UCB Transfer Advice

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<p>I have a 3.2 GPA with 3 C's the rest A's and B's from an Arizona CC. In the rules at my school (plus several schools I am tryinig to transfering to) I can retake the course and transfer the potential A. 2 of the 3 C's were due to circumstance. Working full time plus going to school full time to afford college (I assume they dont care).</p>

<p>I am trying to transfer to UC Berkeley but they do not accept retakes of C- and below. (Side note: why do they accept F,D?) Do I have any chance at getting in?</p>

<p>I have 4 years of work experience in the software industry (CS,CE major btw). I have done consulting for Cisco, Apple, Microsoft, and other F500 companies. Do you think this will increase my potential? I also have a lot of hours of community / charity work.</p>

<p>The bottom line however is that I will be transfering a 3.2 GPA and the range within the 25-75 percentiles are something like 3.75 to 3.8X...</p>

<p>Is there anything I can do to boost my GPA in the eyes of UCB? Do they even care that I retake the class?</p>

<p>Also if anyone has any advice on contacting advisors for UCB or UC in general as a OOS student that'd be really helpful - I have no idea where to start looking on whether or not classes will transfer.</p>

<p>Any advice at all will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance,
RM</p>

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<p>You have very good experiences is from what i see here. Indeed, you GPA will hurt you because Berkeley focus greatly on your academic, then ECs, which is the area you will definitely shine. I will say, give it a chance. </p>

<p>Make sure you match their prerequisite of your major in your school. And have a fabulous personal statements that I believe you will. And provide sufficient explanations to your grade in PART 3. </p>

<p>Give it a Try my friend. Hope that helped.</p>

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<p>You always have a chance, but as an OOS student, the odds are not good. Be sure to have some backups lined up.</p>

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<p>Actually, I read on another website and it said that Berkeley’s 25-75 is in the 3.5-3.9 GPA range actually. I think they said you need a 3.7 to be extremely competitive for Berkeley.</p>