<p>hey guys so im planning on transferring this coming fall. im applying to 11 schools total but UCSB is my top pick. im majoring in Poli Sci emphasis on International Relations.
i plan on having a 2.8 gpa by the end of this fall. i know my chances are slim but i mean i have quite a bit of life experience under my belt and i do show an upwards trend in my transcripts.
soo what do you think???
please help this is my dream school!</p>
<p>i dont want to sound arrogant by saying i have loads of life experience. what i mean to say is that I have been fortunate enough to have traveled to quite a few places at such a young age. i was planning on writing about my trip to kenya,africa when i was ten and how seeing the poverty there and how it effected me.</p>
<p>It depends on how impacted your major is. I know a couple of guys who transfed to UCSB with a 2.8 majoring in Philosophy. Make sure you write a solid personal statement. Good Luck!</p>
<p>life experience doesn’t mean sh it. Admissions isn’t going to look at your application and say “OMG this chick went to Africa when she was 10 years old!!! we need to admit her even though she hasn’t done well in school”. </p>
<p>GPA matters and yours is low. </p>
<p>it’s community college for god sakes, how does anyone manage to get anything less than a 3.5?</p>
<p>Sorry to say it, but UCSB is not one of the schools that reads the personal statement, unless it is a borderline case. They have a TAG that needs a minimum of 3.0, so i will assume you will need a good deal higher than that if you dont have a TAG agreement.</p>
<p>and to the anonymous guy above me from Berkley… if you are transferring from a CC, you do know that all of the classes you transfer over are UC level classes right?! they are not any easier, sometimes you get a bad teacher, a hard teacher, a great teacher, an impossible class environment (which you DONT have to deal with) and yes, sometimes we get a BS class… but that doesnt mean its easier to get a high gpa. obviously we had to learn some classroom skills along the way that you had way before us.</p>
<p>^You are kidding yourself if you think it is no easier to get a high GPA at community college compared to a UC. In fact, I talked to reps from Berkeley and UCLA about my transfer goals (UC-UC) at a professional fair and they were blown away by my resume. I inquired about the tidbit that CCC students get priority over UC students and they both independently said that it is far more impressive to see a UC student with a high GPA than a CC student with a high GPA. Words from UCLA rep’s mouth “It is much, much harder at a UC.” </p>
<p>Take from that what you will.</p>
<p>Words from UCLA rep’s mouth…</p>
<p>my bias bell is ringing</p>
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<p>because they are UC transferable doesn’t make them UC level. AP classes also give college credit, they are hardly comparable to the “weed out” classes that a UC student takes. It is naive to assume that CC courses are at the same level at UC. </p>
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<p>ange, I’ve already transferred and seen what classes are like at UC Berkeley. You are talking from no experience. </p>
<p>CC classes are easier than both UC and high school classes. High school students take and ace community college classes in there summers with no trouble at all. So if an 18 to 20 year old cannot hack it in community college, they are no where near ready to transfer to a UC. </p>
<p>You seem to think that because UC accepts CC classes that they are just as rigorous. You are incorrect in this assumption because classes offered by community college is child’s play compared to what UC. UC is more competitive, there are more students, more material, less exams, no extra credit, no face time with the teacher, and the list goes on. </p>
<p>Community college is where either the lowest income or wost performing students go after high school, ever wonder why?</p>
<p>i find it remarkable that someone could get a low GPA in community college and even more remarkable that someone would think that UC and CC classes are equal.</p>
<p>the above post sounds sooooo dumb.</p>
<p>sure sure…a native american studies/anthro major is going to decide who’s dumb or not</p>
<p>and from your previous thread <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/799806-i-couldve-did-tag-uc-davis.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/799806-i-couldve-did-tag-uc-davis.html</a> </p>
<p>the hilarious lack of understanding of 4th grade grammar alongside the basic addition needed to add units together, I would dare to say that you are as intellectually challenged as most sub 3.0 students at CC.</p>
<p>anonymoususer or whatever,
i’ve seen you write SO much negative **** to every single post on here. Don’t you have a life? Obviously, not.</p>
<p>He is being realistic. You should take notice. If you are going to get a 2.5 as a psych major taking CCC classes, you are probably not ready for UC-level classes either.</p>
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<p>CC courses are obviously not at the same level that UC lower division courses. It is important to understand, however, that the CC courses are chiefly desing to improve essential skills that would help students do well 4years, and this is why people who transfer from a CCC to a top UC ends up doing really well. The problem with taking lower division courses at a UC is that you have to develop those skills on your own, by taking courses where the professor expects you have some knowledge already about the course and that you have developed all the skills to read, write, research, analyze and critique effectively. Anyway, some people can’t manage to get a high GPA because they work full time + are not really meant to excel in school. This is not to say, however, that working full time makes high GPA impossible. I’ve worked full time ever since I graduated from high school, and I managed to finish my CC with a 3.87. Btw, I don’t think it’s necessary to be so dry when telling people something that might not be so good. I do have two friends who transfered to UCSB with a 2.8 w/o TAG. I guess that can give her some chances, idk.</p>
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<p>wow guys calm down.
