UC Davis Transfer Fall 2018--Discussion Post

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So I was looking through my emails from last year and I was notified on 4/21 and apparently picnic day was the day after… o-o weird. So I guess ya’ll will hear on 4/20 this year since 4/21 is our picnic day this year. They will have a Transfer Day for those who can’t attend Picnic Day. Transfer Day is some time in May (it was May 12 last year).

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hey everyone! Sorry I came so late, but I’m trying to find out my chances for being accepted as a fall 2018 transfer, and I was hoping someone could chance me?
Transferring from junior college (Gavilan College in Gilroy).
Major: Psychology
Alt.Major: Communications
Transferrable GPA: 3.111 (yeah, not too proud of it either)
Pre-Reqs: one not completed for Psychology; all completed/ in progress for communications
Applied: UCD, UCB, UCSB, UCM, SFSU, CSU Chico, CSUSM, CSUDH, Sonoma State, Sacramento State
Accepted: SFSU, CSUDH, Sonoma, Sacramento
Denied: CSUSM, Chico (transcript issue)
Waitlist: UCSB
Waiting: UCD, UCB, UCM

I’ll say that I know my chances aren’t astronomical for the UCs, but being waitlisted to UCSB makes me feel some comfort. Davis is my top choice, CSUDH probably second.

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Hey! I didn’t receive the scholarship email but I can search for classes on my.ucdavis and go onto mybill and pay the deposit.

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I think you need at least a 3.8 gpa.

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@CalStudent42

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@CalStudent42 @ChavBruvSat my friend has a 3.6 and got the email for it.

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Hmm… do you guys think they look at personal achievements as well as GPA then for regents? Do they specify what makes a prospective student qualified to receive the invite?

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Well… 3.57. I rounded to 3.6. @tc00000 @ChavBruvSat

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Does no regents mean likely rejection?

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@CalStudent42 absolutely not. Only very, very few students are even considered. 95% of people get in without regents

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Question: Can anyone NOT log-in to the mybill/pay deposits by now? JW.

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Regent’s Scholarship App got extended to April 17th. And @carolinelove15 what is it saying? i am able to log in so it Should be working. Try logging in again, maybe it was down for maintenance or something.

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I’m missing prereqs for Davis but got the Regents email. Does that mean anything or did they just filter me by my gpa

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@Twenmi On the regents email it says that getting the email is no indication of an admission decision because the office of admissions functions separately from the office of admissions.

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@Twenmi
whoops totally messed up the last part there. What I meant to say was that:
On the regents email it says that getting the email is no indication of an admission decision because the office of financial aid functions separately from the office of admissions.

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I know nobody can say for sure but y’all think I have even a little hope if I applied with a low GPA but an unimpacted major?

  • GPA: 2.79 (2.87 after winter quarter)
  • Major: Linguistics
  • Prereqs: Done (Only one class but I got a C as I took it during my first few quarters of college when I didn't have a grasp on anything due to mental health)
  • IGETC: Taking Stats at the moment to complete
  • Decent ECs and Work exp, both include working at a school (I'm trying to be a teacher!! :3)
  • Slight upward grade trend (pretty much straight Cs starting college until Spring 2017, Mostly As with a few Bs tossed in after that) I touched a little on this in my PIs about mental health and being the only person in my friend group to do 2+2 (I'm Asian, Chinese specifically so lol..)
  • In my personal insights I talked about being first gen (neither parents went to/finished college), growing up with one deaf ear, and how I discovered my passion for my major.

It’s really just my extremely subpar GPA that has me worried. My major does have a 77% admit rate according to this https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major but the admit range GPA is 3.31-3.76… sigh. Everyone on these threads have such good grades haha. Best of luck to all of you and thanks if you read this mini rant thing.

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If you guys get accepted are you going to picnic day?

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@tc00000 definitely !

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@tc00000 For sure. I still have to preorder my plane tickets in case I do get accepted.

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I feel like I’m in the same boat! My major has a 71% admit rate but I’m not in the GPA range so I’m a bit nervous. Hopefully it all works out for us :slight_smile: