We’re admitted undeclared in L&S?
@goldencub kind of, but not really. You’re admitted theoretically into your major but you actually are just admitted into L&S and then you declare first semester or end of first if you have any req to complete. In essence, you could apply to another major in L&S if you have completed the req and it’s not impacted.
You will have first phase dibs into your accepted major’s courses at orientation.
Can someone chance me, please?
Major: MCB
GPA: 4.0
Major GPA: 4.0
Completed CALC Series and Inorganic CHEM series
IGETC and prerequisites done at the end of Spring '16
Member of Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
Member of College Honors Program
Completed 3 Honors level courses (one of them being a major course)
Will complete 3 more this year.
ECs: Have been working as a server at a restaurant for a little over a year.
Additional info: Immigrated to the US just a year ago and I’m working to help my parents financially
Thank you, and good luck to everyone 
Not an expert, but I truly think that you have a good shot
Hi guys! Mind chancing me for admission?
Major: Economics
GPA: 3.84 / Major GPA: 3.93
ECs: Honors Society, Math tutor (1 year), DECA and Marketing Club
IGETC & Pre-reqs: Already completed. Breadth done by Winter.
Hooks: Berkeley TAP - first-gen & low income; Honors Seal, in-state resident in CCC
Personal statement: 8/10, 9/10
Applying to: UCB, UCLA, USC, UCI (TAG)
Knowing how impacted Economics is, I’m mainly worried about my GPA. Feedback would be well appreciated, thanks!
@vhelix While you don’t have a perfect GPA, it’s definitely competitive. I think your first-gen, low-income status along with UCB TAP will play to your benefit. I think you have a good shot.
Update from the crazy guy trying to transfer from NYU Stern to Haas in 2017; I’ve been looking at taking summer classes at Berkeley during this summer. This should give me some directly-transferrable credits and classes that are 100% approved by UCB. Can anyone recommend any classes to take specifically?
@goldencub Thank you!
I also have a quick question in general. I also plan on double majoring in Psychology and already have pre-requisites completed for that major. Would I have a better advantage applying under that major and shooting for a double? Or should I stick with Economics on my UC application?
Or does it even matter at all since you are admitted into L&S?
@jsk11214 Poli Sci 1 wasn’t too bad, a lot of reading, mostly focused on the constitution, but seriously interesting if you like history and law. Also pretty expensive, like $500 a unit
anyone got any tips for what to put down on why I want to join EOP other than they would potentially help pay for some my college. I know it’s a good program but 160 characters doesn’t give me much to work with.
I am a student out of high school. I am taking 6 classes this semester and want to transfer to EECS at Berkeley. I am estimating to have a 3.83 GPA with a B in physics 7A. Do I have a shot for making EECS? I have good volunteering hours and other extracurriculars.
Damn, everyone here has good EEs, I only have 40 hours of volenteering. This gonna kill me.
I am majoring in Mechanical Engineering, hopefully my 4.0 GPA will help me. 
@SDGoldenBear You took online classes on the quarter system, right? Where, and how were they?
I’m strongly considering dividing my courses such that I will have 9 quarter units (two online philosophy classes at foothill), and 9 semester units - with the first half of the semester being particularly busy, and the second half being extremely relaxed.
They don’t care how you divide your units, correct? I would technically be only part-time after the end of the winter quarter. I don’t want to void my TAG, either.
I’m attending lacc right now and I was wondering when you applied did you finish math 55 discrete mathematics? at lacc we call that math 272 methods of discrete mathematics. If you don’t mind me asking what was your GPA when you applied
Can anybody provide the link to the transfer admissions webinar like the ones by UC Berkeley? Are there webinars by UCLA in 2014 or 15? Nobody on the UCLA thread is replying. I even created a new thread and didn’t get any replies. So thought I should try posting here.
@crseven I found this from google. It’s probably very similar to the one held by UCB. http://preptalk.tv/live_event/458#.Vj7AO_mrQU0
@goldencub, I took my online quarters at DeAnza and Lake Tahoe. All of them were on the easier side since I prioritized choosing courses that historically had great professors (based on Ratemyprofessors) and saved the ones that had poor professors / courses with larger workloads to my normal semester-based campus. Courses with extensive grading based on essays are the hardest for me as no in-class sessions also meant that I had to rely on a lot of back and forth of essay revisions with the professors (along with extensive outside help due to my below average writing ability) on my essays so I tried to avoid those. Out of five courses I took between the two, I was very lucky in that I only had one low rated professor (a 2.4 average) and it just came down to making sure I didn’t fall behind in that class.
Online courses at DeAnza (and Foothill) can can be tough to get into as they fill up fast but I emailed the professors ahead of time and lucked out in getting add codes as people dropped. LTCC is much easier in comparison. Sending in all your transcripts (and AP scores) well ahead of time also helps as registration time is based on total CCC units accrued as known by their respective registrars offices.
@SDGoldenBear “Online courses… can be tough to get into…” Is this even for more off-the wall classes (philosophy)? I plan on taking a 5 unit ethical theory course - I’ll be shocked if it fills up completely.
What was your ratio of semester classes to quarter classes that you took at a time? I’m debating whether I should take 1 class during the winter quarter (5 units) and then take 12 semester units (4 classes), or 2 classes during the winter quarter (9 units) and 9 semester units/3 classes. Either way, my course load will be very manageable after the winter quarter (it ends March 24th?) - such that I won’t be too stressed when the admission decisions come around.
If I were to take two classes during the winter quarter and three classes during the semester, I technically would be part-time during my last term, despite the winter quarter overlapping with the semester for a good 10 weeks - is that a bad move?
For courses like those…your probably right in that they won’t fill up. Additionally professors know such courses are rarely offered at the more rural CCs so they usually are very open to accommodating additional students because of the lack of alternatives.
I’d have to take a look at my transcript to be certain, but I remember it going like this:
Four regular courses (13 semester units) during fall semester and two online courses (9 quarter units) for the fall quarter. I then took one winter intercession course (3 semester units) at a local CC along with two online courses (8.5 quarter units) during winter quarter. For spring I took three regular courses (11 semester units) for spring semester and one online course (4 quarter units) for spring quarter. The breakdown comes to six courses in the fall, three courses in the winter, and four courses in the spring. Essentially six in fall, one intercession, and six in spring if done all on the semester system.
The intercession course ended up being the hardest due to it’s pace (3 weeks) and I don’t recommend taking any semester intercession along with winter quarter. Generally though, the staggered scheduling worked out well and, outside of the intercession course, I never had an issue with work piling up. Fall finals is the worst of it with quarter system finals usually only a week and a half before the semester system finals. It’s a non-issue in the spring though with the finals for the winter quarter falling right on spring break for the semester system.
If you go for a single winter quarter course then an intercession course might not be a bad idea. I personally would plan to take the second winter quarter course though because if you get a spot in a good class/professor then it’s one less class to worry about when your registering for the spring semester and spring quarter.
Did you TAG to Davis? Won’t part-time status affect your TAG?
My CC calculated the winter intercession course as part of the spring semester so I was still considered a full-time student. In that sense its worth exploring the intercession course option, but I can’t emphasize just how fast that pace is.
Wow I just realized I’ve been typing intercession instead of intersession…shows why sleep is important. X_X