<p>I am a freshman at UPenn (Not Penn State) and would like to transfer as soon as possible to UCLA. What do I have to do? Is is possible to transfer this early or do I have to wait until i finish my GE? I am from California if that makes a difference.</p>
<p>First of all, why would you want to do that? </p>
<p>Second, how many units do you have completed right now? How many will you have by the end of fall/spring/summer?</p>
<p>The acceptance rate at the UCs for transfer students from non-UC four year colleges is very low. The UCs are required to give highest priority to transfers from California Community Colleges (CCC) and second priority to transfers from other UCs. If you really are determined to transfer to UCLA your best chance is to drop out of UPenn ASAP and enroll at a CCC and attempt to transfer as a Junior in two years. Very few transfers are accepted as sophomores, even from CCCs, so you are looking at at least two years before you could enroll at UCLA as a junior. Are you sure you really want to do that considering you are already at a very highly ranked University?</p>
<p>Lemaitre is right, you’ll be in the back of the line for transfers. However, you do have one thing going for you, which is that UCLA has a comprehensive review process. They might look at a UPenn transfer in a better light.</p>
<p>But yeah, going back to a CCC is probably the best route. You’d probably be the only UPenn transfer there :P</p>
<p>I think it is foolish to leave an amazing school such as upenn for ucla but you can easily do it. My friend transferred from upenn as a chem major to berkeley. It’s easy because upenn is so much of a more prestigious school than ucla. Out of all the oos transfers for ucla, you will stand out tremendously simply because no one goes from high tier ivy to ucla.</p>
<p>Hey, don’t discount UCLA. It’s not Ivy League, but it’s still a damn good school; one of the best public schools in the country. It’s not like he’s wanting to go to Cal State San Marcos or something.</p>
<p>^lol… or even better, Cal State Dominguez</p>
<p>Did you make a mistake in going to University of Penn?</p>
<p>What features of UCLA do you like that Penn lacked?</p>
<p>Orevenbetterucsd</p>
<p>Yes, I did make a mistake going to Penn. Although it is a very prestigious school, I would be much happier at UCLA. I only went to Penn for the ranking. LA had everything I wanted football, weather, location, friends, family, cost, west coast atmosphere. The only benefit of Penn is the superior academics. I know that is very important, but I know I would be able to enjoy my self much more at LA and still get an amazing education. Idk… I think I should apply to transfer and give penn a little more time. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>Football? UCLA? What is this I don’t even</p>
<p>Texas? Who? What?</p>
<p>I think you should call UCLA directly for this since this kind of case is not common. UC-UC is already been talked about. But out of state university-UC, is kind of rare. Try to call UCLA multiple times asking the same questions with different people. It helps! I think you should at first email them to get an outline what you should do first since calling them when you don’t know anything yet would wait your time. Then calling them to make sure things that they said in email is right or ask specific questions.</p>
<p>sounds like you should make a change. If UCLA is not an option, might want to look at USC.</p>
<p>Sorry Penn didn’t work out for you.</p>
<p>However attending a school you are a good match with is essential in my opinion if you are going to have a good overall experience in college.</p>
<p>Good Luck</p>
<p>Looking at the preliminary statistics for 2010:</p>
<p>Profile of Admitted Transfer Students - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions</p>
<p>31.82% of transfer applicants from CCCs were accepted at UCLA and 23.32% of transfer applicants from other UCs were also admitted. OOS four year college transfer applicants were accepted at a rate of 10.23% while only 6.58% of transfer applicants from other four year California schools were accepted. The low acceptance rate for in-state transfer applicants compared to OOS applicants appears to be due to the high number of transfer applications from students at CSUs who are nearly always rejected by UCLA and the other UCs.</p>
<p>The prestige of the transfer applicant’s university did not seem to be much help in overcoming the priority given to CCC and, to a lesser extent, other UC applicants. Of seven applicants from Cornell only one was accepted and none of the two applicants from Columbia and the one each from Dartmouth and Brown were accepted. There were three transfer applicants each from MIT and Caltech and all six were rejected.</p>
<p>If the OP is really determined to go to UCLA, it still seems like his best chance is to drop out of UPenn and enroll at a CCC where he would presumably have no difficulty getting a high enough GPA after two years to be admitted to UCLA as a junior.</p>
<p>As you as you can afford UPenn, US News would suggest you transfer to USC or the real University of California in Berkeley.</p>
<p>or UCLA…the school he actually wants to transfer to. The whole purpose of him transferring is to find a better fit.</p>
<p>Thanks for all information/advice! I will definitely consider a cc. In the meantime, I think i’m going to call UCLA later this week and ask about the process of transferring from a community college vs penn. Hopefully it all works out.</p>
<p>Best of luck! Definitely call UCLA, as someone mentioned you have a pretty unique situation.</p>
<p>“I think you should call UCLA directly for this since this kind of case is not common…”</p>
<p>SINCE =/= BECAUSE</p>