<p>I just want to know how difficult it is going to be for me to transfer to UCLA with a communications major....is it really impossible??</p>
<p>and does anyone have any other suggestions of other schools that excel in communications??? I know of USC and the Anneberg school of Communications but are they any others out there??</p>
<p>Help Please!</p>
<p>It's not impossible, but it is one of the hardest majors to transfer into. Best advice is to get a GPA of at least 3.9 if you want to sleep well at night. I think Berkeley's Mass Communications is pretty reputable, but I'm not too sure about other schools.</p>
<p>i transferred as a comm major! I don't think it was hardd, and I didn't get into berkeley</p>
<p>What was your GPA?</p>
<p>it nwas 3.92</p>
<p>Yeah, I think that was right around the average of admitted students this year. How did you not get into Berkeley? Didn't finish their prereqs?</p>
<p>i have all of my prereqs i think!</p>
<p>Mass comm isn't as impacted at Cal as it is at USC/UCLA. </p>
<p>Also, you have to take into consideration that Cal is a very humanitarian school. They look at students more holistically whereas GPA and prereqs are of utmost importance to UCLA's admission panel. </p>
<p>I remember seeing several CCers who were admitted to Cal's Mass Comm without some of their prereqs completed- although, I wouldn't recommend for anyone to take that risk.</p>
<p>Well as of right now i am a freshman at CSULB and i have two years till i can transfer, i have already started on finishing the required classes in order to transfer to UCLA's communications department, but i am definitely looking at other options if i dont get in...i have spoken w/ counselors that say many students transfer from LB to UCLA/USC ,and those schools work in collaboration w/ LB to help those students....but i am just worried that i wont get in....maybe Cal is another option????</p>
<p>does anyone know how Cal's communication department is ranked?</p>
<p>I went to community college and transferred to Berkeley into their mass communications department WITHOUT meeting all requirements. I transferred with a 3.86 GPA and I'm Caucasian. I did not get into UCLA Communications. I however was an editor on an award winning college newspaper and I think that was the tipping point for me getting into Cal. I do not recommend Cal's Mass Communications major unless you take advantage of its interdisciplinary nature. Meaning, it allowed me to take sociology, anthro, italian studies, business, linguistics, legal studies and english all within my two years at Cal. But if you are looking for a focused study of the media then I suppose UCLA is where you go. However I personally would NEVER trade my Cal degree for a UCLA degree under any circumstances.</p>
<p>Oh and by the way, Cal Mass Communications/media studies IS impacted as well. Perhaps not as heavily as UCLA... but not by much.</p>