<p>Hey there!</p>
<p>I just got accepted to UC Davis today (my 1st choice school) as a UC-UC transfer applicant. I had a really, really hard time gathering information as a UC-UC transfer applicant this year. Thankfully though, I was able to piece things together bit by bit from various sources before the November 30th application deadline. I'm going to put all that valuable information together into this comprehensive guide and hopefully, it'll help all you future UC-UC transfers out!</p>
<p>First of all, read through the minimum requirements on the UC website to be admitted as an intercampus transfer: </p>
<p>Minimum</a> admissions requirements | UC Admissions</p>
<p>And now, here are the stats with which I was accepted to UC Davis:</p>
<p>Transferring from: UC Santa Cruz
GPA: 3.17
Major: Physics
Prereqs completed: Missing 4 prerequisites</p>
<p>So as you can see, you don't need to have a 4.0 GPA and have all your prerequisites completed in order to be accepted as an intercampus transfer. However, you DO need to be competitive enough within the current pool of applicants who applied to your major. For example, if you applied to Communication Studies at UCLA and the average GPA is a 3.89, you NEED to make sure that you meet or exceed that GPA, to guarantee the best chance of being admitted. This is especially true when it comes to impacted majors.</p>
<p>Oh, and prerequisites? Try your best to complete them. All of them. If you applied to Engineering or some other super, crazy impacted major, your chances of acceptance will be greatly diminished for every class that you don't take for your major. In fact, UCLA and UCB will probably reject you just for missing one prereq (especially for impacted majors). Other UCs have less harsh, but stringent nevertheless, policies. I remember UC Davis saying that if you miss 3 or more prereqs for Engineering, you would be automatically rejected (regardless of your GPA). But if you're applying to a more obscure/unimpacted major at a mid/lower-tier UC, don't worry about prereqs too much. Of course, you should still really try to finish as many prereqs as possible, but it won't be disastrous for you if you don't.</p>
<p>GEs are really not that big of an issue compared to prereqs. They're more of a luxury if you complete them, but you won't be screwed over if you don't. There's this thing called UC-UC Reciprocity. Basically, if you finish all your GEs at the UC that you're transferring from, the UC that you transfer to will not require you to complete their GE requirements. In simple terms, you won't have to worry about GEs after you transfer. I believe you need to go to your original UC's registrar's office to obtain the reciprocity certificate. You will then need to mail it to the UC you were accepted to along with your transcripts (check with the UC you were accepted to on this... some UCs have different policies on this). </p>
<p>So in short, your top priority in requirements for the transfer process should be this:</p>
<p>GPA > Prerequisites > GEs</p>
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<p>The biggest piece of information I wish I had when I started my transfer process, is this:</p>
<p>EVERY class at one UC campus will transfer over to another UC campus for units.</p>
<p>Go back, and read that line again one more time. Trust me, it'll make your transfer life a LOT less stressful. The point here, is that taking a class at one UC campus will automatically give you units for your transfer process to another UC. It doesn't matter if your class is completely obscure like "Introduction to Milking" and isn't offered at your target UC campus. The fact that you are already inside the UC system is a great advantage; it is also the reason why you will get units to count towards your transfer for every class that is taken at a UC campus. </p>
<p>Determining class equivalency at two UC campuses is a whole different story. For example, how do you figure out if the "History 101" class at UC Riverside is the same class as the "History 101" class at UC Berkeley? And what if you make the wrong choice and the class ends up not satisfying your prerequisites? The best thing to do in this situation is to call your target UC and ask if they'll do a course evaluation for you. Chances are, there were students who applied before you to the same major and from the same campus and that your target UC had to do course evaluation for them (after they were admitted). If that's the case, its just a matter of them pulling out the evaluation and telling you which classes to take for your prerequisites.</p>
<p>That's all the info that I can think of for now (off the top of my head at least).... if you guys have any more questions, fire away below! I'll be more than happy to help.</p>