@uctransfer2016 They do not care about Ws. You’ll be fine. I’m guessing you’ll have 60+ units by the end of the Spring. I’m sure you’ll get in.
@goldencub stuck on my personal statement but I’ll let you know how it goes!
@uctransfer2016 if your CCC offers TAP, get into the program before you apply. Between that and your GPA you will be golden. If they don’t offer it, you should still be fine, but TAP will open a lot of possibilities.
@lindyk8 I actually just joined TAP last week! What does it do?
Supposedly, it has about an 80% acceptance rate. They will help you submit the best possible application - go over personal statements, any ECs, etc. Plus, it just seems like they have ancillary programs that can help with the transition. If there are any scholarships out there for you, TAP should help get you in the right direction or even help get you more in the running (I would think).
Thanks again for the info on the academic renewal, I’m having the F removed. After this quarter now my GPA will go up to an overall 3.79 and my transferable gpa will be a 3.85 as long as I keep acing my classes. Woot
Also, does anyone know if I have to take 30 credits from this ccc that I’m to be considered a CCC transfer or am I a transfer as long as I complete 2 semesters? The Berkeley rep told me the latter and the UCSD rep told me the former
@uctransfer2016 By definition the CCC transfer requirements are:
- Complete at least 30 semester (45 quarter) UC-transferable units at one or more California community colleges.
- Have attended, immediately before admission to a UC campus, a California community college (excluding summer sessions).
Source: http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/transfer/advising/igetc/
@talialee There is no official UC designation for one year transfers. No label, no benefits, no special privileges so outside of eligibility for some third party scholarships it doesn’t matter if you are or aren’t.
To answer your question however: if it took only two “regular” terms (i.e. Fall and Spring semesters or Fall, Winter and Spring Quarters) then you are considered a one year transfer for purposes outside of UC. If your 1.5 semesters is either a combination of two fall semesters and one spring semester or two spring and one fall, then you are not considered a one year transfer.
@uctransfer2016 Will your two semesters be at community colleges? They don’t have to be all at one specific CC, if that’s what you’re asking. You can take classes at multiple CC’s - as SDGoldenBear mentioned, you will only need 30 CC units to be considered a CC transfer.
Damn that means I’ll need 18 credits next semester:/
Yes 30 semester from one or multiple CCCs.
@uctransfer2016 Er, you just need 60+ semester by the end of Spring. That’s the criteria for being considered as a transfer. CCC transfers get the most priority, but it’s not absolutely imperative that you be considered a CCC transfer. You’re competitive as it is.
Heyyy. Maybe someone can answer this so I can stop calling/e-mailing Berkeley twice a day.
I sent this long e-mail to UCB about how I want to make sure the classes I’m taking are lining up with what’s expected from their end–I even made a PDF file of the Assist agreement with different colored highlights for classes completed, classes in progress, and classes left to take. I got a response back that was super helpful but left me feeling like I’m totally fu… I mean screwed. This is what it says:
“After reviewing your evaluation of your coursework using both agreements, it appears that you completed Psych 2H (for General Psychology), Bio 11A & 11B (for Biological Science), Soc 1A (one of two Social Sciences), and Math 42 (one of the quantitative requirements). You also highlighted the courses you are planning to complete prior transferring to UC Berkeley, and I encourage you to take Psych 36 to meet the Neurobiology requirement, Ling 10 for the other social science requirement, and additional preparatory courses in preparation to calculus. You may complete the Psych 10 (must be taken at UC Berkeley) and either Math 1A or Math 10A at UC Berkeley upon transferring.”
I know people were talking about the new calculus requirement, but on my assist, it says that my two stats classes (one I’m currently taking and one I will take next semester) will satisfy the qualitative analysis section under the “Other courses that satisfy the quantitative requirement for the Psychology major.” I’m thinking maybe she just didn’t see my other math class and I’m just being paranoid, or does calculus absolutely have to be part of the QA section???
(As you might guess, I’m a first-gen student without anyone to ask for advice except for you fine people.)
Would appreciate some feedback on this idea I had for my personal statement.
I am thinking about writing about how I had bad grades in High School (freshman year I had a 1.6) and then I realized how hard my parents worked to provide for me (dad was a waiter his whole life) my mom was attending community college so that she could help provide for me and 3 other kids. So then I promised myself to work hard at CC… Good or bad?
Another idea, since I am doing rhetoric and am looking to go to law school, is about how this past summer my friends and I were playing basketball at a park 2 minutes from my house where I grew up going to, the lights turned off at 11 and so my friend and I went into my car to talk and then a cop showed up harassed me and so I let him search my car since we weren’t doing anything. He looked for 45 minutes, patted me down and then since he didn’t find anything gave me a trespassing ticket… I couldn’t afford a lawyer and had to represent myself and I was found innocent and this created my passion for wanting to go to law school… any thoughts?
@uctransfer2016 I think the second idea is much better, especially for the first prompt. It’s possible that you can combine your two ideas into one very good prompt if you tinker around with it.
@aepaige it’s so tough writing it without making me sound like a bad person hahaha
I like the second one too. They like things that tie into major or future career.
Also, I really suggest taking the one extra course (18 units) to get priority consideration as a CCC transfer. 90-94% of transfers are part of the CCC program. Take an easy course - or P/NP.
@lindyk8 @uctransfer2016 I think classes at the CCC level, if you’re using them as UC transferable credit, have to be taken with a letter grade, or that’s what Assist says at the top, anyway.
@uctransfer2016 to fill the 18 units could you just take an easier transferable class to lighten the load? And you said your ccc is semester based right? I think that’s doable. My husband has been taking 19-20 quarter units regularly. This quarter I have to do 16 too. I think you can pull it off! thumbs up