What are my chances of transferring into UC Berkeley Environmental Economics Letters and Sciences?

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I’m currently going to a community college in California. I want to transfer in 2019 as a junior. What would my chances of transferring to UC Berkeley Environmental Economics be? Here are my stats:

GPA: 3.78 ( If I get all As in Fall, I will have a 3.83 when I send my transcripts with my transfer application)
Race: Asian
Gender: Female
Major: Environmental economics and policy

High school:
GPA: 3.66
Was on the student honor roll for one year
Volunteered in China as an English teacher
Was in the school newspaper (front page)
2 APs

Accomplishments/ Extracurriculars: I was born in China and adopted when I was 10 years old; I’ve been working (part-time) in a sushi restaurant while being a full-time student; part of the scholars program as well as the Phi Theta Kappa honor society (active member first year and gold member second year); I will be volunteering in Borneo, Indonesia for six months, which is why it is taking me 3 years to finish community college; I’ve been active on campus with the sustainability club, trying to make our campus more environmentally friendly.

Transcript:
Fall 2017:
Precalculus: B
Business 1: A
English 1: A
Couns 20: A

Winter 2017:
Econ 1(Scholars) : A
Music 33: A

Spring 2017
Econ 2 (Scholars): B
Philosophy 1: A
ENG 2: W (retook over the summer and got an A)
Calculus 1: D (Will be retaking over the winter and hopefully get an A)

Summer 2017:
Media 10: A

Fall 2018:
Anthropology 1: A
History 11: B
Statistics: A
Accounting 1: A

As you guys can see, I kind of messed up in one of the semesters, I got a W and a D. But I retook one of the and got an A and I’m retaking the other one this winter. I’m hoping I get an A in the course. Will that semester hurt my chances of getting admitted? I feel that my strongest extracurricular is going to Indonesia to volunteer. I’m planning to take accounting 2, calculus 2 and my science with a lab (scholars) next fall. What do you think my chances are?

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UC’s do not consider your HS grades, test scores, EC’s etc… They will look at what you have accomplished at your community college, if you have completed your course pre-req’s, college EC’s and your personal insight statements.

This may help gauge your chances but the 2017 data should be available this summer.

https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major

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Do the transfer major admission stats have any correlation to freshman admission stats by major?

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@celine12: No, the transfer admission stats do not correlate to Freshman admission stats, since transfers do not have a weighted GPA. Just realize that UCB is a highly competitive university so you need top stats (GPA) for a solid chance at an acceptance. Look at the UC Freshman profile and see the GPA range.

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ah, i see. I was just curious about the acceptance rate of certain majors as a freshman applicant, because I’m quite certain that a cs major in LNS does not have the same acceptance rate as philosophy :slight_smile:

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@celine12: In the College of Letters and Sciences, they do not admit by major. A CS major still has to meet the GPA specific requirements along with the course pre-req’s to get into the CS program, so you can apply as a philosophy major and then switch to CS if you meet the requirements. There still will be a certain admission threshold you need to meet to get into UCB’s L&S regardless of major.