***STATISTICS ONLY**** The unofficially OFFICIAL COMPREHENSIVE UC Admissions Thread

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>**Accepted:USD March, UCSD March, UCSB March, UCLA (04/20/12), Berkeley (04/27/12) **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major(s), Alternate:English, Political Science
[</em>] Major(s) Accepted As:English to all but UCSD. Political Science to UCSD
[<em>] UC GPA:4.0
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All at UCLA, UCSB, UCSD. missing one at Berkeley
[<em>] Major GPA (if known):4.0
[</em>] TAG/TAP:Both
[<em>] IGETC:Completed
[</em>] Units by the end of Spring (specify Quarter/Semester):Around 70 Semester
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Manager, work 30-40hrs
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service:none since HS
[</em>] Personal Statement:I can write with the best of them
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?:Yes
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): California
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type:CCC
[<em>] School Name:MCC
[</em>] Ethnicity:White
[<em>] Gender:Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: “Middle Income”
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): triplet, first generation
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yes
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:got out in 2yrs, stellar academics
[</em>] Weaknesses:not much ECs
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I’m really awesome[/li][/ul]General Comments: Really happy to be transferring</p>

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<p>Accepted: UCLA (4/20/12), UCSD (3/17/12)[/size]
Rejected: Berkeley (4/27/12), UCI (4/27/12)[/size]</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major(s), Alternate: Geography/Earth Systems Science
[</em>] Major(s) Accepted As: Geography at UCLA, changing to Urban Studies at UCSD
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.69
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All for UCLA, none for UCI, and my courses didn’t articulate at Berkeley
[<em>] Major GPA (if known): 4.0
[</em>] TAG/TAP: TAG at UCSD and TAP for UCLA
[<em>] IGETC: complete
[</em>] Units by the end of Spring (specify Quarter/Semester): 70+
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis):
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: work 12-25 hrs per week
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: a tiny bit
[</em>] Personal Statement: Good
[ /list][ b]Other**[list]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant):
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: CCC
[<em>] School Name: Orange Coast College
[</em>] Ethnicity: White
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low</p>

<p>[li] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): er, none</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): probably have to work[/li][/ul]Reflection[list]</p>

<p>[li] Strengths: Fairly good GPA, good personal statements, non-traditional student, completed honors program</p>[/li]
<p>[li] Weaknesses: I had a lot of prior bad grades that I had to work to overcome that dragged down my GPA</p>[/li]
<p>[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I think having TAP and TAG helped a lot for both of the schools I got into, but not having any of the pre-reqs for UCI is probably what killed me there (I changed majors at the last minute). For some reason my geography courses were not transferable to Cal, and I think that’s probably what hurt me there.</p>

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<p>Accepted: UCLA 4/20, UCI 4/27, UCSD march, UCSB march
**Waitlisted: no where **
**Rejected: no where :slight_smile: **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: psychology
[</em>] Major(s) Accepted As: psychology
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.72
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: only for UCLA
[<em>] TAG/TAP: no tap
[</em>] IGETC: igetc after spring</p>

<p>[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): big sister
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: since senior year of high school
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: big sister
[</em>] Personal Statement: great</p>

<p>[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: si
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): ca
[<em>] School Type: ccc
[</em>] School Name: elac
[<em>] Ethnicity: hispanic
[</em>] Gender: female
[<em>] Income Bracket: low
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation
[li] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): for ucla</p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: gpa
[</em>] Weaknesses: gpa was low-ish for ucla, missing prereqs for sd, irvine and sb
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: my personal statement, extracurriculars[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>Accepted: UC Santa Cruz (3/28/12), UC San Diego (3/17/12), UCLA (4/20/12)
**Rejected: UC Berkeley (4/27/12) **</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major: Cognitive Science
[</em>] Major(s) Accepted As: Cognitive Science
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.63
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All for UCSD and UCB, missing 2 for UCLA, and 1 for UCLA
[<em>] TAG/TAP: UCSD TAG
[</em>] IGETC: Yes
[<em>] Units by the end of Spring: 61 Semester
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars: None
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: None
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Very little
[<em>] Personal Statement: Decent
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] School Type: CCC
[</em>] School Name: Reedley College
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): None
[<em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yes
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[</em>] Strengths: Upward trend, that’s really about it
[<em>] Weaknesses: Meh GPA, not many Extracurriculars, not employed.
[</em>] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: TAG for UCSD, good enough GPA for everywhere else but Berkeley.
[/ul]General Comments: Would have thought that Berkeley would have admitted me rather than UCLA, but I guess not. Oh well, just submitted my SIR to UCSD. Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>Accepted: UCLA (04/20/12), UCSB (04/20/12), UCSD (03/18/12)[/size]</p>

