will good essays get me in?

<p>i'm transferring from my CCC with a 3.5 GPA, IGETC, a few articulated courses, and some damn good essays. Is Berkeley a giant reach?</p>

<p>I think the average tranfer GPA is 3.8, so it looks like you'll be a tad under average. It depends on what major you're trying to get into and if you have good ecs and certainly how well your essays turn out. I'd say, knowing what I know, that you've got better than a 50/50 shot, but I'm admittedly not a tranfer expert, so this all means nothing.</p>

<p>thanks for your feedback:) a 50/50 would be awesome! my major's linguistics... does that up my chances? It doesn't seem like it's hugely popular or anything. none of my ecs are very impressive though.</p>