<p>With a solid 3.34 overall GPA, 3.6 or 3.7 within major, and steady progression of grades (I got a 3.78 last semester), one W (I just took in only one class - my only one), stellar extracurriculars / work exp, and a pretty solid couple essays, but I'm 'out of state' at the University of Michigan, and from California, what are my shots at UCLA and Berkeley?</p>
<p>I guess the question is that they give huge pref to in-state transfers from CC's, but how much do my chances differ, and is there anything (rec letters, etc. - yes, I know conventionally UCs do not accept them), to improve chances, or should I sit tight, and hope they recognize that with 3 jobs and a 3.3 or 3.4 overall at Michigan, I should be okay?</p>
<p>The preference is definitely there, but the greatest obstacle OOS transfers face is academic preparation because there is no articulation agreement in place between Michigan and the UCs. The admissions office at each UC campus needs to either look through its old record of previously evaluated courses or do course evaluation on the fly to determine whether you meet transfer eligibility requirements (60 semester/90 quarter UC-transferable units and GE requirements) and the transferability of major prereqs you completed (which will also affect how competitive you are for admission).</p>
<p>The major factors in too. Majors like business admin, business econ, psychology, sociology, engineering, etc will need a very high GPA even in state. If you’re going for a major less people apply to it might help…</p>
<p>^^^What your major is doesn’t matter for Berkeley you get admitted into the university first then select your major after you’ve been accepted. For UCLA, your chances can improve if you apply to a non-impacted, less competitive major because they admit directly by major.</p>
<p>Question - when applying for Freshman admission, there is a chance you apply to a few schools and then some schools (generally Merced, etc.) reach out if you were eligible with offers of admission, even though you didn’t apply - based upon the premise that UCs try and get everyone a fair shot at SOME education. Does anyone know if this is true in any sort for transfer admission as well?</p>
<p>@dilapidatedmind, that is incorrect - Berkeley admits either by division (in College of Letters & Science) or by major (other colleges) for transfers. Haas is significantly more competitive and the transfer application is evaluated within Haas by a faculty committee.</p>