<p>I am a CC student in California, I am just about to finish my second semester, I have a 3.0 at the moment. Am I still competitive at CSU's or UC's? Or do I have to raise my gpa??</p>
<p>2nd semester so the end of your first year right?</p>
<p>3.0 GPA is too vague.
whats your major?
finished all pre-reqs/IGETC?
are there reasons why you have a 3.0?
what CSU/UC’s do you want to apply too?</p>
<p>heres my opinion from what youve listed if youve finished IGETC and major pre-reqs.
depending on your major and GPA circumstances, you have a chance but not a strong one.</p>
<p>raise your GPA as much as you can. but like i said. major is everything.</p>
<p>UCR - probably in
UCI - in with higher GPA 3.4<
UCLA/CAL - pretty slim depending on major</p>
<p>ALL CSUs - probably in, but again depending on major.</p>
<p>keep in mind CSUs are cutting budgets really badly. many people applying are being put on waitlists. only the people with high GPAs are getting accepted.</p>
<p>Yes, the end of my first year. </p>
<p>My major is nursing, and no I haven’t finished all of my prereqs/IGETC due to the budget cuts.</p>
<p>I have a 3.0 because I received two C’s last semester, and I’m going to apply to SFSU, CSU channel Islands, CSU Long Beach, SJ state, and maybe UC Davis.</p>
<p>1) Many CSUs are taking transfers primarily from their “local” students. “Local” is defined by each CSU and usually is students from their own county or a few surrounding counties. Being “local” is defined not by where you live at the moment, but by where you took the majority of your CC credits.</p>
<p>2) Your GPA is too low for SJSU Nursing Transfer. (Assuming you are “local” - you are even worse off if not local). While minimum requirement is a 2.6 for transfer, the ACTUAL GPA cutoff because of competition for Fall 2010 was a 3.35 GPA. Link below shows the actual matrix for SJSU Fall Transfers/GPA needed.</p>
<p>[SJSU</a> Admission](<a href=“http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/admission/rec-1162.html]SJSU”>http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/narr/admission/rec-1162.html)</p>
<p>At SJSU, Nursing is a “red” impacted major - they are overstuffed and can’t take everyone. So they rank you by location (locals first) and then rank you by GPA and take students until program is full. Chart says 3.35 was the cutoff.</p>
<p>Nursing is impacted at EVERY CSU right now. See below link. You need to research what reasonable GPA you need for <em>each</em> CSU. Start with your “local” one.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.calstate.edu/sas/annual-publications/documents/ImpactedProgramsMatrix.pdf[/url]”>http://www.calstate.edu/sas/annual-publications/documents/ImpactedProgramsMatrix.pdf</a></p>
<p>I don’t know about UCDavis, but I suspect the same issues. 3.0 is likely not going to cut it right now. Start looking to privates. Raise your GPA. Good luck.</p>
<p>@annika
Thank you for the info, I am now considering changing my major since almost every school is so impacted and I can’t afford to attend a private school.</p>
<p>@Rizzy - on the contrary, privates usually fork out more to help you cover for financial aid because they have more power to do so. my friend is on a full ride at USC.</p>