Very confused. Any help would be appreciated!

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>Hi! I am currently a freshman at a private christian school in California. My parents insisted that I attend this type of school, so I didn't have a lot of say in where I ended up or really get to investigate the college selection process.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, I really do not like it here. I have no desire to base my education around a religion I don't believe and am tired of chapel and church attendance requirements. About a week ago my parents relented and told me to go ahead and apply somewhere else.</p>

<p>Ideally I would like to attend UC Berkeley or UCLA but believe that any UC would be an improvement. My problem is I can find very little information for people in my situation. From what I gather it is not possible to apply to UCs at this time as either a transfer or a freshman.</p>

<p>The information on college websites for transfer students seems to cater towards those transferring from community college. This is not the case with me. I am at a private school. My grades from high school are very good (I believe I graduated with a 4.3 cumulative GPA, but I'd have to double check). I had a significant amount of AP credit under my belt and was considered a sophomore when I entered the school I currently attend. I don't think I will be considered a junior by the end of this year though since I have not taken a ton of classes. I have gotten A's in everything here so far and anticipate A's in all my current classes at the end of the year.</p>

<p>What I'm trying to find out is when is the next time I could apply to UC's, specifically UCLA or Berkeley, and how do I go about it? Do I apply like a community college transfer or a high school senior? I would like to study art or english. I'm a good writer and a fairly good and quickly improving painter and sculptor. I just don't know a lot about this process since I haven't really gone through it this way before. I'm a little clueless at the moment. Thanks in advance!</p>

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<p>You can transfer to a CC then a UC. </p>

<p>You can also complete the requirements in your private university, but CC students have priority in transfer selection.</p>

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<p>You have to apply as a transfer if you have ever attended a college. Berkeley and UCLA don’t accept sophomore transfers so you will need to get up to 60 units at another college. Your best bet is to go to a community college with the UCLA tap program. Berkeley doesn’t have one but if your low income (although unless you have a scholarship, private school doesn’t really scream “I’m low income” to me) you can apply to club cal which will increase your chances. Good Luck.</p>

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<p>you can also just try to transfer from your current university to the UC’s…it seems as if your gpa is pretty good and non-cc transfers generally have lower stats in general than cc transfers, despite the lower number of spots availabl. You can apply for some UC’s winter transfers in summer i think? and apply for fall between october and november.</p>

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<p>Only riverside and irvine accept winter transfers.
source: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/864474-so-official-ucs-not-accepting-winter-transfers-year.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/864474-so-official-ucs-not-accepting-winter-transfers-year.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Okay fishsticks: So basically you’ll need to apply as an incoming junior transfer student this fall (November). I would recommend finishing up this semester at your private school while getting good grades, and then switching into a community college. I would especially recommend summer classes because you’ll need certain requirements (i.e. English, math, maybe some humanities, social sciences, physical sciences) before you transfer.</p>

<p>There are 2 ways to transfer: There’s IGETC certification (which I think is easier) which will require 2 semesters of college English, 1 transferrable math course, a physical or biological science with lab, and a few humanities and social science requirements. You also need two years of a foreign language done, but if you took high school foreign language for 2 years, that will suffice.</p>

<p>The other system is L&S Breadth Requirements. I’m not as familiar with this, so if you go to a community college for summer, fall, and spring 2011, then I would still recommend IGETC.</p>

<p>Basically, like I said, you’ll need to apply in November and include ALL college grades and where you received them. You’ll also need to fulfill either IGETC or L&S Breadth. If you do all of that and achieve a total of 60 transferrable units, you’re good for a UC.</p>

<p>Now, you mentioned you want UCB or UCLA. That’s a bit trickier. You’re going to want to get TAP (Transfer Alliance Program) with UCLA. This is an Honors Program. If you take the required courses for TAP, you have a great chance of getting in. TAP students have ~90% acceptance rate!..sure wish my school offered TAP lol.</p>

<p>Another thing I have to mention is prerequisites. It sounds to me like you haven’t declared a major. Let’s say you pick English. It’s important that you finish as many of the English prerequisites as possible before you transfer (ideally by the end of fall 2010 << last grades admissions committees see). The more prereqs you have done, the better chance you have of being admitted.</p>

<p>I would recommend: Spring 2010 stay at your college and take GE courses. Summer start at CCC and take IGETC/prereq related courses. Fall 2010 - apply to the UC’s and continue fulfilling as many prereqs as possible, and some IGETC. Spring 2010 - Finish up IGETC and those 60 total transferrable units.</p>

<p>If you do all of that while getting A’s…you’ll have absolutely no problem transferring to Berkeley or UCLA.</p>

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<p>have you considered Stanford? ok nevermind, I don’t need more qualified competition this year. hahaha. emil is right though, you have a decent chance just apply next time around :)</p>

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<p>fishsticks,</p>

<p>I was in a similar situation as you. I went to a private Catholic school in Los Angeles. (I’m guessing you went to Pepperdine?) I am a Lutheran and I didn’t mind the religious influence, but I found the school to be far too ridiculously conservative. I also got all A’s and declared many majors in order to take the classes I was sure would transfer. (e.g. the math class for the math majors, the physics class w/ lab for the physics major, etc.) I did this in accordance with IGETC.</p>

<p>It’s so confusing man… And it’s so stressful learning about all this transferring stuff. But I’ll give you a huge heads up on what you’ll learn: to transfer to a UC from a private school, it’s very, very difficult to do without being considered a California Community College (CCC) student. You are considered a CCC transfer if the latest 30 transferrable units are from a CCC. If you decide to do this, the CCC will take your PRIVATE SCHOOL units and find a similar class and count it towards your IGETC as a transferrable course. Otherwise, you have NO IDEA if the courses will transfer or not. (By the way, IGETC is ONLY for CCC students.)</p>

<p>What I did: after being stressed out for a month and contacting a million people trying to learn all about the transfer process, I decided I would have to go to a CCC for a year. If you are serious about transferring–which I think you are–you too will probably decided to take this route. And no, CCC is not bad at all (especially SMC.)</p>

<p>Stuff you’ll need to know:
IGETC
TAP (you probably can’t do it if you wanna go to CCC for only 1 year; mainly a UCLA thing)
TAG (not for UCLA or UC Berkeley; a contract that guarantees admission to some UCs)
WWW.ASSIST.ORG<a href=“lists%20prerequisites%20for%20your%20major%20and%20the%20equivalent%20classes%20at%20CCCs”>/url</a></p>