<p>how difficult is it to get into in those majors...</p>
<p>anyone???"</p>
<p>It's very difficult to get into those majors. If you look at their website where they list the transfer acceptance rates, the Social Science department only accepted 24% I believe last year. Although they don't give out the specific percentage for each major, it's safe to assume that the four majors you listed will be as tough as the number indicates as they are the most popular Social Science majors in Cal outside of Psychology.</p>
<p>But hey, if you want to apply and feel that you have a good shot, go for it. Never let the numbers scare you off.</p>
<p>A 3.5 gives you a solid shot at every school for almost every major. The exceptions are engineering and buis-econ at UCLA & UCB. What school and major are you applying for?</p>
<p>you have a 3.9 and what kind of answer were you expecting? did you want us all to say 3.9! ouch, 4.0 is what they're looking for, now you should begin panicking!</p>
<p>honestly, your gpa is good and you even believe you're going to get in and your just using this thread as a relief for all your anxiety. good luck = )</p>
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<p>Isn't this what all other people with GPA above 3.8 are doing? ;)</p>
<p>4.0: Superbly Stellar (If you worry with this GPA, go cut your wrist)
3.8 to 3.99: Outstanding (If you worry with this GPA, go hang yourself)
3.6 to 3.79: Very Good (If you worry with this GPA, go take some pill and sleep)
3.5 to 3.59: Good (If you worry with this GPA, go drink some ice water and calm yourself)
3.2 to 3.49: Average (If you worry with this GPA, turn off the computer and study)
2.8 to 3.19: Poor (You SHOULD be worried)
Below 2.8: FAIL (You are DOOMED)</p>
<p>I know 3.9 sounds good but really have no ec's, I’ve only worked only a little and no awards and i really want to go to Berkeley. But thanks for all the reinsurances :)</p>
<p>How are you guys approaching the essays? Do you think it is better to take a conservative approach and just write about the usual boring stuff, or be more out there and write something fun or stuff that I actually want to talk about, but might backfire?</p>
<p>to be honest, your essay wont make too much of an impact when applying to UCLA and UCB. but if you're applying to UCSD, and UCI, etc, make it creative. No sob stories!</p>
<p>I wrote mine on why I chose to attend Community College over 4 year institute with some smooth mixture of cliched personal development/maturation over time theme (Me in High School vs Me in College). That's for the UC</p>
<p>for my USC.. I wrote on my passion (or lack of) in Business, which I think is a better essay cuz it exposes the "true me". Some readers even worried that it revealed TOO much about me and that it would actually give a negative point for my admission, but they all agree that my USC essay definitely has more feeling and truth behind it, so it's lot better than my cliched UC essay.</p>
<p>so all in all, no matter how boring your life is, just tell THE TRUTH about yourself. The adcoms want to know YOU as a person. They don't want a tear-jerker (sympathy sux).</p>
<p>My essays are somewhat cliche, but never over the top. In all honesty, even though some of the points I make are cliche, I belive what it is I am saying. As well, anytime I say something about myself in the personal statment, I give an example. Without an example how can they know I mean what it is I am saying. Good luck to everyone else!</p>
<p>What if I were to write about my contempt for the medical industry in the United States, which is the main reason why I am switching out of bioengineering at UCSD? Or my contempt for the right wingers of this country, since San Diego is very conservative?</p>
<p>It all depends how you write it. Any essay can be written in a very headstrong, controversial style. However, the harder political essays are the ones that are mindful about the reader, and ones that touch on subjects that have no political boundary lines. All too often, opinionated students begin an essay that starts out to be thoughtful, but ends up being a rant. The whole point of the essay is to express your motives, and everything else about you; if you think a certain kind of essay will be able to explain yourself best, then by all means go for it.</p>