What do you think my chances are?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>i want to hear from people with similar academic and/or social backgrounds as me...</p>

<p>i am a student at gavilan community college (gilroy, CA) who will be applying to UCLA and UC Berkeley (as well as some backups) next spring. </p>

<p>i know this might seem premature, but i am craving advice from people that have been accepted to (or are applying to) either of these schools. and now for a little background...</p>

<p>i am 21 years old. i graduated high school 'legitimately' (no GED) in three years. that was a while ago. i guess i had just turned 17 when i finished. i was modeling at the time, so i traveled and worked for the next 3 years. when i came home for a 'visit' at age 20, i decided that i wanted to go to college, as i have always wanted to be a physician with a specialty in infectious disease (mostly HIV/AIDS). so i enrolled in my local community college with a plan to transfer as a junior.</p>

<p>i fell in love with school right away. currently, my plan is to transfer to either UCLA or Berkeley. although i want to go to johns hopkins, i simply can't afford a great education that is 'non-UC'. </p>

<p>although i ultimately want to go to medical school, i have decided to apply to both of these schools as an anthropology major (with a psychocultural and medical subconcentration) for a BS, not a BA. at UCLA, the admit rate for an anthropology BS is 65% with an average GPA of 3.5. apparently, medical schools nowadays are looking for NON-bio majors, too.</p>

<p>perhaps i am being overly cautious, but i want your opinions on my chances.</p>

<p>gpa: 3.7 (average/17 unit semesters)
essay: i have five that i must choose from! i think it will be excellent...
extra curricular: student body VP, volunteer at the south county collaborative health and nutrition committee, HEADED a project for the above organization on local childhood obesity, designs t-shirts for bloodisthenewblack.com, was a member of my performing arts school's advanced choirs.
awards, honors: we don't have many 'honors' at my school, except for dean's list and the president's list, both of which i am on. when i was 16, i won the "young jazz singers international" award and performed a solo song in carnegie hall with phil mattson. i am also a member of my schools only honor society. i have had my essays published in various 'youth' magazines. i have been in some commercials, etc. produced CDS. the usually creative stuff...</p>

<p>yes...it all looks good on paper (i think). BUT....my most brilliant friend didn't get into UCLA, and he is now one of the head writers for rolling stone magazine. then again, i hear you have a great advantage if you transfer in as a junior, whereas he applied as a freshman with no extracurricular activities...</p>

<p>sorry if this is obnoxious...i keep having nightmares about ONLY getting into UC merced. the compulsive workers on here will get this...</p>

<p>also, i am 'SUPER WHITE', but not really....i am 25% spanish, but i don't think that helps me in any way.</p>

<p>thoughts?</p>

<p>(sorry if this is sloppy - i have had a few beers. tomorrow will be the first time i don't have to get up before 6am since FOREVER).</p>

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<p>FIRST OFF, you designed for bloodisthenewblack?!
I like to say… freakin awesome of you.
i own a couple of tees…</p>

<p>but anyways…
welllll…
can’t for sure say about chancing you…
we don’t know if you completed all of your pre-reqs…</p>

<p>since anthropology b.s/b.a majors are not impacted.
with your gpa and ec and all. it seems like you have a great shot…
BUT!
hopefully that you have completed all of your pre-reqs with As, at most with one B…</p>

<p>if you have done so…</p>

<p>seriously, don’t sweat it…
i believe that you’ll get in with no problem.</p>

<p>your e.c are pretty impressive.
hopefully you filtered down towards that imply with your major
nothing with the entertainment industry…</p>

<p>but please reply regarding with your pre-reqs and grades…
those are the most crucial points in transferring… and for us to really ‘chance’ you…</p>

<p>And hook it up with a tee!!
haha jk.</p>

<p>best of luck though!</p>

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<p>OMG! ha!</p>

<p>i have completed ‘MORE than’ the prerequisites i was supposed to…cultural anthropology, archaeology, physical anthropology, comparative religions, and linguistics. </p>

<p>but ■■■■ YOU KNOW ABOUT BLOODISTHENEWBLACK?</p>

<p>my new designs are coming out in the spring!!!</p>

<p>SO COOL.</p>

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<p>also…i only got one B in any of my prerequisites…physical anthropology. even thought it’s basically my favorite, i had a “personal problem” at the end of the year and didn’t ace my final.</p>

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<p>wafflemasher…impressive GPA! ****! can i say that on here??</p>

