<p>I'm currently a Freshman at UC Santa Cruz wanting to transfer to the University of Texas Austin, UC Berkeley, or UCLA. I know it's difficult to get into UT from out of state and inter-UC transferring is very competitive. How likely would it be for me to get into these schools from UCSC with let's say - a 3.6 - with all required transfer courses completed? Is it more likely for me to get into UT than these UCs? Is it more likely for UT to accept an out of state transfer student than a regular admit one?</p>
<p>I do not know anything about Texas so I can not say what your chances of transferring as an out of state student to UT Austin are. I do think there is a trend of state universities looking more favorably on applications from non-residents so they can charge them the much higher tuition a non-resident pays compared to a resident. </p>
<p>Whether you can transfer to UCB or UCLA with a 3.6 GPA probably depends a lot on what your major is. Transfer applicants from CCCs get priority over UC-UC transfers and if there are a lot of CCC transfers trying to get into your major it may be difficult. If it is not an impacted or highly competitive major your chances of success should be pretty good. While UC to UC transfer applicants have a lower priority than CCC to UC applicants you would still receive priority over transfer applicants from other four year colleges.</p>
<p>Thanks for the explanation. I would most likely transfer with as a Politics major. Is that major competitive among UC transfers / UT? And if I did get into UT, would I most likely not receive financial aid at all (because I’m an out of state transfer)?</p>
<p>I think Political Science is a somewhat competitive major but not as bad as Communications, Psychology and Business Economics.</p>
<p>Do not expect any financial aid from UT Austin since the whole point of state schools accepting non-residents is to increase their revenues.</p>