Major: psychology
Gpa: 3.09
Igetc: completed
Major requirements: 1 left in spring
Major: Psychology
Gpa: 3.33
IGETC: done
TAG: UCD
Major prep: Almost done, completing research methods and behavioral stats in spring 2016.
EC’s: Working full-time, volunteered on research project in Honduras.
Applied to: UCD, UCSB, UCSC, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, SFSU
Chances? Suggestions? Feedback?
did anyone already get an email from UCSB about their application being received?
@UCMtoUCSBHopeful I just received that email today.
I haven’t received anything yet
@Cheolf i’m crying, haven’t gotten anything tear
i just wanted to say that I applied as a Feminist Studies major not psychology (on page 1 of this thread i said psych was my major lol awkward)
does anyone know if UCSB is known for being very strict when it comes to major pre-reqs? I spoke to UCSB’s admissions office today and I was told that if the major was not considered “selective” or a performing major in the college of L&S, major pre-req is not a factor when it comes to admission. but sometimes i wonder if admission officers just say things like that for funzeez…
@UCMtoUCSBHopeful yeah that’s what I heard also! I think if you’re GPA is good (3.5+) and you’re missing maybe one or two prereq’s, but your major isn’t impacted then you should be OK. However, I know that UCSB is definitely known to be super strict if you don’t have a transferable math/writing class completed prior to transfer…but this is everything I’ve read from previous threads!
yeah, UCSB is definitely very strict when it comes to having the English and Math courses completed by fall lol. did you apply to UCSB this fall? 
@by3000
Transfer decisions will start coming out on the 22nd of March, and will continue until May 1st, on a rolling basis.
that sucks, last year they started coming out the 16th sigh
@UCMtoUCSBHopeful yeah I did! It’s my top three right now so hopefully! (:
Best of luck to you!
cool! it’s my top choice haha. thank you! best of luck to you as well!
just wondering, have you received an email from UCSB already regarding your application being received? i haven’t, just hoping i’m not the only one lol @by3000
Just received the application confirmation email from UCSB!
HEY GUYS!
I’m excited I found this page!!!
Major: Communication
GPA: 3.845
TAG: UCSB
IGETC: Completed spring 2016
Pre-reqs: Completed
EC: student government senator
phi theta kappa
three semesters on dean’s list
two jobs
some volunteer work through my job
I am a transfer student that has tagged to UCSB for Econ and Accounting. Does anyone in the major, has been in the major, or has extensive knowledge of it have any info about it? I have read all UCSB’s info that they have on their website but it doesn’t have much detail. How economics heavy is it vs how accounting heavy? Is it a good choice for someone who didn’t dislike Econ but didn’t love it either and loves accounting? I got a B in intro to micro and a B in intro to macro at my CC, but they were once a week night classes that I could have put more effort into and gotten an A. Should I go to another school? I read online that the economics courses at UCSB can get pretty intense especially Econ 10A. I know they got rid of the Econ 10A curve so is still really hard to get the B as a transfer? How is the recruitment vs somewhere like CSULB or UCR?
Take a look at the major outline:
https://my.sa.ucsb.edu/catalog/Current/Documents/2015_Majors/LS/Econ/Econ-Accounting-BA-2015.pdf
It appears to be very economics heavy, but realistically speaking I would imagine having that education in your background would be invaluable in the future. It might make the next two years a bit less interesting, but you will be free to narrow down your studies when you start looking into obtaining a masters degree.
I was wondering if anyone had any idea if taking Stats right now in Spring is gonna lead to an automatic rejection? I was reading the 2015 Fall transfer thread, and some said they think they got rejected because their Stats course is in progress.
I know that UCSB is pretty strict on a transferable math course & writing course to be completed, but now I’m super worried!
I’ve taken a non-transferable math course (math is my weakest subject), and passed with an A.
So I’m hoping that can show admissions I can still pass, maybe?
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
@by3000 no, that does not mean rejection! UCSB rejects TAGs when the math and writing courses are not completed by the fall. yes, priority will be given to applicants who have math and english done by fall, but that does not mean automatic rejection. my close friend got into UCSB and UCLA while fulfilling the math requirement in the spring. you should be ok!
http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/files/quick-reference-2015.pdf
@UCMtoUCSBHopeful thank you! definitely feel a little better knowing that it doesn’t lead to an automatic rejection.
I just wanna know already where I’ll be headed this fall, haha the wait is killing me