<p>Hey Guys,</p>
<p>I was just admitted to UC Berkeley as a one year transfer. YAY I feel the need to help others who want to transfer in one year. If anyone needs any advice on applications and on anything else feel free to ask or message me anything. I am here to help, i was so confused last year so i know how you feel!!! Ask away</p>
<p>Congrats berkeleyappeal!</p>
<p>One-year transfer here also. I was admitted to both UC Berkeley and UCLA. I’ll be attending UCLA next fall.</p>
<p>I can also help answering some of your guys’ questions.</p>
<p>How? What are you guys majoring in?</p>
<p>How crucial are extracurriculars?</p>
<p>In my case (and most other one-year transfers’ case), I was able to transfer in one year because of AP credit and taking heavy course loads for fall and spring. My major is Psychology. Luckily, I was able to tackle both the IGETC and the Psychology prerequisites for UCLA with the same classes. I was also able to use some of my AP exams to cover some of the Psychology prerequisites.</p>
<p>In the end, this is how my 60 units are distributed.</p>
<p>Units while in HS: 8
AP credit: 13.3
Fall 2011: 18
Spring 2012: 21
Total: 60.3 semester units</p>
<p>If you want to transfer in one year, you have to really do your research and planning. Apply to multiple community colleges as back ups in case you can’t get enough classes at your CC, or want to take classes in the winter.</p>
<p>Extracurriculars, I had very little. Close to none. However, if you can handle extracurriculars, do them! It certainly will not hurt you, it’ll make you an even stellar applicant. However, since you’ll most likely be taking 18 or more units each semester, they should understand that you don’t have time for ECs.</p>
<p>ofc liberal art transfers can transfer out in 1 year, but what about stem majors? i’d like to hear the secret for that</p>
<p>Haha @ieatsharks, I imagine you rolling your eyes to this thread.</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/820968-official-thread-one-year-transfers-4.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/820968-official-thread-one-year-transfers-4.html</a>
rpicton: Accepted to UCSD as a CS major - <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/9881799-post55.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/9881799-post55.html</a>
He, or she, took 22.5 units in the Fall, 22 units in the Spring, and the rest were covered by AP/courses completed from a previous summer session.</p>
<p>I guess it’s possible.</p>
<p>Btw, for the people thinking of trying to transfer in one year next fall, check out this thread for some success stories from other CC members: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/820968-official-thread-one-year-transfers.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/820968-official-thread-one-year-transfers.html</a>.</p>
<p>@ayymeer lol modern family. Its possible, but i think its a total coursework overload. the daily plan would be, eat sleep, study and repeat. i would also to note that some schools are on the quarter system, therefore it could be easily done for majors that have less prereqs.</p>
<p>Congrats to you as well ayymeer! We did it!!!</p>
<p>First of all I am majoring in Business/Economics.</p>
<p>I was able to transfer in one year, because i had AP credit; but the thing for me was that Berkeley didn’t really use my AP credit towards my 60 units so i started from scratch. I started taking classes at a community college while i was in high school in senior year. I had some suspicion of getting rejected as a senior in high school. At first i just took it easy in high school took like 2 classes a quarter in CC. The main reason I was able to transfer was the summer session. Now if you know you want to transfer in one year, then in the summer you have to take some hefty units. I took 18, but other one year transfers do 15 usually. Just be ready for a lot of work, and if you want just finish your general education in the summer, it shouldn’t be too bad.</p>
<p>As goes for Extra curriculars, I started looking for internships as soon as i was rejected freshmen year. I was able to secure a job at a hedge fund, and an internship at blackberry. It wasn’t too hard to find since they usually hire students in spring-summer. I also got some leadership positions in a few clubs at my CC. I also was president of a club that i founded. If you reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally want to transfer in one year then look for internships now, its the perfect time. Also plan out all your classes before the summer, you should distribute the units evenly so you know for sure you can secure all the units possible. I was enrolled in 2 community colleges, and signed up for honors program at my primary CC in order to secure priority registration.</p>
<p>Check list if you want to transfer in one year</p>
<p>1.) Check Assist for what classes you need exactly to transfer</p>
<p>2.) Go to uctag.universityofcalifornia.edu and open an account, so you can access the Coursework tab. In this tab you will be able plan out you whole schedule, your gpa, your unit count, almost everything!!</p>
