indie_boy

Hey guys, before we abandon this forum I wanted to unite us, UC applicants, one more time.When I opened the "UC Transfer Applicants - Come Join," I thought itz just gonna die like the other threads. Fortunately, it did not. Thanks for participating ! Please complete this final survey. Omit anything that you don't want to answer. Please keep this thread clean by not posting anything else other than the survey. Please do not bash other schools. Thank You.

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indie_boy

General

• Overall GPA - 3.92
• Major GPA - 4.0
• MAJOR - Computer Science (B.S.)
• Univ You Will Attend - Most probably UCSD
• International - Yes
• Out-Of-State - No
• UC-to-UC - No
• Ethnicity - Asian Indian

Relevant courses completed
- Math: All of calculus, Lin Algebra, Discrete Maths
- CS: C, C++, java, assembly language, data structures
- Physics: Mechanics, Elec and magnetism, themodynamics and waves
- English: writing 1a, 1b, and 1c
- GE: 3 completed

Any ECs
-Free math tutoring
-Chess club (member)

Honors, Achievements etc
-Dean's list
-Scored perfect on 1st and 2nd semester of CISCO CCNA exam
-Few other major related honors

Sports
-None

Colleges You got accepted to
UCSC - Accepted (CS for all colleges)
UCLA - Accepted
UCD - Accepted
UCB - Rejected
UCSD - Accepted
UCR - Did not apply
UCSB - Accepted
UCM - Did not apply

Any Non-UC schools ?
None

Dream School
IIT (India)


Planning to attend Grad School? If so which one and what do you want to study ?
Yes. Top-Tier Engineering schools. CS/CE


Financial Aid
Not eligible for any aid

Any regrets
Not applying to a few privates.

Housing
Off Campus - Apartment

Original Name

General

• Overall GPA - 3.1
• Major GPA - 2.8
• MAJOR - Biochemistry
• Univ You Will Attend - UCSB
• International - No
• Out-Of-State - No
• UC-to-UC - No
• Ethnicity - Persian

Relevant courses completed
General Chem (1 year)
Organic Chem (1 year)
Calc. Based Physics (1 year)
Calculus (1 year)
Differerential Equations
Linear Algebra
Biology (1 year)
English (2 courses)
Various extra classes to boost my GPA: Business, Macroeconomics, Visual Basic Programming, Accounting

Any ECs
Pre-med club
Persian club

Honors, Achievements etc
none

Sports
none

Colleges You got accepted to
UCSC - Accepted
UCLA - Rejected
UCD - Accepted
UCB - Rejected
UCSD - Accepted
UCR - Didn't Apply
UCSB - Accepted
UCM - Didn't Apply

Any Non-UC schools ?
none


Dream School
Can't think of one


Planning to attend Grad School? If so which one and what do you want to study ?
Yes. Either pharmacology or genetics. Right now neither pharmacology nor genetics are very common majors, so I'd say UCSF, SD, or D. Maybe in two to four years my eyes will extend beyond California, but that's it for now.


Financial Aid
none, didn't apply

Any regrets
Half-assing my way my first quarters when classes were easy.

Housing
Hopefully on campus or school owned apartment.

azotic

Posting this for a friend -- of course this survey completely misses the
interesting aspect of her record, which is that she attended Harvey Mudd
College for one year as a physics major, went to Otis College of Art and
Design for four years in fine arts, and then, deciding art school was a
waste given her interests, quit just shy of a degree to return to community
college and fill in lower-division computer science.



General

• Overall GPA - 3.4
• Major GPA - 3.6
• MAJOR - Computer Science
• Univ You Will Attend - UCI
• International - No
• Out-Of-State - No
• UC-to-UC - No
• Ethnicity - Hispanic

Relevant courses completed
All lower-division major requirements and all lower-division
math through differential equations and discrete math.

Any ECs
Not really

Honors, Achievements etc
Got within a year of a B.F.A. in fine arts and still remembered
how to do math...

Sports
None

Colleges You got accepted to
UCSC - Did Not Apply
UCLA - Rejected (Computer Science)
UCD - Did Not Apply
UCB - Did Not Apply
UCSD - Did Not Apply
UCR - Did Not Apply
UCSB - Did Not Apply
UCM - Did Not Apply

Any Non-UC schools ?
Caltech (Rejected)


Dream School
Caltech


Planning to attend Grad School? If so which one and what do you want to study ?
CNS program at Caltech is a hope...


