<p>For example, I want to transfer from UCD to UCLA for Statistics major. </p>
<p>The admit rate from ucd to ucla is ~13%; but for my statistics major, the admit rate for transferring student is ~50%. So my chance will be 13% or 50%?</p>
<p>@shunguan</p>
<p>I would just ignore the acceptance rates and focus on what GPA/ PRE-REQS you need to transfer to UCLA. I would say the majority of UC students have issues getting the required courses that are equivalent to UCLA’s required courses. Pre-reqs fulfilled + 3.7 GPA+ should guarantee you a spot, since Statistics isn’t impacted! Goodluck.</p>
<p>.13 * .5 = .065
for those who apply for UCLA from UCD and apply for statistics major, you have 93.5% chance not getting in.</p>
<p>statistics people please correct me if my intuition is wrong…</p>
<p>@shunguan </p>
<p>Have you considered going to community college? If you wanted a near 100% acceptance I would join the honors program at your local C.C + Get TAP certification. This allows you to “double-dip” and pick two majors as well as priority over all other community college applicants. Last year at my C.C, 97% of people who were in Honors got accepted to UCLA.</p>
<p>@andren thats right unless the 53% refers to the rate for stats transfers from ucd to ucla</p>
<p>Evity, what cc did you go to? And I can’t find any published tap acceptance rate to UCLA</p>
<p>Andrew, I see you are currently doing probability?</p>
<p>@Eviity
I am not able to go to CC, because I have my scholarship requires me to go to a 4year college. And I think it might be a little risky if I abandon the chance to UCD then go to CC. Of course, I like UCD, but my major is ranked higher in ucla, and that’s the thing. I also get accepted to UCSD and UCSC, which the transfer admit rate is much higher, like 25%~30%. Any suggestions? =)</p>
<p>@andrenvq57
Not sure if the calculation is correct though.
Last year 64 students (UC+CC) applied to Statistics major and 34 students get in to it, ~50% acceptance rate. If i was one of those 64 students from last year, wouldn’t my acceptance rate will be ~50% despite what school I was from?</p>
<p>But it’s true that I should maintain 3.7+gpa and meet all the prereqs</p>
<p>@Dline7024
I go to Irvine Valley, there is no TAP admissions rate percent released. I only know of this because the Honors program sends an e-mail every year to who gets into what school + admittance rate (%) at UCLA and UC Berkeley. </p>
<p>@shunguan
I see. I wouldn’t abandon that chance either, I am sure you would have a good chance getting into UCLA; however, I would just go with the school that best suits you… ranking of the school isn’t everything. I’m sure job recruiters would also take a high GPA into consideration, not just “prestigious” brand names. Aside from that, I know of a person who tried to transfer from UCR-> UCLA, and he missed one pre-requisite and they denied him. He had a (3.9). I personally, would avoid the hassle, since there are really few resources for UC to UC transfer and CC students get priority. Over 19,000 transfer applicants for UCLA this year ( could get worse) !</p>
<p>Yes, I also heard that story and felt so sorry for that person; and that’s why I should get prepare from now on to avoid such a thing to happen.</p>
<p>Eviity you go to irvine valley? I do as well.</p>
<p>As Eviity has already implied, I wouldn’t worry about the acceptance rate. For one, the acceptance rates ARE NOT consistent from year to year. The strength of the applicant pool can vary which has bearing on the overall percentage of applicants that are admitted that year along with many other variables. Furthermore, the sample size is relatively small so it would be wrong to draw a conclusion from that data. </p>
<p>@andrenvq57
Your calculation is actually wrong. You’re calculating the probability assuming that both those events are independent when they’re not. The calculation assumes that his application is reviewed for him to be admitted to the school and then is further independently evaluated to be admitted to the major; that’s not how the admission process works. That 13% number is already calculated from the data that the admit rates for statistics majors. Really the appropriate probability to look at is just the major percentage because the admission process is evaluating you for major preparation. If you’re admitted to the major, you’re automatically admitted to the school so that 13% is irrelevant.</p>
<p>OP,</p>
<p>I was accepted to UCB as a transfer from UCLA… it’s doeable. Just make sure that if you go to UCD, that’s were you want to go if you don’t get accepted for transfer. Transfering wasn’t that difficult; knock out your pre-reqs, some of your GEs, maintain a good GPA, and join a club or do some EC.</p>
<p>And based on the stat you posted, the admission rate is ~50%.</p>