<p>In your opinion, what are the major reasons people don't get transferred to their choice of UC?</p>
<p>I want to transfer to Cal as an Engineering major, and I know that only 1/4 applicants get in. What would be some reasons people wouldn't get in? In my case, Berkeley doesn't even consider your application if you haven't completed the required classes, so it's obviously not that. Is it low GPA? What could hinder me from getting into Berkeley as an Engineer major?</p>
<p>It’s what you said… missing pre-reqs and GPA. Also CAL is one of the top engineering schools in the country so it’s most likely quite a popular place to apply too, so they may let in just as many or more applicants as the other UC’s but since so many applicants apply they only can admit about 25% .</p>
<p>It hard to say really because some school required different stuff for instate and out of state transfers.For example GTech requires transfer to have a 3.0 instate and 3.5 out of state and a the math and science that of the same gpa.</p>
<p>yea, i’d also say gpa…even though cal doesn’t release much data you can look at la and compare the average gpa of applicants for any major compared to the average gpa of those who were accepted and you will see some pretty large discrepancies…</p>
<p>Two. I’ve already planned every class that I need to take. I’ll have everything finished by the time I apply. I won’t even need the following spring. How many are you?</p>
<p>Three. I would have been two, but I’m on a year round swim team, and I’m doing college swimming in the spring, so it limits the amount of units I can take.</p>
<p>It’s also worth mentioning that as an instate CC student, your chances of transferring are much higher than 1/4.</p>
<p>Cal’s engineering is top-notch, many international, four-year, and out-of-state students try to transfer in. They are heavily discriminated against in the admission process. Because you come from a CC your chances are already higher. If you complete all your pre-reqs and maintain a fairly high GPA; you’ll be a shoe-in for Cal.</p>
<p>What if a certain pre requisite is not offered by the CC I go to, does that make Berkeley favor people from other schools who were able to take it?</p>
<p>According to Assist and Berkeley, There are 5 electrical engineering/computer science courses that my school does not offer. However, the weird thing is that these same courses are articulated by other schools such as UCLA.</p>
<p>if your CC doesn’t offer the pre-req course, you can always take the course at a (hopefully) nearby CC that does offer it. One of my friends who’s an english major only took one pre-req course for Berkeley at our CC (Shakespeare Studies) since it was the only one offered. She had to drive to another CC to take her other 2 that were offered in another CC. Definitely look into taking pre-reqs at another college since it will make you more competitive and you don’t have to spend more money taking it at the UC.</p>
<p>Oh I have another question now that you mention pre-req classes that are unavailable at my community college. Do the UCs consider it not completing all of your pre-reqs if some of the classes you take aren’t available at your community college?</p>
<p>Let’s say I take all of the classes available at my college, but I’m missing one or two or whatever Engineering class that isn’t available at my community college. Would this be considered incomplete? What’s their definition of ‘complete’?</p>
<p>If your college doesnt offer some pre-reqs you don’t HAVE to take them at another one. Just keep in mind that completing them overall makes you more competitive. Also if you decide to finish up one of those pre-reqs at the UC (the class most likely being a lower division) being waitlisted is a possibility and it costs more money to take it there.</p>