What does it take to transfer to UCB/UCLA?

<p>im a freshman at purdue for fall 2007. i hadnt applied to ucla/ucb as a freshman and so i want to apply to these places as a transfer? what can i do to boost my chances? im an international applicant</p>

<p>since you are ian international applicant UCB is very hard and UCLA is pretty hard. Just have good GPA and TOFEL score w/ pre-req done.</p>

<p>very hard? any rates? as hard as HYMS? i have excellent ECs, HS records and recs...wunt that help?</p>

<p>No need for TOEFL score as long as you study 2 years in the US and finish 2 English transferable courses. But the problem is Purdue is an Out of state university so some classes might not transfer.</p>

<p>As long as I know, UCLA and UCB don't care your HS record if you are junior transfer. UCLA doesn't even ask me to send them my HS transcript( but UCB does), well but it only occurs after they accept you. About recommendations, you gotta apply online so there is no way to send them in.</p>

<p>@go2007 - u were OOS? wat are my chances with a decent GPA at purdue?</p>

<p>anshu- depends on your major...</p>

<p>Of 818 out of state transfer students UCLA accepted 116 students which comes to an admit rate of 14.18% and the average gpa of admits are 3.66. But this is just an overview it really depends on how competitive your major is. If your major is Business economics, economics, or communications it will be extremely difficult to get into UCLA and I can only imagine that Berkeley will be more difficult to transfer to. What is your major anshumanrulz?</p>

<p>my major will be ellectrical and computer engg or computer science....though i wouldnt mind settling for industrial or mechanical either</p>

<p>anshumanrulz,</p>

<p>No I transferred from California CC. In your case, your haven't settled your major yet, so let think about it first before everything else.</p>

<p>@go2007 - it is def comp engg/science....i would compromise for others only for really high-ranked colls like CHYMS or ucla</p>

<p>One thing...</p>

<p>UCLA and Cal are, statistically, almost identical stats-wise these days. Torrancecali, though I suspect he did it in the best of faith, suggested that one is easier than the other-- this is unlikely to be true for most majors.</p>

<p>You're looking at a rather uphill struggle, I'm afraid. Minimum 3.5+ GPA for most majors, and 3.7+ for most impacted majors. For engineering, you'll probably need to shoot for a 3.6+. Good luck.</p>