<p>How hard would transfering be to University of Chicago from Berkeley? </p>
<p>A friend of mine wants to transfer from UCSB to USC? How hard would that be?</p>
<p>I transferred from UCSD to USC this year. I don’t think it will be hard to go from a UC to USC as long as you have a GPA above 3.7 and take decent classes. As far as UChicago, I think that will be very difficult because they aren’t very transfer friendly. I applied there and was rejected. Their online application is lengthy, they didn’t respond to any of my questions over email, it takes forever to get a counselor on the phone, and they lost my HS transcript many times. That’s in addition to the fact that last year, they admitted like barely over 10% of transfer applicants. If your friend is in Berkeley, I think that gives him/her a good shot at transferring to an Ivie (really good shot at Cornell and Upenn) as long as he/she maintains a decent GPA.</p>
<p>I’m going to start as a freshman in Berkeley this Fall.</p>
<p>I was asking the 2nd question for my friend because she is starting at UCSB, but she wants to attend USC.</p>
<p>Thanks, IsaacDelarge. Your college suggestions could help me with the transfer process next year. Also, what would be a decent GPA to transfer from Berkeley?</p>
<p>Are there other suggestions/opinions, too?</p>
<p>The main thing about college is you gotta be smart with the classes you choose to take. My personal suggestion to you if you’re sure that you want out of Berkeley next year, is to take classes which you know you can get A’s in. Don’t worry so much about general ed classes as about getting good grades. When you transfer, prestigious colleges want to see an upward trend in grades from HS to college, they also want you to take weighty classes (Calc, sociology, etc), not pansy ones (music, craft, etc). One thing I found to be very useful was to use Ratemyprofessor.com to get student feedback on which classes are easier to excel in. Also, if you do get good grades, I think the sky’s the limit for you because Berkeley is already very prestigious and if you can show an upward trend in Berkeley, top 10 universities will look very favorably upon you. Also, for papers, the best way to excel is to go to your TA’s office hours. Papers are subjective as hell and meeting TA’s (the people who are going to grade your stuff) outside of class gives you brownie points and makes them conscious of your name when they get to grading your paper. </p>
<p>Best of luck.</p>
<p>IsaacDelarge, thanks for your advice. I am very clueless about the transfer process. Also, congratulations on transfering to USC!!!</p>
<p>Nhsharvard I would not count out U Chicago. My D successfully transferred there without a perfect gpa. Perhaps you will love Berkeley and not need to transfer at all!</p>