first off Im not an idiot. i got 2 D’s my very first semester taking 6 classes.
since then ive gotten nothing but A’s and B’s. i have only 25 units and im hauling ass to transfer next fall. i dont need some arrogant ******* who thinks he is the **** because he goes to UCB . idk your experience with the jc but not each jc is the same most are crap and easy to get through, regardless no one appreciates your ■■■■■■■■. this site is for constructive advice, its not a playground for you to be a dick.</p>
<p>besides that. my gpa is low. but since my first semester there has been an upward trend.</p>
<p>im not the sh it because I go to UCB, I go to UCB because they know I am.</p>
<p>it’s not ■■■■■■■■, it’s reality. If you have a two-point-whatever you are clearly not doing well in community college. I don’t know where this “upward trend” is coming from. You’ve only had 1 real semester after your D’s so don’t consider yourself a hotshot yet because you managed B’s and A’s in spring 09. Your GPA is still low and do really think that “life experience” from when you were ten can make up for that?</p>
<p>The reason I’m being so “negative” is because I find it amazing that applicants like yourself have a chance at getting into prestigious schools like UCSD, UCD, UCSC, or UCI when kids who manage 3.9’s and 2200 on their SAT’s in high school are rejected. All you need to do is scrape by with a measly 3.0 and sign a TAG.</p>
<p>I don’t know about you but I feel like freshmen admits deserve it more.</p>
<p>They’re the ones who have consistently done well, not messed up in high school and performed the same (if not worse) at community college. I feel that the TAG program and the GPA averages for transfers are a slight to all the students who worked their asses off in high school only to end up at the same place as someone who managed a B- in the lowest level institution after high school graduation.</p>
<p>I feel like this is an unfair advantage that the worst performing students get, you obviously feel differently…</p>
<p>Hey I just wanted to say that having been to tulane university and univ of miami and then coming to moorparkk college (a ccc near LA) it is MUCH easier to do well!!</p>
<p>(for some classes)</p>
<p>Since it’s open enrollment standards aren’t as high, but you still do learn in some classes. FOr instance, my chinese class is THE hardest language class ever. period.</p>
<p>However, my anthropology class is a piece of cake-seriously. i’m getting C’s on the tests because i know i don’t have to try and we have more bonus than regular points hah! It’s a nice break 
just depends on the teacher/class, but generally it is easier than a 4 yr i think.</p>
<p>anonymous, I kinda feel the same way as you. Not only are a lot of hard working HS students get a raw deal, but this is also giving an incentive to not work hard in HS. </p>
<p>If you think about it: Someone in HS who has a GPA under 3.5 or so by their senior year doesn’t have much of an incentive to continue to try to do well because they probably hardly have a chance to get into wherever they want to go. Instead, they know they can just go to a CC and get into a UC relatively easily. </p>
<p>(Same applies to someone in HS who has a GPA under 3 coming into their Jr year and so on…) </p>
<p>Any of these type of policies have a negative incentive to those in the margins.</p>