and in major courses) just worried about one course for my tag which was stressing me out
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Yes, as long as you meet the TAG requirements, you’re fine.