<p>@ ArrogantBastard: You’re in.
@ Pino: You’re in. The upward trend is huge at Berkeley.</p>
<p>I’m going to assume lakers is a hs student…lol.</p>
<p>@ LostCollegeBound: You’re probably in at Cal, and definitely in at all the rest.
@ Nukewarm: Missing that Chem requirement may hurt your chances for UCLA. I think you’re in at UCSD and CPSLO…Berkeley and UCLA are reaches just due to your GPA, but I think that you have an okay chance of getting into 1 of them.</p>
<p>UC-UC transfer from ucsd
Major: EECS
GPA: ~3.7 Cumulative, 3.8 Major (Up from 3.2 fall 09)
ECs: Summer internship. Volunteer tutoring. HKN honor society
Finished all pre-reqs and recommended courses
Essay: Alright, not too bad, not too good</p>
<p>@emilsinclair9 - I’m the OP, think you can chance me?</p>
<p>Major: Anthropology
GPA: 3.84
Major GPA: 4.0
TAP: Yes for UCLA
IGETC: Done
Pre-reqs: Done
Units Completed: 69, 78 by end of spring
Personal Statement: Found a small typo in one essay, but still feel strong about it
EC: Phi Theta Kappa, worked 5-30 hours a week, heavily involved in the Honors Program at my CC. Tons of letters of rec if needed.</p>
<p>I am also the first in my family to go to college, and I failed out of high school 12 years ago.</p>
<p>@ xcaliberse: You’re in. The UC’s won’t see your spring grades, so the only thing they’ll see is your 4.0. I think you’re fine, and ultimately you’ll have your pick of UC.</p>
<p>@BerkeleyorBust: Definitely in. The major GPA is perfect (obviously), and TAP will easily get you into UCLA. You’re in at Cal as well.</p>
<p>Major: Economics (Business Econ for UCLA)
GPA: 3.82
Igetc: done
TAP: Done for UCLA
Prereqs: All done but Calc2 which I’m completing now</p>
<p>EC: Financial firm internship, in the process of another one, accounting tutor, member of many clubs, president of one of them</p>
<p>Essays: pretty solid</p>
<p>so berkeley must be a engineering school, no biochem degree. maybe ill stick with davis, they have TAG anyways.</p>
<p>Applying to Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD(TAG)
Major: Pure Math
California Community College Applicant
GPA: 3.49
IGETC: Will be done by this spring
Prerequisites: I got a B in Calculus 1, Calculus 2, and Discrete Math. I got an A in Calculus 3 and Differential Equations. I don’t know if it helps but last semester I took Discrete Math, Differential Equations and Calculus 3 at the same time. I am finishing up Linear Algebra this semester.
EC: Tutoring Math
For Berkeley I will have finished all math prerequisites and for UCLA I am missing 2 prerequisites: Physics and another science class.</p>
<p>Chance me please!
UCSD ----> Berkeley
Major: Physics and Mathematics
GPA: 3.92
Major GPA: 3.97
Took the most rigorous courses at UCSD except chemistry.
Community Service:
Tutor for the community
Tutor at a high school
Assistance Kumdo student
Extracurricular Activity:
Key Club
LAN Club(Programming and analyzing)
Revelle College Assembly
American Red Cross
Science Alliance
Awards:
Provost Honors
2 Awards as Kumdo Representative in USA (3rd place)
State Representative for Kumdo
Diligent Student Award
Working experience:
Physics TA for 1BL (7 hours per week)
SAT I:
2210
800 Math
740 Reading
670 Writing
SAT II:
770 Math 2C
790 Korean
AP:
3 on Calculus AB
4 on Statistic</p>
<p>@xcalibraese:</p>
<p>Honestly, if you don’t get in, my heart will turn gray. You have great chance of getting into UCB.</p>
<p>@IndieRockNRoll I am pretty sure you have a great chance of getting in.</p>
<p>Major: Mathematics
GPA: 4.0
IGETC: Done through CCC Honors Program (All math prerecs will be completed, currently enrolled in my last CCC math class, Linear Algebra)<br>
EC’S: MESA Club and Program (First Generation College Student), Honors Club (Secretary), volunteer work for Make a Difference Day/ Relay For Life/ Science fair projects (Ruben’s Tube) etc. etc.<br>
Work Experience: Bicycle mechanic (over 15 hrs. per week), Supplemental Instruction leader for Calc. 2 (over 8 hrs. per week). I believe that Berkeley also has an SI Program.<br>
Achievements: Phi Theta Kappa, Physics awards, leadership community (local) awards etc. etc.
