I was looking at that too. But then I got confused because if you click on that major then UCB, then the GPA range is different from UCB and the section in Environmental Economics and Policy in CNR. Then I clicked on other colleges and it shows me the same GPA range. So, I wasn’t sure if the GPA range for Environmental Economics and Policy is 3.47-3.8 anymore.
So in case anyone was wondering, decisions come out April 19th, 2019. 138 days from today
Does anyon know if Berkeley takes transfer students who are not CCC? Anyone familiar with that process?
@littlepuppy503 they do but priority is given to community college students
Hey all! Have any of you received an email from Berkeley with your portal id? From my understanding, we are supposed to receive the email in January since we’re transfers. However, I received mine today…seems kind of fast.
I received mine too. I think it’s normal for Cal. I applied for the EEP major but I’m not sure if I applied in College of Letters and Sciences or CNR. Is there any way to check?
That’s the thing, on the cal website it says that transfer students receive their portal id until January. that’s why I’m confused.
Late reply but thank you @Ohm888! 
Nice to hear, thanks for the info.
I haven’t received an email yet. I thought we receive it the end of this month. What does the email say?
@AMETHYST1399 the email basically states that they have received out application and it is currently under review. we also received out id #… did you get it?
Hello, I am a computer science major but applying to UCB as applied mathematics. So I have completed standard cs courses as well as the entire physics series.
CCC Transfer: College of San Mateo
Major: applied mathematics
IGETC: complete by spring 2019
Major Prep: complete by spring 2019
GPA: 3.77
ECs: not much, nothing spectacular
Essays: talked about passion for problem solving, side coding projects, future goals/plans.
@goldencub I’m having trouble trying to message you but I am majoring in Philosophy and would love some insight!
Hello
California Community College transfer
Major: Chemistry B.S.
GPA: 4.00
UC GPA: 4.00
Total units so far: 88 units (I used to be not good at math/science so I had to start all the way from college algebra& trigonometry and had to take all the introductory science classes)
Prerequisites and igetc will be finished by spring 2019 (need to take one more organic chemistry and general physics class for my major prerequisite/ igetc is not required for my major but I’m just gonna try to finish it just in case! )
Extracurriculars: attended 1-week research at UC Irvine, an active member of the school chemistry club
Job/Work Experience: Worked 30hours/week as a shift leader at a restaurant chain
Volunteer/Community service: Rescued abandoned dogs from the road and took care of them. Tutored my classmates. Also wrote about some volunteer activities I did at chemistry club
Personal Statement: I wrote about the death of my 15year dog a week before the final and how I overcame and managed to still get all A’s (may sound cliche but that was my story so…).
Wrote about being an immigrant from Korea (learning English)
Wrote about how my passion for chemistry developed from my personal experience. While taking care of rescued dogs, I realized that veterinary drugs are not readily available, unlike humans drugs. and said the fact that a lot of animals’ suffering from incurable diseases has inspired me to pursue chemistry for my major.
Ethnicity: Asian
Gender: Female
Strengths: GPA
Weaknesses:
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don’t have much e.c. because I was always working full time
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did not have enough time to revise my essays
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have too much units(will be 109units by spring 2019). Worried because I heard having too many units might act negatively on my application
applying to what schools? UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC, UC Sandiego, UC Irvine and also thinking about applying to Johns Hopkins University and the University of Notre Dame Among UC’s UC Berkeley is my dream school because they have a great chemistry department!
Please chance me I’m so nervous these days :((
GPA: 3.94
[ *] Job/Work Experience: I basically just work, no extracurriculars. Throughout my time studying I’ve averaged between 25-35 hours a week working (I know that extracurriculars are important but I basically hit the ground running when I decided to go back to school and only spent time working or studying)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: 3 hours at a Seattle progressive feminist organization
[ *] Personal Statement: Extremely strong. I am a sexual assault survivor/victim who is working her butt off to pursue her goals.
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: Yes
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: Philosophy and Political Science
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): Washington
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: 2-4 Year Community College; Quarter System
[ *] Ethnicity: Asian
[ *] Gender: Female
[ *] Income Bracket: Bottom 10%
[ *] Hooks: First-generation college student; independent?
[ *] Strengths: I started school again in April of 2018 and am two quarters away from attaining my associate’s.
[ *] Weaknesses: I took a few years off after my sexual assault and failing a few classes.
My Stats
CCC transfer from Santa Monica College
International Student (Turkish)
Major: Cognitive Science
GPA : 3.82
IGETC: Done
Prereqs: Done
ECs: Nothing extraordinary
Background: First-gen, non-traditional
@vousmeuerz habgyeoghalgeoeyo for Berkeley!
Im pretty sure having maxed out on units is not a big deal. You will lose a lot though since the max you can bring in would be 70.
Wouldnt be surprised if it was easy to dox me but here we go!!
GPA/ MAJOR GPA/ UC GPA 4.0/3.92~
[ *] Extracurriculars (place leadership in parenthesis): Math research w/ advisor, presented at math conferences,math club vp, tutoring younger sister , pro gaming team sub. player
[ *] Job/Work Experience: , sporadic part time work/full time work (40 hrs/wk)
[ *] Volunteer/Community service: a bit of volunteer math tutoring @ campus
[ *] Personal Statement: i wrote em the night before and got it reviewed by a friend (ty bri lol) and they thought it was “really good.”
[ *] Applied for Financial Aid?: n
[ *][ b] Intended Major [ /b]: econ
[ *] State (if domestic applicant): CA
[ *] Country (if international applicant):
[ *] School Type: cc
[ *] Ethnicity:asian
[ *] Gender: M
Also received two scholarships related to math
[ *] Weaknesses: got 2 b’s in unrelated e’cs early in my college career b/c i was playing too much vidya games lool, also had to withdraw from calc 3 due to medical issues that i later receieved surgery for which I explained in the app. Also mentioned that I had the highest grade in my class before dropping (teacher told me and even offered to let me incomplete it). Retook it for an A the next sem.
applying to what schools? all uc’s except ucr/merced
My stats:
From a Los Angeles CCC
Major: Anthropology
GPA: 4.0
prereqs: DONE
Igetc: DONE
TAP: yes
Units by Spring 2019: 88 units
Hooks: Gay, Middle Eastern, First Gen,
EC: 200+ hours of volunteering at hospital, 100+ hours of shadowing a DPM, 50 hours of shadowing at Emergency Room Doctor .
Schools Applying:
(UCs: UCLA, UC Berkely, UCSD, UCSB, UCI)
(CSU: CSUN, SDU, CSULB, Cal Poly SLO)
(Private: USC, Pitzer, Cornell)
Personal Statements:
In short they had themes of : The difficulties of being Middle Eastern and Gay with a sob story of I overcame those obstacles, Drag, and volunteering for elderly people with memory loss featuring the classic “I was supposed to help them but they helped me”.
Good luck!
@okurrr Ya I just got the email a few days ago.