<p>Rejected: Berkeley (4/27/12)[/size]</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.81
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All completed by Spring, Calc 2 on process
[<em>] Intended Major: Biz Econ, Econ
[</em>] TAG?:Yes to UCSD
[<em>] IGETC?: Done by spring
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): One big club’s treasurer, relation to econ on PS
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: One summer job, one full time job during college, both office assistant, relate them to econ in my PS
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: My club is a community service club, but no other services record
[<em>] Personal Statement: Simple but pretty good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] Country (if international applicant): /
[<em>] School Type: PCC
[</em>] Ethnicity: Chinese
[<em>] Gender: Male
[</em>] Income Bracket: Lowest
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): first generation college
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yes
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: PS maybe? (for UCLA?)
[</em>] Weaknesses: PS maybe? (for Berkeley?)
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I got my hope up when I was accepted by UCLA, I was then devastated when I got rejected by Berkeley. I thought if I was admitted by UCLA [an extremely high average GPA], I would be easy to get into Berkeley [lower GPA], but the truth is not. Guys please work on your PS. It could help a lot but also could ruin your chance. Good luck![/li][/ul]General Comments:</p>

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<p>Accepted: UCSC (March, 2012), UCSB (March, 2012), UCD (April, 2012)
Waitlisted: None
Rejected: UCB (April, 2012)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major(s): Sociology, Alternate: Psychology
[</em>] Major(s) Accepted As: Sociology
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.35
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All except for World Society requirement at UCSC
[<em>] TAG/TAP: UCSC
[</em>] IGETC: Yes
[<em>] Units by the end of Spring (specify Quarter/Semester): 70 (semester)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Gay-Straight Alliance (President, 2011-2012)
[<em>] Job/Work Experience: Various part-time jobs
[</em>] Volunteer/Community service: Assisted local Pride organization with a few events
[<em>] Personal Statement: I was very happy with what I wrote. My P.S. was full of hooks.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[</em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[<em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[</em>] School Type: CCC
[<em>] School Name: Monterey Peninsula College
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: > 20,000
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First generation college student, second generation immigrant, lesbian, low-income, raised by a single mother who was recently disabled.
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): I think that has already passed. So, no.
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Hooks and extracurriculars
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: Rejected from Berkeley probably due to my GPA being on the lower side.[/li][/ul]General Comments: To be honest, I would have turned down Berkeley even if I did get in. I ultimately decided to go to Santa Cruz. It didn’t hurt that last week I found out I am the recipient of the Karl Pister Leadership Opportunity Award from my college. My advice for future transfers: think long and hard about which college is the best fit for you. Ratings are not everything. Weigh YOUR pros and cons since you’re the one going. Good luck to you, and congratulations to this year’s transfers :smiley: !</p>

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<p>Accepted:
UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz<br>
Rejected: None</p>

<p>Objective:
Intended Major(s): History
UC GPA: 3.94
Major Pre-reqs Completed: All complete
Major GPA (if known): 4.0
IGETC: Completed (4.0) nothing IP
Units by the end of Spring (specify Quarter/Semester): 70+</p>

<p>Subjective:
Extracurriculars: Tons
Job/Work Experience: Tons (older student) Founded Company, blah blah.
Volunteer/Community service: Tons! Also founded a non profit company
Personal Statement: Okay, it was wild. That is all I can say about it. Poetic. Did not mention my company or other professional experience (which is extensive) spoke about life, nature, the world that we live in from a scientific and philosophical point of view.Did not mention any hardships, no whining, just a story about my life. It was honest. </p>

<p>Other
Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
Country (if international applicant):
School Type: California Community College
Ethnicity: Cannibal
Income Bracket: N/A
Reflection
Strengths: Perfect transcripts. Hard work. Honest personal essay without a trace of pandering, just a story that I wrote to whomever was there reading admission documents on that particular day. It was esoteric perhaps, but I had the stats to uphold that kind of an essay. It was meant to be simple and beautiful, and I spoke mostly about nature and how fortunate we are to live on this beautiful planet earth. Expressed dedication to my education and the need to contribute to my community.</p>

