UC Berkeley Fall 2020: Transfer Thread

My stats:

GPA: 3.1 lol
Major: Media Studies
Major GPA: 4.0
IGETC + Major prerequisites: Completed. Also hold an AA in Journalism and Communication Studies / Graduating with honors
Job/Work Experience: Have worked as an accounting assistant for a couple years now (demonstrates stability) 40hrs of work a week + school
Extracurriculars: writer and photographer for the school paper, PTK (honor society), commissioner to director of publicity at school, and will be interning abroad in Australia this summer for a radio station.
Personal Statement: Pretty sure I explained why I had a low GPA. Had a bad semester but improvement was made. My transcripts show an upward trend

Applied for Financial Aid?: Of course
State: California
School: Santa Monica College
Gender: Female
Ethnicity: Latinx
Hooks First generation college student

Strengths: Upward trend, essays, and ECs
Weaknesses: GPA

Going to Cal would be awesome, but I know itā€™s a long shot with my GPA. Iā€™ve been accepted to a couple Cal States. Thereā€™s always grad school!!

BTW: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major this website is super helpful for knowing how many people applied for the given major and how many were accepted. Also shows the average GPA of the applicants and those enrolled. Good luck everyone!

@Ohm888 hey, media studies major here as well. Iā€™m a bit confused on the articulation agreement. I just checked Assist 2016-2017 and it says that the articulation agreement with the 4 courses you speak of will ā€œno longer be valid, effective fall 2020.ā€ When you change the settings to 2019-2020 it shows the 1 Media class @uclagorl mentions but also states ā€œeffective next fall, this articulation is no longer valid.ā€

Does this mean the 2019-2020 agreement with the 1 Media class applies this fall 2020 and WILL NOT apply to fall 2021?

@uclagorl btw this class is a Media 1 class. I took it at Santa Monica College.

cs student
3.7 gpa
diablo valley college

good ECs, okay essays

do I even have a shot

@drogodoe where does it say all 4 courses will no longer be effective? I know starting this fall the MS 10 equivalent needs to be taken at Berkeley, but where are you seeing the other three erased? On the media Studies home page it lists the other three groups, and while it says only two of those groups need to be completed I would seriously urge against that as the major is impacted. To be most competitive I would do all three.

https://mediastudies.ugis.berkeley.edu/prerequisites/

Be aware the MS 10 course appears to have turned into an extremely hard weeder. It was pretty easy back when I went. Check it out on rate my prof, Josh Jackson.

@Ohm888 On the Assist website. I put my college (Santa Monica College) to Berkeley then select Media Studies and shows up with this for 2019-2020:

https://assist.org/transfer/report/23050495

Iā€™ve also heard that if you do get accepted to Berkeley as a transfer, youā€™d be admitted to the school but not the department YET? Like youā€™d apply for the dept (Media Studies in this case) your first term, pass classes, then get into the dept?

@Ohm888 but I would still follow the Berkeleyā€™s media website you provided because itā€™s coming from the school directly lol thank you for that!

As I said a few times the 2019-2020 assist page IS NOT UPDATED. I know what it says. Use 2016-2017.

I took AP Literature in high school and I got a 3. It let me skip English 1 (berkeley english r1a equivalent) and go directly into English 2 (r2a) at my school.

I just wanted to verify that my requirements fulfilled berkeley but it seems they only accept a 4 or 5 for AP credit? http://guide.berkeley.edu/undergraduate/colleges-schools/engineering/reading-composition-requirement/

Are my chances ruined? Should I email a Berkeley representative?

If you are doing IGETC, a 3 is acceptable. The UCs all honor IGETC even though Berkeley requires a 4.