<p>3.) Go to your college and see if they have honors, check how you can get priority registration. Sign up for multiple community colleges so you can get classes when you need them, or sometimes you can surpass the unit maximum this way.</p>
<p>4.) Look for positions in community college clubs, or find internships ASAP.</p>
<p>5.) Apply in November :)</p>
<p>If you want more advice HMU, Feel free to ask me anything!</p>
<p>Whoa there were more one year transfers!?!?!? I’m also transferring in one year! UC Berkeleyyy see ya there berkeleyappeal. Also congrats ayymeer, nice job! here to help others as well :D</p>
<p>@HockeyGiant I’m not sure how much each UC specifically places on them, but I do know Berkeley put’s a LOT of emphasis on them. I applied there as a History major with a 3.92 GPA (4.0 major gpa), but I had no extracurriculars and was rejected.</p>
<p>If the number 1 school you wanna go to is Berkeley try to get as many extracurriculars done as you can before you apply.</p>
<p>Are CC students given priority even if they have a lower GPA than a UC-UC transfer student? So if a UC student has a 3.7 GPA and a CC student has a 3.6 or lower GPA, will the UC that they apply to, still only accept the CC student and not the UC student?</p>
<p>@HockeyGiant I’m not encouraging you to not have extracurriculars, but I only had at most 4 hours of volunteer service. I had no other extracurricular activities, and I was still, surprisingly, accepted to UC Berkeley. I think they will understand that you don’t have extra time for EC’s if you’re taking 18, 21, and such units each semester.</p>
<p>@hockeyGiant I feel extra curricular activities are crucial, probably are why i was able to transfer so fast. It’s not to hard to get these positions. just look for a temp job during your breaks or try to get a position in a Club. It isn’t too hard i did it along with heavy units, of course you don’t need anything over the top regular extra curricular should suffice for Berkeley </p>
<p>@cinnabon1234 Yes, i feel CC’s have much higher advantage of transferring to schools like Berkeley or UCLA in comparison to UC-UC because the thing is my friend and i have almost identical statistics and major, but he tried to transfer from a UC and he had more job experiences then me, but he ended up being rejected. CC is always the best route to transfer, that’s if you plan on transferring. </p>
<p>@ieatsharks my friend is a physics/ engineering major and he is transferring to UCLA as a one year transfer, so it can be done.</p>
<p>oh btw congrats uctransfer2012! See you at Cal, congrats on transferring in one year. :)</p>
<p>@berkeleyappeal how did you get an internship at a hedge fund?</p>
<p>Monster.com, did an interview and they called me to come work for them a month later. I applied to quite a few jobs though… took some time before i started hearing back</p>
<p>Hi there! I recently found out about this 1 year transfer, and i am desperate to leave CCC as soon as possible. The thing is, it may be too late for a summer session and i only have 5 transferrable AP credits. The rest, i did not pass. And it was in AP Human Geography, which is not too helpful anyways.</p>
<p>Is it still possible for me to transfer within one year? and is it crazy hard? How hard was it for you to manage and balance all your classes? </p>
<p>I’m worried about time management and burning myself out by taking on way too many classes and getting low grades for them. I really am determined to transfer within one year though. I’m planning to major in Sociology, and i really want to get into UCLA, Cal, UCD, or UCSD. </p>
<p>Please help if you have any information or useful advice! Thanks!</p>
<p>Wooo other one year transfers! I was one too but from a private university, not cc. I will attend Berkeley in the fall!</p>
<p>@losthope: Did you take any community college courses in high school? Those would count for units. I had 26 combined AP and CC credits before entering my university last fall. I still took 22 units (7 classes) each semester. It was really and truly AWFUL and honestly if I was to do it over again I wouldn’t have one year transferred, I would’ve taken normal course load at the university and then gone to CC for a year. However, I’m glad everything worked out. Your problem is goIng to be finishing all the prereqs and requirements. Since I don’t think human geo satisfies any requirement you will have to take two english composition classes, a math class, 4 classes in two subject areas (look on te UC website for more specifics… I’m typing from my iPhone so it’s cumbersome) and all your major prereqs. That’s just for general UCs. Berkeley has a foreign language req and the seven course breadth. I would suggest staying at CC for two years, certifying with IGETC, keeping your GPA up and then transferring.</p>
<p>@ayymeer and @hellothere5:
How tough was taking 20,21,22 etc units?
How did you stay on track? What were your study habits?
And what grade did you get afterwards?</p>
<p>I’m not quite sure I can handle to load, and just stick to two years.</p>