<p>Notes:
It is my belief that UCLA did not read my personal statement but rated my application high because of the stats and organization of my transcripts which were consistent. And I believe that UCB read my PS and both of those schools thus determined my admission to the other schools that I applied to—via the Holistic Method. Good luck future applicants.</p>

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<p>Accepted: UCB, UCLA, UCSD UCR
Waitlisted: NONE
Rejected: NONE
Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major(s), Applied Math
[</em>] Major(s) Accepted As: Applied Math
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.91
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: everything even the recommended
[<em>] Major GPA (if known): 3.7X. Got a B in Cal 3
[</em>] TAG/TAP: Tag to UCSD
[<em>] IGETC: Yes
[</em>] Units by the end of Spring (specify Quarter/Semester): 69
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Club representative. AGS, PTK. Math club. 4th place in AMATYC
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: math tutor in SMC
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: 40 Hours
[</em>] Personal Statement: Good
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): Ca
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: CCC
[<em>] School Name: Santa Monica college
[</em>] Ethnicity: Asian
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: Low
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): First Gen
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): maybe
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths:
[</em>] Weaknesses: Got a B in Cal 3
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!!</p>

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<p>**Accepted: UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI **[/size]</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major(s), Alternate: Sociology, Psychology and Social Behavior (UCI)
[</em>] Major(s) Accepted As: Sociology, PSB (UCI)
[<em>] UC GPA:3.57
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: all for UCLA and possibly SD…Irvine and SB missing a couple
[<em>] Major GPA (if known): 4.0 for UCLA
[</em>] TAG/TAP: No
[<em>] IGETC: Completed this Spring
[</em>] Units by the end of Spring (specify Quarter/Semester): 60+ Semester
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): none while at CC, but Marching Band and Cheerleading while in High school
[</em>] Job/Work Experience:Retail Management, working full time throughout attending CC
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Jerry Lewis Telethon, Art Festival at local church
[</em>] Personal Statement:
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type:CC
[<em>] School Name: Cypress College, Fullerton College, Pasadena City College
[</em>] Ethnicity: Hispanic
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket:
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Attended Spring Insight at UCSB
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Personal Statement, Pre-reqs completed for LA, management experience
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected:[/li][/ul]General Comments: Even though you are borderline (UCLA) still apply! You never know what the admission staff is looking for. In your personal statement, just be yourself! Good luck to the transfer class for Fall 13!!</p>

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<p>Here’s my big thanks to the CC community. Muchas gracias for all the help these past 2 years, this forum gave me lots of information and hope. Good luck to anyone trying to transfer… One Love</p>

<p>**Accepted: UCB, UCLA, UCSB, UCD **
Rejected: Cal Poly SLO</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major(s), Alternate: Political Science
[</em>] Major(s) Accepted As: Political Science
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.84
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: 3/5 (2 unavailable)
[<em>] Major GPA (if known): one B (first class at CC)
[</em>] TAG/TAP: TAG w/ UCD
[<em>] IGETC: yes
[</em>] Units by the end of Spring (specify Quarter/Semester): 70 semester
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): political internship, phi theta kappa (VP), high school sports
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: 3 jobs over 2 years, some overlap (cust service and tutoring)
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: high school leadership stuff
[</em>] Personal Statement: strong, wrote about my internship experience and work ethic
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: yes but got none
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: CCC
[<em>] School Name:
[</em>] Ethnicity: W
[<em>] Gender: M
[</em>] Income Bracket: upper middle
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.):
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted):
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: strong performance in every category
[</em>] Weaknesses: no hooks
[*] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: I submitted my Cal Poly app super late and had to make a bunch of corrections. I can see why I was rejected. [/ul]General Comments: I researched what i had to do to get into my dream school, made a list of goals and deadlines, and accomplished them one by one. there were tough times but it was all worth it.</p>

