So I just saw the UC application and...

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>the extracurricular section is so small! I thought the UC schools were really interested in extracurriculars! I am so disappointed! I worked really hard to become the president of PTK and to be in student government at my CC and now I only have 160 characters to explain that?! I should have only been working only on my GPA!</p>

<p>How much does it really matter??? I am a computer science major, so I know it doesn't matter as much for me but still!</p>

<p>I am really depressed!</p>

<p>Am I wrong?</p>

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<p>If these ECs were so important to you, why don’t you write about them in the personal statements?</p>

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<p>@DescartesQ I am… I was just hoping there was a bigger EC section for the actual app… if I had known this was what they were going to give us I honestly would have just focused on having a 4.0 GPA…</p>

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<p>UCs don’t care much for ECs, other than perhaps Berkeley. At the transfer level, they care even less. Your application will primarily be evaluated on GPA, pre-reqs, and major GPA.</p>