UCSC to UCLA transfer (econ major)

<p>Hello,
Next quarter I will be a sophomore at UCSC majoring in Business management economics. I'm considering (actually, i really want to) transfer to UCLA for my junior year. I will continue to do some research on the topic but I just wanted some advice or tips about transferring from UCSC to UCLA. Any users with first time experience willing to share? Or just anyone w/ knowledge on the subject.</p>

<p>If it helps:
I fulfilled introductory micro/macro, AMS 11a&b, and will be taking accounting, intermediate mirco/macro classes and comp literacy next year. My GPA is 3.55 right now (I got Bs in GE classes but I got A/A- in all econ related classes.) Should I do some E.C activities? Such as joining frats or clubs to boast my chances? Should I talk to the econ department about transferring? I believe I can pass sophomore year with about a 3.6/7 GPA. THANKS!</p>

<p>Realistically unless you have a 4.0 GPA it would be hard to even have a chance to transfer at any of the top tier UC (UCB, UCLA, UCSD) and even the mid tiers (UCI, UCSB, UCD). UC to UC transfers are much more harder and competitive and UC’s take priority of CC transfers first. Also consider that econ and biz econ is severely impacted in UCLA and from transfers from CC (community college) the average for admitted UCLA econ transfer students was something like a 3.9 GPA and biz econ was 4.0 GPA the last 2 years (you can check this data on transfer data on the UCLA admissions site).</p>

<p>They only take a small amount of students opposed to the many who apply, and the avg APPLIED gpa for transfer students from CC was 3.8/3.7 for UCLA econ major, but the avg acceptance GPA was 4.0/3.9. Considering how much harder UC-UC transfer is compared to CC transfers, I would say even for the mid tiers it would be pretty tough. Econ is a popular major in all of the UCs, and impacted in several of them. In UCLA, econ is impacted and probably the hardest of all the UC’s to get into for that major, for UCSD, I think the 2nd or 3rd most popular major was Econ and for UCSB, it’s considered a impacted major.</p>

<p>That said, you should talk to your counselor about your chances and work to do your best the next year. In my opinion, I think it would be hard to transfer to another UC let alone UCLA unless you have something that really stands out (I repeat, it’s much harder to transfer from UC-UC, I think only 1% (?) of UC-UC transfers get admitted and the majority of transfers are community college students).</p>

<p>The UC-UC transfer rate is NOT 1%, at least not for UCLA. It’s closer to ~20% or so. In comparison, CCC transfer applicants have an acceptance rate of ~30%. Though the “disadvantage” is not as severe as some people exaggerate, it still makes it difficult to make the transfer. For the Business Economics or Economics majors in particular, it is pretty much impossible with your current GPA, honestly speaking. It only costs $70 to apply though so it wouldn’t hurt; you would still be going to UCSC (a respectable institution) if you get rejected.</p>

<p>Yeah, I know it’s an extremely difficult process but I really wanted to experience the undergrad UC life and if I do get rejected, SC has a fairly good econ department. I was also thinking about UCI, my chances will be a little higher than LA I suppose. Ill be working to really boast up that GPA. Is UCI better than UCSC in terms of economics because I can’t seem to find a survey/ranking that actually compares the two. They both has individual rankings in different surveys.</p>

<p>I got into UCLA transfer from UCSB. With 3.6 gpa and some extracurriculars. I think my essays were their deciding factor.</p>

<p>@istudent0342 all you can do is try. Personally, I think that you have a chance. I always wonder why people say it’s so hard to transfer from UC to UC? If you’re good enough to get into one UC then you’re good enough to get into the other.</p>

<p>@aopt982 What kind? Like joining frats?
I have government internships if that helps.</p>

Hi! Im also considering to transfer to UCLA from UCSC with economics major!
I was wondering if you got into UCLA!!