Essays: Fairly good (I had a PHD editor from Berkeley look over my essays)
(Will have 65 transferable units when transferring)<br>
What do you think?</p>
<p>From: University of California, San Diego student at the moment</p>
<p>Going in as a Junior transfer</p>
<p>To: UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Cornell University, and Harvey Mudd College</p>
<p>Cumulative GPA : 3.92
Major GPA: 3.97
Major: Physics
Goal: Professor
SAT I: 2210. Math: 800 Reading: 740 Writing: 670
SAT II: Math IIC 770, Korean 790
Essay: good
EC: decent
Work experience: Physics TA in UCSD.
Additional information: Sunlight allergic reaction.</p>
<p>Any thoughts? @emilsinclair9, maybe?</p>
<p>Schools
UCLA, Berkeley (TAGing into UCSD)</p>
<p>Major
Political Science</p>
<p>Current School
CCC</p>
<p>GPA/Academic History
Cumulative, 3.37. </p>
<p>Fall 2006-Fall 2007 was at a small, unknown LAC that almost lost it’s accreditation last year. 2.0 with 27 units, unknown how many will transfer. Most courses don’t have direct parallels at UCs. Cumulative GPA assumes all 27 units will be judged transferrable.</p>
<p>Fall 2007-Spring 2009 was part time at a CCC, 15 units total, 3.8 GPA (4 A’s, 1 B). Also working during this period.</p>
<p>Fall 2009-Fall 2010: Full time, including 23 units between January and June 2010. 46 transferrable units, 4.0 GPA. Received two A+'s and an A in Fall 2010.</p>
<p>Spring 2011: No transferrable courses. I will potentially (depending on the LAC courses) have 88 transferrable units after Fall 2010; 90 or more makes me ineligible for San Diego. </p>
<p>Prerequisites
UCLA: All 4, all A’s, 2 of them Honors.
Cal: Both PoliSci, plus the History class, all A’s.</p>
<p>IGETC completed by end of Fall 2010. TAP-certified.</p>
<p>EC/Soft factors
-Provided tutoring in various subjects, as requested by other students. Honors program (TAP). </p>
<p>-Former intern for state assemblyman (both he and his COS are UCLA graduates).
-Staff-level experience on four political campaigns, volunteer-level experience on three more.
-Have given on-record, published statements to area newspapers involving a governmental office.
-Currently Special Projects Coordinator to an elected official who represents 500,000 constituents.</p>
<p>Essays
Strong, in my opinion, but atypical. I wrote them as a narrative. I described some of my more unique experiences in politics, including when I testified against a corrupt elected official in his criminal trial.</p>
<p>My comments
I’m an interesting case. Low overall GPA, but with a very sharp upward trend. It’s not even a trend, really–2.0 at the unknown LAC, then an immediate spike to 3.95 at the CCC, with no real in-between. Very strong major-related work experience. Thoughts?</p>
<p>@gsauer: You are definitey in, and I hope I will become your classmate. I am also a math major 
But I only got a 3.93…One B in political science :<</p>
<p>I am feeling so bored this semester. I can’t wait to transfer.</p>
<p>@nick What I find interesting is why your GPA was so low at your previous CCC. If you gave the admissions officers a compelling reason to explain this, I think they’ll forgive you considering how much you’ve improved and also the strength of your major-related work.</p>
<p>I didn’t go to a CCC originally. It was a private, four-year liberal arts college on the east coast, with less than 100 students. It was a completely different environment. Plus, the college entered a period of turmoil the year I started. Most of the faculty have since left or been fired, enrollment has declined by 1/3, and the college’s president was under investigation for embezzlement.</p>
<p>In other words, this was kind of a shady place. As for my own grades… All Freshmen grades were low that year. There are specific reasons I discussed in my application I don’t want to type out here, but the bottom line is I more or less got screwed there.</p>
<p>Like you say, I’m hoping they consider that:
1.) The original grades were at a school completely different from a CCC or UC–it’d almost be like if I got bad grades at a trade school that happened to be accredited
2.) Not only was the school completely different, the school itself was going through some major problems that affected academics among all students.
3.) The poor grades were from 3 years ago.
4.) Since then, I’ve had a nearly perfect record. I didn’t even have an upward trend–At the original college my grades stunk, at a normal CCC they’ve been consistently exceptional.</p>
<p>Will they? Who knows. There are plenty of 4.0 applicants without the blemishes I have. I’m hoping my professional experience puts me over the top–I honestly think I have the most unique work-related life experience of any UC applicant.</p>
<p>Nick, I’m in TAP at Cal and my tap advisor told me my OOSU credits won’t transfer. Yours probably won’t either, especially if they’re from a LAC. She told me for L&S they briefly look at your entire gpa, including non transferrable classes but they make their final decision off transferrable ones.</p>