Financial Aid
Pell grant, denied for cal grant due to age, rest not yet determined

Any regrets
Not having pursued computer science earlier

Housing
Off Campus

rc251

General

• Overall GPA - 3.21
• Major GPA - (I'm not sure on a major yet)
• MAJOR - Political Science or Economics
• Univ You Will Attend - UCSB
• International - No
• Out-Of-State - /No
• UC-to-UC - No
• Ethnicity - White

Relevant courses completed
Don't feel like writing out the courses

Any ECs
Some work with an organization that beautifies parks around this area

Honors, Achievements etc
None

Sports
None

Colleges You got accepted to
UCSC - Did not apply
UCLA - Rejected
UCD - Accepted (Guaranteed transfer program)
UCB - Rejected
UCSD - Did not apply
UCR -Did not apply
UCSB - Accepted (Guaranteed transfer program)
UCM - Did not apply

Any Non-UC schools ?
Nope

Dream School
None really

Planning to attend Grad School? If so which one and what do you want to study ?
Probably not

Financial Aid
I'm not going to get any.

Any regrets
1) I got accepted to UCSB as a freshman with a 3.2 unweighted GPA and rejected everywhere else except UCSC and UCR. Instead of kissing their feet and taking the offer right away, I decided to go to a community college. Sometimes I think I should have just gone, and now it looks like I'm going anyway.

2) I started community college with the intent of transferring with Computer Science. I did really poorly in classes my first semester (D grade, two drops, poor GPA, etc), and then switched with during my second semester with the intent of doing a humanities major. But the damage was already done, and that first semester pretty much knocked me out any of the tier 1 UCs.

Housing
I want to get the college experience, so definitely on campus dorms.

indie_boy

Sorry to break my own rules...You guys can add : "Any Other Comments" if you wish. Thanks.

fei

WOW Biochem major with 3.1 accepted to UCSD!!!! I didn't know it was that easy to get in there...

Original Name

Yeah, it's crazy. I was freaking out thinking I must have accidentally put down that I got an A in a 55 unit class or something. UCSD is competitive enough, but I thought biochem was one of their most popular majors so I don't know how I did it. I put down I helped out at a nursing home and did a little work at a supplement company looking up studies so they could brag about their products, but I don't think those would make a big impact.

I also have a friend that doesn't even have a 3.0 (and he won't be able to get it by the end of the quarter, so he can't meet the conditions of admission) who got in to SD, but he applied for Human Development or something.

Neither of us did the guaranteed admission thing either, so we were (hell, ARE) a bit dumbstruck by it.

indie_boy

Ya guys its failrly easy to get into UCSD as a transfer student....

Thanks to rc251 I almost forgot UCI in a hurry...I updated the text file. Ya i got into UCI too.

fayetti

General

Overall GPA - 3.65
Major GPA - 3.91
MAJOR - East Asian Studies/ Economics
Univ You Will Attend - UC Berkeley
International - Yes and No (Went to high school abroad)
Out-Of-State - No
UC-to-UC - Yes
Ethnicity - Chinese

Any ECs
East Asian Studies Peer Advisor at Davis, buncha leadership things


Honors, Achievements etc
Deans Honors list, Top 9% in my class at Davis, Economics Award

Sports
N/A!

Colleges You got accepted to
UCSC - Did Not Apply
UCLA - Did Not Apply
UCD - I currently go here!
UCB - Accepted - Asian Studies
UCSD - Did Not Apply
UCR - Did Not Apply
UCSB - Did Not Apply
UCM - Did Not Apply

Any Non-UC schools
N/A


Dream School
Hm.. somewhere on the East Coast.. maybe an Ivy but that is a dream that my significant other will accomplish for me!


Planning to attend Grad School? If so which one and what do you want to study ?
Was thinking about it but I don't really need it for what I'm thinking of doing... might need to get a MBA later but I'm thinking about pursing that after a few years of work experience.


Financial Aid
None what so ever.. not even loans.

Any regrets
None!

