<p>I go to Louisiana State University and right now I have about a 3.5 gpa. </p>
<p>One of the schools i'm really hoping to transfer to is UCLA. I know I read it's a hard school to get in as an out of state student but i'm hopeful I can bring my gpa up a little more next semester. Any ideas on what my chances are? What should my gpa be around to have a good chance? </p>
<p>Thanks </p>
<p>-Sammy</p>
<p>for oos, lets say 3.9+ and you have to be a Jr. Transfer.</p>
<p>OOS will have even a harder time getting in. Try to be at 3.9
Finish your General ED.
Finish your pre-requisites for your intended major</p>
<p>I looked at their website and it says the average GPA for OOS is a 3.73, but I just called an academic advisor there and he said that even 3.5 would have a decent chance at getting in.</p>
<p>What’s your major? That can make a big difference.</p>
<p>^^True, depends on your major though. What is your major? The lowest GPA transfer major was Philosophy at 3.59. And always try to be way higher than the ‘average’ GPA transfer.</p>
<p>And only 7% of the entire UCLA student population are OOS. I wish you the best of luck!</p>
<p>Some are actually lower than that. Anthropology B.A. was 3.56 with a 61% admit rate, for instance.</p>
<p>[Profile</a> of Admitted Transfer Students by Major, Fall 2011 - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof11_mjr.htm]Profile”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof11_mjr.htm)</p>
<p>Keep in mind that the less popular majors won’t necessarily be easier to get into just because they have higher admit rates or a lower average GPA… It’s just a smaller sample size.</p>
<p>Thanks for that link, i’m majoring in Political Science, I see it says about a 29% admit rate. Any ideas on what to help boost my chances besides GPA? He said they looked at more than just GPA like extracurriculars. I’m in ROTC so i’d think that would help but I feel like I need to find some more ways to stick out.</p>
<p>It’s kind of hard transferring from an out of state 4-year. Your major is super competitive and your GPA isn’t that high. From the Transfer Profiles of previous years, you can see that in the last 10 years, 10 people have applied from your specific school to UCLA and only one was accepted (which makes me wonder where your academic advisor got his figures from). Anyway, to have a shot, I agree with what the others have said; try to raise your GPA and work on finishing requirements. Good luck!</p>
<p>It was’t my academic advisor it was a UCLA one, he was probably trying to rip me off and get me to waste my money on an application</p>
<p>I wonder if they’d let me see what GPA the one student who got accepted had</p>
<p>I highly doubt that he was trying to make you “waste money on an application”. UCLA is the most applied to university in the US, so I don’t think they’re going to fish for more applicants. In addition, they’re a public university, so that would be completely illegal.</p>
<p>Poli Sci is one of the most impacted majors at UCLA, but ECs and prereqs are definitely both good ideas. As a transfer, ECs that relate to your major are especially helpful - maybe look for an internship position with a local politicians office?</p>
<p>Did you get a phone call from a student? I had to call OOS students to tell them about UCLA this quarter, if you got a call you probably have a better shot that most people since the caller pool was based on SAT/ACT scores…but it was for freshmen not transfers</p>
<p>Hopefully you made your decision already since the deadline was Wednesday.</p>
<p>Ummm I doubt you have much of a chance to be honest. First of all it’s hard enough being an OOS and you’re applying to an impacted major, which makes it that much more difficult. Even if you were a CCC transfer I would say your GPA for the major you chose would make you a long shot. It would help if you were transferring from a decent four year with a respectable academic reputation, but Louisiana State University is way below UCLA in terms of academics, which is probably while so few people have had success transferring from there. It’s worth a shot, but unless you can get your GPA much higher like 3.9+ then I doubt you’ll have much of a chance.</p>
<p>F the haters! How is LSU not a decent 4 year university? I’m sure it’s better than any CCC. If the average GPA of OOS students is 3.7 then not everyone they’re accepting has a 3.9+. Anyways thanks to everybody whos gave me some good advice.</p>
<p>What do you think your GPA will be after Fall semester is over?</p>
<p>Probably a 3.5 after the fall semester. I think I could bring it close to a 3.7 by the end of spring though.</p>
<p>The target population of transfer students comes from the ranks of the CCC’s so naturally this group has the highest rate of admittance. International and out of state transfers have a higher bar to leap over not only financially but academically as well. If you saw the recent stats for UCLA for political science, you could see that the avg GPA for admits was 3.79 and most of them were CCC students. It’s already difficult enough for CCC students so naturally it’d be tougher for transfer students who aren’t. </p>
<p>I’ll be honest and chance you. It’s not impossible but your stats, more than your position as an OOS would make it difficult to assume that you can get in. You better have wrote a hell of a personal statement as that may very well be the determining factor in whether you get accepted or not. Just make sure you submitted your application to other schools too so you’ll have backup. Good luck and I hope you get in.</p>
<p>Thank you for the info. And for a backup plan, do you know if i’d have a better chance at USC? Or is it pretty much the same as UCLA?</p>
<p>Rejected for Poli Sci. You might have a chance if you apply under a major like Philosophy, Anthropology, Geography.</p>