<p>Need some opinions here ive been freaking out for the past four months.
I applied for Fall Quarter 2012
Major: Anthropology B.A
Gpa: 3.33
Major gpa: 3.67
No TAP.
Igetc: Yes. Finishing math this semester. (all prerequisites done/ finishing my last one this current semester.)
Tons of extracurriculars: Hospital over 100 hrs, church youth leader, honor club, sports, job.
I think my essays were pretty strong as well, I wrote about how my love for anthro developed and emphasized that anthro is a strong passion of mine.</p>
<p>My gpa is a 3.3, it's pretty low because I got a D in one class this past semester (not a prerequisite class FYI). Nevertheless, it bought my gpa down significantly because it was a five unit class. My grades are as follows: 9 A's. 5 B's no C's one D. I'm also a first generation college student if that helps at all. I also just started an internship at the Natural History Museum LA (i indicated that at the time of my application i was still being reviewed for the poistion. Basically I'm asking if I have a shot at being admitted. I feel like the D screwed me over so bad. Thanks for all your help!!!!</p>
<p>If I dont get in, I plan to appeal too.</p>
<p>i think you’ll get in</p>
<p>last year’s profile:
[Profile</a> of Admitted Transfer Students, Fall 2011 - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof11.htm]Profile”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof11.htm)</p>
<p>the avg gpa admitted is 3.56, but they admitted 300 students the past 2 years, so the range of gpas should be pretty wide. i’m thinking the middle 50% of admitted students have gpas between 3.2 and 3.8 or so. you should be fine.</p>
<p>@aust1nku. Note, that low-GPA admitted to UCLA were athletes(Football players, Basketball, and etc).</p>
<p>@lawlking</p>
<p>yeah, but how many transfer athletes are there and how many major in anthro? most are probably physiology, kinesiology or other majors related to those. the fact that she has a job, finished all the prereqs, etc should be enough to get her in. TAP would’ve been nice, but i wouldn’t worry too much</p>
<p>@aust1nku. UCLA, and CAL, has been notorious to reject people even though there was spots open for the majors.</p>
<p>I’ve searched this website and I’ve seen a lot of people get into ucla as transfers (mostly philosophy and anthro majors) with gpas ranging from 3.1-3.4. Let’s hope I’m one of those. A ucla rep came to my school and she said even of I had a 3.4 I had a good chance of gaining admission. (when she came my gpa wasas 3.6 before the d). But let’s hope for the best. Thanks guys</p>
<p>I wish you luck Jess</p>
<p>I wish I knew with confidence what they will calculate my GPA to be. My UCSB GPA alone was around a 3.3X</p>
<p>But they calculate CC grades in too, right? I used two different websites and got a 3.41 and then a 3.47.
I’m REALLY hoping it’s a 3.47 because it’s closer to a 3.5.</p>
<p>My ECs were nothing special and my personal statement was kind of cheesy/lame.</p>
<p>I am currently taking my last pre req and I will be done with my GEs next quarter. I hope they recognize that I am from a UC and acknowledge UC to UC reciprocity 
I feel slightly at ease that intercampus transfers have the same priority as community college students.</p>
<p>Either UCLA or UCI would be a dream come true :[</p>
<p>@allfieldsarereq yeah they calculate the cc grades too. What’s your major because that matters a lot, and I hate to say this but uc’s evaluating cc applications is their priority. Ucla is my dream too. Ugh, such a stressful time. Do you not like ucsb??? </p>
<p>Thank you lawlking.</p>
<p>Oh, I’m sorry. I applied as Anthropology B.A. like you.</p>
<p>And UCLA gives UC and CC applicants the same priority. All the other UCs give only CC students priority. I know this for sure. I double checked this so many times.</p>
<p>@lawlking</p>
<p>yeah, that’s true. they’re gonna need to reject the lower gpa folks (even though they meet the requirements and the departments have seats) in order to maintain their prestige and intellectual competiveness. that’s one probable reason why they reject people.</p>
<p>look at my major, computer science, for example: 340 applicants and only 30 admitted last year. the average admitted gpa is 3.82. in the previous year they admitted 50, but the admitted gpa is still 3.80. so it’s safe to assume that ucla likes to keep their compsci gpa cutoff at around 3.80. now look at the average applied gpas. they’re very low (relative to 3.8) at ~3.3. it’s no wonder so many compsci applicants got rejected; most of them fall below ucla standards.</p>
<p>now look at anthro. around 450 apply with an average of ~3.35 and around 300 are admitted with ~3.55. that’s not a very big shift, and it seems ucla’s cutoff for anthro is around 3.55. since 3.55 is not far off from 3.35, the range of gpas admitted will definitely cover 3.35–especially with that many applicants–so the original poster has a good chance to get in. if 450 applied with avg of 3.35, you can tell there are a ton of applicants who are below 3.35, and they probably make up the 150 who are rejected.</p>
<p>@Aust1nku. I can see where you are coming from. But I have to highly advise that since none of us here are Counselors or admission officers, that our words are futile. We can hype Jess up saying you’ll get in, but if the opposite occurs then Jess will fall even harder.</p>
<p>that’s probably not the most clear three blocks of blabber you’ve read this month.</p>
<p>@allfieldsarereq, Good luck! Hopefully both of us will be at ucla next year. Fingers crossed.</p>
<p>Hopefully they can look past my 3.3gpa & recognize that I’ve never got below a b in class. And that I’m pretty much really “well rounded” the ucla rep also told me that, while they do have a large number of applicants, their department is big, which explains the large number of admits. The fact that it’s not impacted also helps. She even went onto inform me that they accept people below the average applied 3.35. I just hope for my sake they actually take a look at my personal statements and ec’s.</p>
<p>I am also waiting for the acceptance from UCLA as Anthro major.
My gpa is 3.6
Requirements for my major was A, A, B.
I have done so many extra curriculums in cc.
My essay was okay. </p>
<p>The thing is I am international student, and I heard that international students must maintain higher gpa than residence do. so even tho my gpa is higher than average rate according to the UCLA statistic, I feel that 3.6 is little low for international student like me.
Is there any one who was accepted to UCLA as Anthro and was international student ?<br>
Or do you guys have any clue for this kind of issue? </p>
<p>Please give me a feedback.
Thanks.</p>
<p>Hey I’m applying to Anthro B.A. at UCLA as well… transferring from a CC… I’m worried though because I got a NP in math last year and am retaking it now and have a B so far but they won’t know that before they decide. I think I’m in a similar position to Jess- luckily that NP didn’t affect my GPA but they will still see it. Aside from that I have more As than Bs (4.0 within my major) and have been academically consistent. I think my essays were really pretty nice, and I have some interesting work experience so I hope they see me as “well rounded”. Anyway- good luck everyone, I’m so nervous!</p>
<p>I wish I could just hand you my spot, I transferred anthro, and I hate it here. I hope you get in but I’m not sure what the competitive GPA is for anthro, but I’m sure it’s a LOT lower than everything else (just based what I’ve experienced in my classes) so you probably have a decent shot.</p>
<p>@wantUCadmission You should be fine, I wrote my essay for sociology and they accepted me</p>
<p>thanks, Do you mind if I ask why it is you hate anthro there?</p>
<p>Don’t worry, the anthropology department is great if you really, truly love/are passionate about anthropology (which I’m guessing everyone this in this entire thread does), but if you don’t and don’t intend on going to grad school for it or medschool (if you intend on doing B.S.), I recommend thinking long and hard about it.</p>