DonTigre93

Ok so I am going to apply in November to CSU's as a transfer student from a California Community college as a Psychology major. I haven't decided on which school I want for sure yet, but here are the schools I am applying to San Jose State, CSU Long Beach, San Diego State, CSU Los Angeles, and San Francisco State.

Courses taken for General Ed and major prep for psychology (all CSU transferable)

Fall 2011: (9 units)
Political Science - B
Guidance 30- A
Math 10 (statistics) - D

Spring 2012: (18 units)
Psychology 1A - A
Spanish 2 - A
English 1A - A
History 23 (hispanic history) - A
Guidance 45 - A

Summer 2012: (7 units)
Math 10 Statistics (2nd time) - A
Biology 1 - Pass (or Credit)

*So far my CSU gpa is a 3.6

Going to take:

Fall 2012: (18 units)
Psychology 1B
English 13/philosophy
Psychology 25 social adjustment
Psychology 15 biological psych
Archaeology 1
Music 14 history of american music

Spring 2013: (12 units)
Sociology 1
Psychology 22 Human Sexuality
Psychology 23 abnormal psych
Communications 5

-Going to take Spanish 1 credit by exam (5 units)
-Have AP History credit with a score of 3 for History (3 units)

Clubs:
-member of Alpha Gamma Sigma Honors society
-involved in The Puente Program
-going to join MECHA this fall


What are my chances to get in the CSU's previously mentioned with as
a Psych major??? And are my grades good enough to apply to a UC???

turtlerock

Psychology is an impacted major at all the CSUs you mentioned, so you will need to meet other thresholds like GPA (found on the school's websites) and you will have the best chances of admission for the CSUs that are in your service area as residents of the counties of a specific CSU have admissions priority for that CSU.

Also, have you been using Assist to cover the major pre-reqs for those CSUs?

3.6 is a competitive GPA for UC, however Psychology is a popular major (hence the CSU impaction). Your CC should have a TAG with some UCs that you can attempt to complete so that you are guaranteed admittance to one (you can only do this for a single UC per year). Major pre-reqs on Assist and IGETC certification is highly recommended for the UCs.

You can post in the UC transfer sub-section of this forum for more UC specifics.

DonTigre93

Yes I have been utilizing assist.org and all the courses mentioned in assist.org for my major I have taken or going to take within the next 2 semesters.

turtlerock

Then your chances should be in the higher end, and a more than great shot for the CSU in your service area. I would also recommend applying to at least 1 UC utilizing a TAG through your CC.

Looks like you should have relatively no worries with this plan.

CalDud

I don't think you'll have much of a problem getting into the universities you specifically mentioned. Avoid CSULA, however.

3.6 I think would be good enough for most of the UC's except Berkeley or LA (unless your major was non-impacted). Plenty of my friends have transferred to UC's with 3.1-3.6 GPA.