transfer GPA

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>Hey guys,</p>

<p>I was wondering when one applies for a transfer to the UC's, do they only consider your GPA for the classes pertaining to your intended major (i.e. prerequisites) or do they look at your cumulative GPA. I know someone who is applying from UCI, and they changed majors from Bio Engineering to Philosophy/religious studies; and their GPA in the school of humanities is 3.9 but their cumulative GPA is 3.5-3.6 due to the hard courses in Bio. </p>

<p>If he or she were to apply to UCLA's L&S with Philosophy/study of religion as the intended major, what GPA do they consider? The 3.5 cumulative, the 3.9 in humanities, or only the classes fulfilling prerequisites?</p>

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<p>Most likely they figure in both the overall GPA and the GPA in the major...I am sure Berkeley does this at least...</p>

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<p>whatabout for CCC transfers? do they look at major prereq GPA vs overall GPA?</p>

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<p>They look at the overall GPA for all the UC-transferrable courses.
However, they'll put more weight on the grades you earned for the pre-reqs.
So even if you have a 3.5 cumulative GPA, if your GPA for the pre-req courses was a 3.2, you won't be looked too favorably upon..</p>