<p>Hi, I am a California Resident, but I go to Davidson College in North Carolina instead of California. I want to transfer to Berkeley so I can be closer to home.</p>
<p>I have a 3.70 GPA at Davidson with 6 A-'s, 1 Passed (Pass/Fail), and 1 Authorized Withdrawal (I have a note from my Counselor validating why I had to withdrawal for personal reasons).</p>
<p>I will be applying for sophomore standing.</p>
<p>I have strong ECs as well, primarily that I took a gap year before coming here and studied at a German University for a year on a government scholarship. As well, all of my other kinds of extracurriculars fall into the same international relations category, which was exemplified by that government scholarship, so I have shown determination/linear progression in that field of study.</p>
<p>I hope to have pretty strong professor recommendations. In terms of my high school standing, I was in 30% of a prestigious private school and have a 2100 SAT score (720 CR, 660M, 720 WR)</p>
<p>My weakest point is probably my highschool transcript which, though still very solid, is just not as excellent as I have been doing since that time.</p>
<p>Though I have just finished my freshmen year, I will be taking a year off to pursue other interests while I apply for sophomore standing at Berkeley with the past year's grades.
Is it easier for Cali CC students to get into Berkeley? I can always just head back and attend one for a while, but I was under the assumption that as an instate student applying with these grades from Davidson my chances would be pretty solid.</p>
<p>I appreciate any comments regarding my chances. Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Welshy - applying for sophomore standing is extremely tough. Especially when you’re considered an out of state transfer. The last school you’ve attended determines you state residency. The chances of you being accepted as a transfer are extremely slim since you’re coming from out of state. I think last year UC Berkeley only accepted 80 people out of state. California Community College students have the highest priority in being accepted for transfers to Berkeley. The majority of accepted applicants of UC Berkeley are applying for junior standing, so sophomore standing transferring will hold you down as well. Also your chances also depend on what major you’re interested in. If it’s something extremely selective like UC Berkeley Haas for business than you have the lowest chance. No one from the past couple years has been able to transfer to UC Berkeley Haas from out of state.</p>
<p>I don’t understand how I can be considered out of state if I’m a California Resident? I mean, I’ve lived there all my life, I simply decided to go to another state for college. Why would my current college decide what state residences I have?</p>
<p>My driver license is from Cali and so is my address so please explain to me.</p>
<p>Hey–I got in this year in much the same position. I’m from California and attend Wellesley College in MA. Although I transferred from an OOS school, I think that the fact that I’m a resident helped my application. If you’re home for the summer I’d suggest going to a transfer pre-advising meeting at Berkeley, which you can make an appointment for by calling admissions. </p>
<p>The UC’s don’t accept recommendations and don’t look at your hs stuff at all–I don’t think they even requested SAT scores, though I put them down in Additional Information. They don’t care how many years you’ve been in school; to be eligible for transfer you have to have between 60 and 80 units (this is why going to them and having them evaluate your coursework in an advising meeting is a good idea). </p>
<p>I was accepted to both the UC’s I applied to (Cal and UCLA), but I know that something like 90% of admits are CC students. In short, I do think that being a resident helps you out, and I would def talk to Berkeley admissions and see if you can meet up with them.</p>
<p>Why do I have to have that many credits? Can’t I transfer after only one year? You said they don’t look at SAT’s or highschool? So they only check college gpa+extracurriculars or…?</p>
<p>The UC’s are most concerned with whether or not you have completed your prerequisites–they don’t even really pay that much attention to your extracurriculars, as far as I can tell. They want good grades, good preparation in your major, and good essays. I don’t know why they don’t have sophomore transfers, but they don’t.</p>
<p>Then why does it say on the collegeboard site </p>
<p>“Transfers accepted at these levels: Sophomore, junior, senior”</p>
<p>I’m I misreading something?</p>
<p>Don’t think in terms of sophomore/junior/senior–think in terms of units. It’s possible it says that because, depending on how many courses you’ve taken/ap credit, you could techically be a sophomore with 60 units. In any case, I don’t think you should be consulting collegeboard when you could just call up UC Berkeley admissions, where they could tell you specifically where you stand.</p>