I am a prospective transfer student from the San Diego community college district into the UC system for their Bioengineering programs. I am applying to:
UC Berkeley - Bioengineering
UC Los Angeles - Bioengineering
UC San Diego - Bioengineering: Biotechnology
UC Irvine - Biomedical Engineering
UC Santa Cruz - Biomolecular Engineering
UC Riverside - Bioengineering
I would prefer to either go to Cal, LA, or SD. SD is my top choice due to its great research opportunities, variety of other majors (I might switch to Nanoengineering) and close proximity to home. Along with my personal statements, which I have finished (I will email these to anyone who would like to read them), I feel somewhat confident in my stats:
Cumulative GPA: 4.0
Pre-major completed (as according to ASSIST.ORG) with the exception of the second course in the Organic Chemistry series (O-Chem II), and the third course in the Physics series (Waves, Oscillations, Optics, Modern Physics) - This last physics course does not apply to UC Berkeley, but instead the rest of the UC schools.
Research assistant in a Neurobiology lab at CSU Long Beach (Used to be a student there - GO 49ers!), concerning the study of the mechanisms through which the hormones estradiol and progesterone turn on and off reproductive behavior circuits in the brain:
- Performed drug injections on female rats
- Performed cutting/collection of rat brain tissue
- Performed/Shadowed surgeries on female rats
- Aided in observing/recording data concerning lordosis and other mating behaviors in rats during behavioral experiments
- Maintained laboratory work areas
Public Affairs and Project director of the CSU Long Beach Biomedical engineering society:
- Advertised events hosted by the Society
- Managed Society’s official Facebook page
- Built, organized, and sold circuit boards concerning Society fundraising
- Designed and built TMS device as showcase project
Made Presidents list @ CSU Long Beach (Fall, Spring semesters)
In the San Diego Community College District Honors Program
My major concern is that I have not finished the entire premajor track. I know that Bioengineering is a competitive and impacted major at most of these schools, and I fear that because of this I maybe rejected. Can anyone give me feedback on this?