UC Intercampus Roll Call

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I've been lurking on this forum for roughly over a week, and read numerous posters state that UC intercampus transfers are just about impossible. As a current UC student (sophomore) who applied for transfers, I'd like to dispel that myth because I and a few of my friends who are also UC students have all been admitted by another UC campus via transfer.</p>

<p>If you're currently a UC student and have applied for an intercampus transfer, please name your original campus, the campuses you submitted applications to, and admissions decisions. Please feel free to share your personal stats too, because that may serve to be an invaluable reference to future UC students who are familiar with this board and considering a transfer.</p>

<p>Here goes mine:</p>

<p>Currently a 2nd-year Business Admin major at UC Riverside (Concentration: financial economics).
-3.85 overall GPA; 4.00 in upper division Business and Econ classes.
-119 completed quarter units by end of this year, prior to transfer.
-Deans Honors List every quarter. Completed Lower-Div university honors program in just 4 quarters.
-Manager of a major community service organization on campus.
-Retail banking intern back in high school.
-finished GE at my campus by Winter quarter of second year.</p>

<p>Additional Information:
-Enrolled in all upper-div Econ electives and Business classes this quarter. (nothing else left for me to take...)
-Despite earning A+s in upper-division theory classes for micro and macro, I've only completed one quarter of concise calculus (B) and one quarter of economic principles (A+). I love Econ classes on this campus!!! I get an A+ in every one I take... As for rushing through lower divs: the business school here is obsessed about bulldozing through lower div ASAP.
-Have not yet taken foreign language. Oops.</p>

<p>Campuses I applied to: UCSD (Econ), UCLA (BizEcon), Berkeley (Econ).</p>

<p>UCSD: Admitted, first wave (mid-march).</p>

<p>UCLA: Rejected. Due to the lousy managerial accounting req, I presume, & FL.</p>

<p>Berkeley: I might have a faint chance only if they overlook the fact that I haven't completed a foreign language. Since I just clicked the 'UC Reciprocity' option on the pre-req page of MyBerkeleyApp, maybe that little detail might have been skipped over by an admissions officer (cross my fingers!). Besides, April 30 is my birthday. If nothing else, perhaps they'd be kind enough not to reject me on the first night of my 20s. : )</p>

<p>Aside from myself, I know of at least a dozen others whom have transfered out of this desolate wasteland known as UCR. A handful of them are going (or went last year) to UCLA to study pure Econ. The rest have been admitted to UCSD, UCI, UCD, and UCSB. They all have 3.5+ GPAs, and completed most of their pre-reqs. I gather pre-reqs are even more important for intercampus transfers at UCLA and Berkeley. If only I had taken a formal calculus route and hadn't saved my foreign language for this summer... oh well, my education track was geared toward graduating from Riverside in 3 years despite only having 2 AP classes. I'm on track to get my BS in Business in one more year. So, I just don't know if it's worth transferring to UCSD, where I'd have to repeat lower-div math before starting econometrics...</p>

<p>Well, that's my long winded rant. Let's hear some more UC Intercampus stories, and let there be light on this issue once and for all.</p>

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<p>no one ever said it was impossible, just difficult. I did not apply for UCSD, but from the looks of it, it is not nearly as selective as UCLA( duh) so being accepted is not really a big deal, at least to me its not. hell, i personally know 3 people who applied for UC to UC transfer and 2 of them were accepted to UCLA. I see this thread as a boast post because you are just "showing" us something we all already know.</p>

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<p>Hi Guyy: my roommate got into UCLA for Engineering without completing a few pre-reqs. So there's yet another piece of real life evidence to support it's not that significantly difficult to transfer if you've done well and are targeting certain majors. </p>

<p>I'm sure there are future UC students who'd find these benchmarks to be of use if they consider transferring. After all, aren't 50% of posts on CC about seeing admissions/rejections stats? And if we could create a data warehouse that would save everyone time, and save this forum countless individual threads int he future, is that not a benefit?</p>

<p>See this thread any way you wish. Remember: one man's junk is another man's treasure. I wish this kind of statistics sharing thread had existed before I applied...I would have actually learned enough to care more about pre-reqs! Oh, and I don't see how getting rejected from UCLA is a boast. : ) Perhaps if enough people post, we'd see trends develop before our eyes on what kind of candidates were admitted to which campuses, and what caliber of candidates were unfortunately denied admissions to which campuses. </p>

<p>As for 'showing something everyone already knows...' well, I feel you've missed the entire point of your UC education. Everyone knows that planets in our solar system revolves around the sun, that bees build hives, and grapes can make wine... the purpose of going to a UC is to familiarize oneself with the proofs. </p>

<p>Best of luck on Berkeley. May April 30th be kind to us both!</p>

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<p>I'll post my stats:</p>

<p>UCSC to UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCSB
GPA: 3.87
Major: physics
GE': completed by spring
Prereq: everything except modern physics
EC: nothing really
work experience: not much</p>

<p>Accepted to UCLA, UCSD, UCSB (waiting for Berkeley).</p>

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<p>Doesn't UCSC have an outstanding physics research program though?</p>

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<p>I think this thread is useful :) If anyone else can post up their information it would be greatly appreciated. I am currently in high school and I plan to attend UCI next year but I'm hoping to transfer to UCLA or USC in the next one/two years.</p>

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<p>^Same situation. This thread is extremely helpful!</p>

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<p>UCR-UCI</p>

<p>3.42, Sociology Major</p>

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<p>someone post their stats for Cal, or any UC to UC for that matter.</p>

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<p>UCSB-UCSD
3.3 Psychology Major</p>

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<p>UCSD-Cal, UCLA
Film Studies
3.4
Accepted: Cal</p>

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<p>UCD- UCB
Poli sci/Bio (I was gonna double at Davis)
3.8
accepted at Cal (too bad I like my gpa too much to go, lol)</p>

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<p>From UCSB
Accepted to UCLA, UCI, and UCSD <-- GOIN THURR</p>

<p>3.5 GPA at application time
Comp Sci</p>

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<p>From UCLA
Accepted to Berkeley</p>

<p>3.97 Peace & Conflict Studies (planning to double in poli sci or legal studies)</p>

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<p>This is a great thread! Really gives hope to intercampus transfers.</p>

<p>But I was wondering, to all of you who applied, did you mention why you wanted to transfer to another UC in your application? (I'm guessing you would have done so in the additional comments section if you did).</p>

<p>Is it necessary to mention that you're coming from a different UC, or do you just apply like normal?</p>

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<p>From UCSB</p>

<p>Applied: UCLA (Global Studies) and UC Berkeley (Peace and Conflict Studies)</p>

<p>Admitted: UCLA and UC Berkeley</p>

<p>GPA: 3.79</p>

<p>you do NOT need to mention why you want to transfer to another UC at all. You don't need to mention that you're applying from another UC because it will obviously say it on your course work/schools attended.</p>

<p>btw: I'm pretty sure I'll attend UC Berkeley and probably switch to Political Science.</p>

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<p>From UC Merced</p>

<p>Applied: UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCD</p>

<p>Admitted: UCLA, UCB, UCSD, UCD</p>

<p>GPA: 3.60</p>

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<p>yeah you don't need to mention why or what that you're from a UC. Also, i was told NOT to address these things in additional information because they are actually PERSONAL things and therefore belong in your personal statement. if you feel they are strong enough reasons to warrant space in your personal statement, then put it there.</p>

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<p>Did anyone transfer from UCI - UCLA/UCB as a biology major?</p>

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<p>did anyone actually transfer from uci to ucla? i really am trying to do this into a life science major and i know its gonna be hard.</p>