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<p>dude, don’t worry about it.
i’m pretty sure you’ll get in…</p>

<p>man, how sick is it that you design for bloodisthenewblack.</p>

<p>update when you your designs come out.</p>

<p>i’ll probably buy some of your work!</p>

<p>again, best of luck with school and applications.</p>

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<p>DUDE THANKS.</p>

<p>where do you go to school?</p>

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<p>I went to santa monica college for a bit and ending up my last semester at Cerritos (OC area). I see that you go to a CC in Gilroy… hahah…
I’ve past there a couple of times heading to the bay area. Smells like garlic up in there.</p>

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<p>no YOU smell like garlic up in EVERYWHERE.</p>

<p>see? i can be a psychotic workaholic AND be hilarious.</p>

<p>to my credit, however, i have lived in MANY big cities. also, i actually live in morgan hill, which is a mushroom-scented/snobby white people equivalent to gilroy.</p>

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<p>WM…what about transferring to UC?</p>

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<p>hahah. well, i’m waiting for UCLA notice to come by April (my ideal college)…
so far, i’ve been admitted to uci. hopefully by this monday i’ll know the rest of the UCs.</p>

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<p>well i hope to see you there, then.</p>

<p>what are your ‘stats’?</p>

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<p>yuppp, hopefully. =o)
i was always curious about the famous garlic icecream as well…
and living in a town with vast growing of mushrooms can’t be that bad.</p>

<p>mushrooms is pretty bomb on pizza with a a bottle of corona…
but anywayssssssssssssssssssssssssssss…</p>

<p>haha
well, my stats are:</p>

<p>applied: uci, david, berkeley, ucla, ucsb, and ucsd
gpa: as of Fall 08’: 3.88
major: communication studies (mass)/ film-media studies
pre reqs: all finished
school: smc/cerritos/ucla summer session program
e.c: internship with a film production company and entertainment marketing company, volunteered for afi and los angeles film festival, tutored little devils for 10 bucks an hour.
programs: honor’s program (tap), Berkeley (tap), deans list with honors</p>

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<p>oh, hun…you’ll be fine.</p>

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<p>You have a very competitive GPA to both UCLA and Cal. Anthro - BS is non-impacted as is Anthro - BA at UCLA. The average GPA for your major @ UCLA for 08 admits was 3.52, 26 of 40 applicants were admitted. You should be a shoe-in if you finished your IGETC, and Pre-Reqs for either school.</p>

<p>Here are a few things you might want to consider though:</p>

<p>Your current CC does not participate in the TAP program for UCLA, TAP students have a number of advantages when applying to UCLA ( such as being able to select a second major ). Have you considered looking into another local CC that is a participating member? [UCLA</a> Undergrad Admissions: Transfer Alliance Program](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/ADM_CCO/tap.htm]UCLA”>UCLA Transfer Alliance Program | UCLA Undergraduate Admission)</p>

<p>Cal does not offer Anthro - B.S. only Anthro - B.A. </p>

<p>UCLA’s pre-reqs for Anthro - B.S. is rather comprehensive. I saw calc, chem, bio on that list to name a few. </p>

<p>Finally, I don’t think UCLA and Cal accept Spring transfers? Cal only accepts Fall applications for transfer students. I haven’t heard if UCLA does spring, but from what I’ve read L&S majors ( anthro falls in there ) is only offered during the Fall transfer period. HSSEAS @ UCLA is open during Winter transfer on a rolling basis.</p>

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<p>That was great advice, but I’m not applying to Cal. I am applying to Berkeley and UCLA. Also, I am applying for the Fall. I just meant that I will be sending out my applications then.</p>

<p>Thanks!</p>

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<p>LOL…your not applying to CAL??? then you don’t know very much about Berkeley…</p>

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<p>and you can only send your app to UC in November…you may have it ready before then but you won’t be sending it anywhere yet.</p>

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<p>First of all, I hate Gucci. Your CC name makes me vomit in my own mouth. The company is absolutely disgusting…do you have any idea what they do to animals? </p>

<p>Secondly, no. I assumed that CAL meant Cal State, which is a school that I have no interest in applying to.</p>

<p>Although I do not know the “slang” for Berkeley, or anything about their sports team (or whatever it is), I have the academic merits to be admitted there. I am also quite intimately acquainted with their Anthropology Staff. Those things, for me, are the things that matter.</p>

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<p>And I’m sorry. I do, however, now know that Berkeley is referred to as “CAL”. So thank you.</p>