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<p>@northbeach</p>

<p>Your PS sounds very interesting lol I would like to read it</p>

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<p>Accepted: UCSD (03/17/12), UC Davis (04/20/12)
Rejected: UCLA (4/20/12)</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major(s), Alternate: Communication
[</em>] Major(s) Accepted As: Communication
[<em>] UC GPA: ~3.7
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: All
[<em>] Major GPA (if known): No idea
[</em>] TAG/TAP: TAG to UCSD
[<em>] IGETC: Completed by end of Spring 2012
[</em>] Units by the end of Spring (specify Quarter/Semester): 106 quarter units
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Took part in a lot of clubs and had 200+ volunteer hours in high school.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Currently working part-time as a hostess at a Japanese fusion sushi restaurant.
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: See above!
[</em>] Personal Statement: Bueno, very personal.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant): n/a
[</em>] School Type: CCC
[<em>] School Name: Foothill College
[</em>] Ethnicity: Korean American
[<em>] Gender: Female
[</em>] Income Bracket: 130K-150K
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): n/a
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Probably not
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: TAG definitely helped me. Personal statements, but I’m sure none of the schools I applied to read them.
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: TAG…[/li][/ul]General Comments: Good Luck!</p>

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<p>Accepted: UCI (4/5/12), UCLA (4/20/12), UCSD (4/20/12), UCB (4/27/12)
Waitlisted:
Rejected:</p>

<p>Objective:[ul]
[<em>] Intended Major(s), Alternate: English, Alternate for UCI & UCLA: Comparative Lit
[</em>] Major(s) Accepted As: English
[<em>] UC GPA: 3.59
[</em>] Major Pre-reqs Completed: Completed by spring (except Berkeley, I was missing one)
[<em>] Major GPA (if known): 3.8-4.0
[</em>] TAG/TAP: UCI (TAG), UCLA (TAP)
[<em>] IGETC: Completed by spring
[</em>] Units by the end of Spring (specify Quarter/Semester): A little over 100 semester units (wow, I just realized that! crazy!)
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[<em>] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): English Club (Founder/Pres), AGS Honors Society (Historian), etc. etc.
[</em>] Job/Work Experience: Worked full-time for years while going to school, currently work part-time as a Student Ambassador at my CC and part-time retail
[<em>] Volunteer/Community service: Lots of volunteer work related to my personal interests: literacy, animal rescue, presidential elections, etc.
[</em>] Personal Statement: My saving grace… I know it was a major factor in my acceptances. I explained my background as a 26 year old CC student, and the obstacles I’ve had to overcome to be able to transfer.
[/ul]Other[ul]
[<em>] Applied for Financial Aid?: YES
[</em>] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[<em>] Country (if international applicant):
[</em>] School Type: CCC
[<em>] School Name: El Camino
[</em>] Ethnicity: white (did not provide ethnicity info on app)
[<em>] Gender: female
[</em>] Income Bracket: EFC=0
[<em>] Hooks (URM, first generation college, research, etc.): Slightly older college student, have had a strong upward trend and leadership roles on campus after having a bumpy start at CC (had to work full-time, multiple jobs)
[</em>] Attending Transfer Admit Day? (if admitted): Yes to UCLA and Cal! Gosh, this is so overwhelming!
[/ul]Reflection[ul]
[<em>] Strengths: Personal Statement, TAP for UCLA, Honors Program, Founded my own club
[</em>] Weaknesses: GPA, and about 20 W’s from when I worked full-time a few years ago… yes, 20! I was considering whether I should even disclose the number since I don’t want anyone to think that getting excessive W’s is no big deal, because it’s a HUGE deal. But, I had valid reasons for them, including verifiable medical reasons (was in the hospital at one point), which I explained thoroughly in my PS.
[li] Why you think you were accepted/waitlisted/rejected: By the grace of God, my past four semesters of straight A’s, and my personal statement.[/li][/ul]General Comments: I am in total shock… I was accepted to every school I applied to: CSULB, UCI, UCSD, UCLA, UCB, and just got a Spring Grade Request from USC. I am totally overwhelmed! I had already SIR’d to UCLA since it was my dream school, and I didn’t think I had a shot at Berkeley, but now I don’t know what to do! I always thought that getting accepted to every school would be really exciting (which it is), but it also makes my decision way, way more difficult! In any case, I hope that I can be an inspiration for future transfers who are a bit older, and have been through a lot, but have been able to pull themselves back up with a LOT of hard work and determination. Aim high, and never doubt yourself! I wish you the best of luck!</p>