<p>Hey I'm looking to transfer from UCLA to UCB. I'm finishing up my second year here right now and have a pretty low ~2.5 gpa. My grandma lives in the bay area and is very old and needs someone to live-in with her and take care of her. Would that get factored into the transfer? </p>
<p>How do I go about transfering from one UC to another? Are there any deadlines I should be aware of? Does anyone have any tips? </p>
<p>Berkeley and UCLA are basically in the same tier. Of course Berkeley has a much stronger engineering program. </p>
<p>My concentration is Biomed so I've taken slightly more chemistry and less comp sci. Does UCB have something similar to that? </p>
<p>If you mention it somewhere in the essay or additional information box, of course they will. They use a holistic approach so they will know about it , but I doubt that you have any shot at admission. Isn’t the GPA to APPLY around 3.0? Even then the avg for those majors are much higher than that. Try to bump your gpa to a 3.5+ and I’d say you have a decent shot.</p>
<p>edit: oops , I thought it said Transfer UCLA or Berkeley.
Anyhow, I would still apply(if eligible to), strange things do happen.</p>
<p>UCLA in the same tier with Cal…? UCLA Undergraduate EE ranking is even below UCSD… As far as I remember, Cal = 2nd, UCSD = 13th, UCLA = 15th for udergraduate EE (USNEWS). But still I would love to got to UCLA :)</p>
<p>yeah I knew I’d get flack for saying that. I meant overall, obviously berkeley is a lot higher up when it comes to EE. I was fully aware of the rankings. When I applied they were slightly different (ucb 3rd and ucla 12th)</p>
<p>I forgot where I read it, but I remember reading that UCB and UCLA both require a 3.0 minimum GPA to be eligible for admission. They might be willing to accept people who barely make that 3.0gpa minimum if there are special circumstances that go along with it, but unless you meet that bright line, I don’t think they can make exceptions regardless of how compelling your story might be.</p>
<p>Just being straightforward, but I don’t think you’ll get in.</p>
<p>First off, telling them that you want to take care of your grandma is not a “good” reason to accept you into their school. If it is, everybody would be putting that onto their application.</p>
<p>Second, 2.5 GPA? For a EE Major? My bf is a EE major at UCLA, too. And he complains when he gets an A- because he told me to get into a really grad school, you need at LEAST a 3.8. Of course, I can’t just say you wont get into UCB just because your GPA isn’t competitive enough for a really good grad school, but if you look think about how CALs EE is one of the BEST in the nation, I hope you can see where I am coming from. </p>
<p>Plus, you’re going from a school (UCLA) that’s below CAL in rankings. For them to even consider you, wouldn’t you think you need a GPA higher than the median at CAL? Just a thought.</p>
<p>Allison, that’s not true, my cousin graduated from UCB in EECS w/ a 3.4 cumulative GPA and got accepted into stanford for grad school in EE but rejected from UCB but accepted in UCLA for grad school in EE too. Also, as for the transfer problem, the only major w/ EE in it is EECS at uc berkeley which is by far the most competitive major to be admitted to. Also, you are UC transfer, so remember that community college students have priority, and even with a 3.5 in community college, that still probably wont do it so I’m not trying to be mean but, I wouldnt count on the transfer being successful.</p>
<p>Well of course, there are exceptions. I’m just stating what he told me. Maybe your cousin had something Stanford was looking for. In any case, GPA is not the only factor but it is a big part.</p>
<p>We regret to inform you that your hypothetical admission has been rejected. But hey, we’d love to still have you apply; that way you’ll at least know for sure.</p>
<p>Let us be realistic here, a 2.5 GPA does not even qualify to be competitive or even generally acceptable.</p>
<p>woops, clicked the decimal pt. a bit late, i meant .1/10
lol just kidding, sorry to hear about your grandma but berkley is out of the question; maybe there are other good schools in the area?</p>
<p>uhm you need a 3.8 to get into grad school if you are going for like ivy league maybe. I’ve talked to people who got into med school at ucla in EE with a 3.3. </p>
<p>Yeah, thanks I understand I won’t get in. I would’ve worked harder on my gpa but I never planned on going to grad school, so all I really need is a degree. PHDs in engineering only have something like a 10-15k higher starting wage than bachelors so there was never really an incentive.</p>
<p>Look, EECS at uc berkeley is the most competitive major. GPA will make a huge impact. So unless you won a nobel prize or something, I highly doubt admittance so i’d say .25/10. Sorry.</p>