UCSD Fall 2019 Transfer Thread

@AeroDE Wow, you had a great round!! And thanks for thinking of us on the waitlist.

Anyone else got the message that UCSD didn’t get their FAFSA info?

Rejected! My only UC rejection. I’m not too sad cause I got into my top two, but any rejection stings a little ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Major: Sociology
CCC Transfer
GPA: 3.84
IGETC and prereqs: Completed
EC: Raised guide dogs for 3 years, 2 years rehabilitating wildlife, 6 years working with cat rescue, 1 year on educational speaking panel, member of PTK, dean’s list, presidential service award x2 years, worked 24-50 hours a week throughout time at cc, peer counselor for LGBTQ youth, helped start and currently work at a homeless shelter for LGBTQ adults.
Essays: 1. Overcoming homelessness and how that experience led me to help open a shelter and decide on sociology as my major, 2. Raising my first guide dog and how it changed my life, 3. Suffering from post traumatic stress and how I overcame that to still succeed in school, 4. Generic how I prepared for my major
Accepted: CSULB, UCR, UCD, UCSC, UCSB, UCB, UCLA
Rejected: SDSU, UCSD

I was missing one pre-req; I had to take one of six electives listed, but my CC only offers one of them, and it wasn’t offered at all this year. Oh well!

Congrats to everyone who was accepted :smiley:

Waitlisted for CS UC to UC transfer

i shouldnt have even put an alt major :frowning:

@willowstil I am missing UC’s second English and I still got accepted lol

That’s very surprising and UCSD is my first acceptance! Only waiting for USC now.

Waitlisted

Major: Computer Science
GPA: 3.914

Applied: UCSC, UCI, UCD, UCSD
Accepted: UCI, UCSC
Rejected: UCD
WAITLISTED: UCSD

@AceIsMy_HikingPuppy: Changing to CS at UCSD is done by lottery

See link below: https://cse.ucsd.edu/undergraduate/cse-capped-major-status

@kaejae Yeah, I refused to put a non-STEM major and ended up waitlisted.

ACCEPTED for Computer Science (Warren)!

1 Year Transfer from CCC
Major: Computer Science (no alt. major)
Overall GPA: 4.0
Major Prep: Completed by Spring 2019
IGETC: Completed by Spring 2019
EC’s: Mostly being Computer Science related. Coding clubs, doing projects, etc.
Essays: 9/10 Had a former UCI essay reader go over my essays and really liked them.
Applied: UCB, UCI, UCSD
Accepted: UCSD
Rejected: UCB, UCI (mostly because I was missing a lot of pre-req’s)

Comments: I was originally denied from all the UC’s as a freshman. Went to CC right after I graduated to take summer classes and 20 unit loads for fall and spring semester. I wanted to go to UCSD from the start so I prioritized my schedule around them (taking Calc 3 instead of Diff. Equations for Berkeley). My advice for people wanting to perform 1-year transfers is to have only a couple UC’s in mind to transfer to and try to effectively plan your schedule around their requirements while taking as many units as possible at your CC. It especially helps if you have AP credits or college credits from high school.

Accepted!!!.. but… in my alternate major lol, UCI was always my #1 anyways

alt major sociology

lol I was 100% sure that I would get in but I got rejected??

Major: Econ (Alternative: Int. Business)
GPA: very close to 4.0
major prereq & IGETC: all done
essay: i would say they were pretty good; I think they’re unique (not generic)
ECs: decent

Guys. I’m so emotional. I can’t believe I’m going to my dream school after nearly dropping out of college and battling bipolar disorder. I still can’t believe I made it this far. It doesn’t matter where you go for school as long as you get your degree and if you’re struggling I promise it gets better xoxo

@windowstil How were you not even waitlisted? Oh well…I think you should choose UCLA

Admitted
Sociology
GPA 4.0
CCC
IGETC complete
All prereqs complete
AA degree this spring
EC’s: Student Government

I was denied as well :frowning: congratulations you all!

ACCEPTED! (Sixth)

Major: Psych (with intention to minor in Neuroscience if possible)
GPA: 3.65
IGETC: Completed
Major prep: Completed 5/ 6 (3 required for consideration to the major)
Essays: 9.5/10 (good ass story)
Special points: 6 W’s, major upward trend, severe illness now resolved

After being told I was too sick to ever go to school, this is a hell of a comeback. Congratulations to everyone who made it!!

@kristinpete I wish I had made my username Windowstil instead ? But yeah I’m a little surprised. No biggie though. I’m glad that spot could go to someone else :slight_smile: I’m 90% set on UCLA, but I’m still gonna go to transfer day at Berkeley and see what’s up.

@notjayflo - Aye I’m super proud of you! Really inspirational of how far you’ve come. Everyone here is excited for you! Congratulations :slight_smile:

@notjayglo congrats! You should be so proud of yourself!