Hey everyone! The day is getting closer and closer, I canā€™t stop thinking about it! Good luck to all of you!
MAJOR: English
GPA: 3.9
Major GPA: 4.0
UC GPA: 4.0

Extracurriculars: an internship at the California State Capitol, and 2 Student Assistant positions, both for the state. I had some volunteer experience too.
Personal Statement: Iā€™d say they were good. I got them edited by two professors, and a UCB TAP Counselor. I worked really hard on them, I kind of needed them to be good, especially since Iā€™m applying as an english major!
Applied for Financial Aid?: yes
State (if domestic applicant): CA
School Type: Transfer from a community college!

Applying to UCB, UCLA, and UC Davis. UCB is the dream school. I really hope I get in!

thank you so much! is it easy to be abl to do a double major in the L&S department? I want to do English and Rhetoric

Hey guys. Here are my stats.

GPA: 3.865
Major: Political Science
IGETC: Completed
Major prep: Completed

I will complete my UCLA TAP certified honors program this Fall.

Extra curriculars: I am the VP of my collegeā€™s PTK chapter and I have worked full time while going to school.

Iā€™m a bit concerned because my major is pretty competitive.

@Warp776 When you say major prep complete, do you mean you finished all the courses on the list via assist? Or did you finish all major prep offered at your CC? Asking because Iā€™m a fellow political science major here who is the latter of the two. Currently trying to complete the remaining prereqs at a 2nd CC.

I checked on assist, and it looks like Berkeleyā€™s Major Prep for Political Science are.

-Introduction to American Politics (POL SCI 1)
-Introduction to Comparative Politics (2)
-Introduction to Political Theory (4)
-Introduction to International Relations (5)
-Introduction to Empirical Analysis and Quantitative Methods (3)

and one of several listed history courses.

Of these, the only one I did not complete is POL SCI 3 because there was no equivalent at my college. It says I will have to do it when I get there.

So to answer your question, I did all the major prep offered at my college, my college thankfully happens to offer most of the major prep courses.

Has anyone received any emails from Cal about covid-19? My cc hasnā€™t shut down yet but I heard that UCLA, UCR, and some other UCā€™s have stated that transfer students whose campuses have shut down wonā€™t be penalized.

@smallkiwi I havenā€™t received any emails yet, but Iā€™ll stay on the lookout. I havenā€™t applied to any of the schools you stated, so that is also probably why I havenā€™t seen anything yet.

Major: Political Science
Prerequisites: IGETC done this spring, all completed with total 3.8 college GPA
Extra Curriculars: On Student Senate appointed as the Student Advocate, president of Bernie 2020 club on campus, volunteer for various congressional, assembly, and presidential campaigns, one of five summer fellows selected to work in a CA Senatorā€™s Capitol Office, worked with four grassroots nonprofits dedicated to serving and uplifting people of marginalized communities, founded an org serving trans people and their families, Youth Impact Award recipient. Interested in working in legislation post-education.
Work: Restaurant industry since age 16 (will be 20 next month) => host, server, barista.
CC: High ranking in the nation, Santa Barbara City College

@Ohm888 Apparently itā€™s a common misconception that IGETC is accepted everywhere, even my counselor thought so. But I verified with UC Berkeley College of Engineering that they donā€™t accept it.

Itā€™s also the case for Haas and the College of Natural Resources. https://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/admission-requirements/transfer-requirements/general-education-igetc/igetc/campus-guidance.html

hello - im new to the forum

ANYONE APPLY TO HAAS? if so, did anyone get an interview yet?

thanks and please tag me if you are responding to this post

@jaescott i didnā€™t say it was accepted everywhere. I said if the OP is completing IGETC, the 3 overrules a 4.

UPDATE: I see where what I wrote could be misleading. The UCs all honor IGETC is the point I was making, but a few majors do not accept it, such as Haas. Since he was talking about a 3 working at the CCC I am assuming he is completing IGETC as that is the usual dilemma - 3 allowed for IGETC but not for breadth.
But youā€™re right, my wording could be misconstrued. ?

Rewrite: If you are completing IGETC for your major, a 3 is accepted for the English.