<p>Let's say for places like UCD and UCSD. I know Cal/LA are ultra high 3.8+, but how about other schools? What is considered to be average for engineers assuming all pre-reqs are completed?</p>
<p>engineering students*</p>
<p>You can look that up at [University</a> of California: StatFinder](<a href=“http://statfinder.ucop.edu/]University”>http://statfinder.ucop.edu/). Use the Custom Tables so you can look up characteristics such as field of study (major) and GPA.</p>
<p>It’s interesting to see that Engineering students take more difficult classes but the enrolled GPA is actually higher than those easier majors. I think most science students can easily nail 4.0 if they go for any other majors. </p>
<p>PS, I know for liberal arts major or business majors, UC cares a lot about ECs, but for engineering and science applicants, do you guys think GPA is the most important factor? Let’s say you have 3.9 GPA or above but without much ECs, is the chance still good?</p>
<p>average gpa of 2009 fall transfer students who were admitted to engineering department
UCSD 3.58
UCLA 3.76
UCI 3.49
UCB 3.80
UCSB 3.63
UCD 3.55</p>
<p>you can check at UC stats finder.</p>
<p>GPA is the single most important factor no doubt, whilst ECs are one of the least important.</p>
<p>UCSD 3.58! wow! that does not seem right.</p>
<p>@totaldj what do you mean? is it supposed to be higher or lower?</p>
<p>A GPA of 3.58 is higher than expected for UCSD! Keep in mind that all branches of engineering are NOT impacted at UCSD. Initially, I was surprised at the 3.58 number, but then realized that it is an AVERAGE of all departments, some of which are impacted (specifically, Mechanical, Aerospace, Biomedical). Besides, that is the MEAN. So there will be roughly half of the admits that will be below that figure. So, that is in no way the mimimum GPA required to be reasonably assured of admission. If I were to predict, I would say roughly a 3.2 - 3.3 would be a reasonable mimimum to ensure a decent shot at getting in, for a NON-IMPACTED Engineering major and a 3.4 to 3.6 for an impacted engineering major.</p>
<p>One more thing to keep in mind: Mean values are not necessarily good indicators of reality, because if there happened to be a few ultra-high gpa admits, they can skew the average higher. Here’s a sample that shows what I mean:</p>
<p>if you had 4.00, 4.00, 4.00, 3.93, 3.87, 3.51, 3.35, 3.30, 3.30, the mean works out to 3.70, which is not a very realistic indicator of your chances!</p>
<p>the numbers are mean values. if ur applying to more competetive majors, like AE, ME, or BE, etc., you need higher GPA.</p>