UCR Rejection with 3.95 GPA, Research, and Internships

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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Hello everyone,

I just got rejected from UCR as a transfer student. I just wanted to ask if there was anything glaringly obvious that I missed, in my stats.

Prereqs: Completed
GPA: 3.95

Multiple graduate research projects, completed an internship as well.

Major: CS

I am attempting to transfer from a CSU, so I know that might hurt my odds, but given my GPA and statistics I thought I still had a decent chance at UCR.

Here’s what I think might have done it…I skipped high school and went to college directly (I am 15 and a sophomore in college) so I was wondering if maybe it was the fact that I have no high school transcripts? UCLA and Berkeley did not request high school transcripts so I’m hoping that if this was the reason for my rejection, it won’t hurt my odds there.

I tried to call and ask why but I didn’t get a response. Before I try again, is there anything obvious here that would disqualify me?

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UCs give priority to community college students in California and theb transfer students from 4 year universities…

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Honestly you should have gotten in. Your GPA is far above the 75th percentile lol.

Maybe call the. And just ask why you got denied. Be smooth. Also you might want to message UCLA and Berkeley admissions tomorrow and ask them if you not going to high school is a problem.

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Maybe they were trying to protect their yield. You should try to reach out to admissions for an explanation.

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High school shouldn’t be relevant. Community college overrides it. You’re missing something - maybe transferable units are under 60 semester, or you’re missing major requirements, or one or both of your English courses aren’t fulfilling the English comp requirement, or your missing matching quant math, or you misapplied AP exam credit. Those are the main ones that come to mind.

Also, your age may have something to do with it, but I don’t know. They let young people that are homeschooled in.

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I agree with @Ohm888 - there’s probably something required that’s missing from your ap. I’d call again and ask.

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@NCalRent @Ohm888 I called, they said the reason was that I had not completed the English sequence of introductory English courses. I think I know why they think this is the case: the English course I took at my CSU is an accelerated version which specifically in the course details notes that it covers for and replaces their regular 1 year English sequence. Could I appeal on those grounds, noting the course description?

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@ollie1029 What’s the course name and which CSU?

In terms of appeal, it depends. Fulfilling the CSU year-long sequence is not necessarily the same as fulfilling the UC requirement.

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@Ohm888

CSULA, ENGL 1010. http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/english/engl-1010-accelerated-college-writing

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you certainly can appeal and probably should. Each appeal is handled individually and your case is nuanced so, I can’t give you odds of success
Good luck

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@Ohm888 just in case it’s relevant, in addition to ENGL 1010 Accerated college writing, I also listed completion of an Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking course and a Technical Writing course (all at CSULA). I’m not sure if either of these would count for the 2nd composition course though.

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Well the first one is not matching based on the Berkeley list. The fact that the name is “accelerated writing” and not composition is one tip-off.

Plus the description says for first year students. The English needed for transfers are at a higher level.

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If this helps…Similar situation. 4.0 from CA Community college rejected from CS major at UCR. Pop-up window said “application strong but not strong enough.” Accepted for alternative major. Completed all requirements. On programming team that placed second in Southern CA CC div of International Collegiate Programming Contest (which was better than many of the UC teams) at age 15.Homeschooled so high school record is based on that. On the young side but an adult. CC counselor said it was “confusing” but offered no further explanation. Called UCR transfer admissions five times over two weeks, left messages, and never received a call back for explanation why CS was not granted.