<p>I currently attend SUNY Albany, however, I want to transfer to a better ranked university in California. I'm currently a freshman (about to start my second semester) and didn't do as well as I hoped on my first semester. I have an overall GPA of 3.27 (2A's, 2 A-, 1 B-, 1 C). I changed my major from physics to accounting and am hoping to do significantly better this semester. I'm aiming for an overall GPA of 3.6 by the end of my sophomore year and if all goes well, what schools in California are in my reach? Can I transfer to one by the end of my freshman year?
I know transferring to UC's as an OOS is going to be incredibly difficult, so what are some other schools I should look at (and are in my reach)?</p>
<p>STATS:
GPA: 3.27 (hoping to get a 3.6)
Highschool GPA: 3.2 (attended top high school in NYC with 4 AP classes)
Extracurriculars: Tons of clubs in high school and lots of job experience (Summer camp counselor, Macys employee, restaurant hostess)
250 volunteer hours
Thanks!</p>
<p>UCs and CSUs prefer transfer at the junior level, ready to declare their majors (60 semester or 90 quarter units and completion of available prerequisite courses).</p>
<p>You should also know that need-based financial aid is limited at UC (no coverage of the $23,000 per year additional out-of-state tuition) and nonexistent (other than federal aid) at CSU for out-of-state student. UC out-of-state list price is quite high.</p>
<p>Some of the least selective (non-impacted) CSUs will admit students with a prior college GPA of 2.0, so there is a range of selectivity levels in the California public universities.</p>
<p>What are your parents saying about how much they’ll pay? If they won’t pay a lot, then transferring to a Calif school is unlikely.</p>
<p>Unless your family is wealthy, you will not be transferring to a California public university. Financial aid is pretty much only for in-state students, and they make it very difficult to get considered as a resident.</p>
<p>Also, UCs have a STRONG preference for California community college students who are transferring into junior year with all of the lower division prerequisites for the major already completed.</p>
<p>Finally, accounting is one of those majors that is quite popular and most likely “impacted” at most campuses, further restricting transferring.</p>
<p>Yeah, I’m aware that CCC’s have a huge advantage over OOS. However, I didn’t know Financial Aid is difficult to get. Regardless of cost, I just want to know a list of schools I have a chance of getting into (as a junior) with my GPA.</p>
<p>There is no such world that is “regardless of cost.” Can your family afford the cost or not? Do the research.</p>