UCLA Business Econ/ UC Berkeley Haas

Chance Me / Match Me!
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Hi all,
I am a freshman transfer student at Berkeley City College and my first year is almost over.

My stats are:

GPA: 4.0- Yes I’m on track to complete this semester with a 4.0.
I have 72-75 units total planned- 2 full years of math with 2 1/2 years of calc and a semester of stats.
2 full years of chemistry- General and Organic.
1 full year of English.
1 semester of business, financial and managerial accounting, 2 semesters of economics, 1 semester of business law (maybe),
1 full year of biology.
Potentially a semester of physics.
1 semester of intro to tutoring - doesn’t count because it’s 1 credit.
4 on AP US History
4 on AP Human Geography
*I took a lot of stem one because its hard and 2 because i love it. If you guys think I should do some humanities gladly post.

Test Scores:

Bloomberg Aptitude Test: 85th Percentile- Tests financial aptitude and reasoning.

Extracurriculars:

Founder and Manager of the Investors Organization at Merritt College; we have 20+ members and are continuing to grow. We teach people and engage the community in the markets and present networking opportunities.

Member of the Merritt College Business Club

Member of the PTK Honors Society

I was a student at the Investment Banking School- 1 month intensive bootcamp on financial modeling.

I am planning on being a secretary in the student body at either BCC or Merritt College and work my way up to a higher leadership position.

Founder of the leukemia fundraiser foundation beginning in summer.

Work Experience:

Research Intern at UCSF- still continuing.
Im on track to publish 3 scientific papers- 1 in clinical research and 2 in basic science.

Nominated by english professor to be an English tutor in the writing center.

** I am trying to lock in an internship at a private wealth management firm- lets assume that I do get it, and I don’t. Answer for both as I am not sure what will come- I have been networking like hell to try and get my foot in the door.

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http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/

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I’m also applying to Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Colombia, USC (maybe), and U Penn. I really want to become an Investment Banker and eventually go into Private Equity with the intention of starting my own company. Regardless, its nearly impossible to get your foot in the door if you don’t go to a really really good school. If any of you have any help regarding what I can do it would be much appreciated. Although theres not much opportunity at CC, I believe you have to exploit every opportunity you get no matter if its small or big. So please do your local CC guy a favor and help him out. :slight_smile:

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HSY you should be advised are incredibly hard to transfer into…even much more so than regular admission. In short, most available transfer seats are tied to attrition. With attrition at 2% and below, it makes for a very limited ability of the qualified students to transfer. Moreover, besides being qualified for admission, most qualified applicants are transferring to schools with programs not offered at their home institution. In your case, both the UC and Cal-State school offer those degrees, thus it’s going to make it exponentially hard–best!

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@Nimak21 You’re a competitive applicant! You definitely have the odds on your favor! (: Good luck and hope you get accepted next year! I will also be applying next fall!