Housing
On Campus - most likely Spens Black!

biochemist12

General

• Overall GPA - 4.0 initial app, 3.54 WIP, ~3.7 by end of this semester
• Major GPA - 3.4-ish
• MAJOR - Molec Cell Bio/Biochemistry
• Univ You Will Attend - UCB
• International - No
• Out-Of-State - No
• UC-to-UC - No
• Ethnicity - Filipino

Relevant courses completed
Inorganic Chem, 1 year
Organic Chem, 1 year
Calculus, 1 year
Biology, 1 year
NO PHYSICS

Any ECs
volunteer tutor at learning center
work at law firm
volunteer at local church
volunteer at local hospital

Honors, Achievements etc
PTK
National Dean's List semi-finalist

Sports
None (volleyball in HS but it doesn't count)

Colleges You got accepted to
UCSC - N/A
UCLA - P
UCD - A
UCB - A
UCSD - N/A
UCR - N/A
UCSB - N/A
UCM - N/A
UCI - N/A

Any Non-UC schools ?
nope


Dream School
Cal or Stanford


Planning to attend Grad School? If so which one and what do you want to study ?
UCSF or Stanford or Columbia's MD/PhD


Financial Aid
Yes, but my package still isn't complete

Any regrets
I wish I didn't get a C in OChem1, or a B in Bio1.

Housing
Off campus

Comments
I will have finished 62 units after only three semesters (and one summer) at my CC, without any AP credits. I took OChem1, Bio1, and GenChem2 together with English last semester.

easymack63

General

• Overall GPA - 3.8
• Major GPA - 4.0
• MAJOR - American Studies/History
• Univ You Will Attend - Berkeley
• International - No
• Out-Of-State - No
• UC-to-UC - No
• Ethnicity - White

Relevant courses completed
2 prereqs, missing 3 prereqs but they werent offered at my ccc

Any ECs
work 20 hours a week

Honors, Achievements etc
just in high school. earned AA

Sports
none

Colleges You got accepted to
UCSC - did not apply
UCLA - did not apply
UCD - did not apply
UCB - accepted (American Studies)
UCSD - did not apply
UCR - did not apply
UCSB - accepted (history)
UCM - did not apply
UCI - did not apply

Any Non-UC schools ?
NYU, GWU


Dream School
Berkeley

Planning to attend Grad School? If so which one and what do you want to study ?
Im not sure yet


Financial Aid
none

Any regrets
nope

Housing
On Campus

kenshin06

General

• Overall GPA - 3.70
• Major GPA - 3.85
• MAJOR - Management Science/Chinese
• Univ You Will Attend - Probably UCSD
• International - No
• Out-Of-State - No
• UC-to-UC - Yes
• Ethnicity - Chinese

Relevant courses completed
Microecon
Macroecon
Calculus (1 year)
Accounting (2 quarters)

Any ECs
None

Honors, Achievements etc
None at the college level

Sports
None

Colleges You got accepted to
UCSC - Did not apply
UCLA - Rejected
UCD - Did not apply
UCB - Did not apply
UCSD - Accepted
UCR - Good bye UCR!
UCSB - Accepted
UCM - Did not apply
UCI - Accepted

Any Non-UC schools ?
USC is still pending


Dream School
None


Planning to attend Grad School? If so which one and what do you want to study ?
Yes... USC? Stanford? perhaps London School of Economics or Cambridge? I doubt I can get in though but oh well...
PhD in international economics or maybe go for MBA.


Financial Aid
Loans

Any regrets
None

Housing
Don't know yet

puffizzle01

General

• Overall GPA - 3.8
• Major GPA - 3.85
• MAJOR - EECS
• Univ You Will Attend - Berkeley?
• International - no
• Out-Of-State - no
• UC-to-UC - no
• Ethnicity - asian

Relevant courses completed
all math
general chem
physics series

Any ECs
none

Honors, Achievements etc
none

Sports
none

Colleges You got accepted to
UCSC - Did Not Apply
UCLA - REJECTED!!!!!!!!!
UCD - Did Not Apply
UCB - accepted
UCSD - accepted
UCR - Did Not Apply
UCSB - Did Not Apply
UCM - Did Not Apply
UCI -accepted

Any Non-UC schools ?
USC - accepted


Dream School
UCLA


Planning to attend Grad School? If so which one and what do you want to study ?
nope. im so burnt out.


Financial Aid
lots of loans!

Any regrets
i shoulda asked that one girl in my english class out.

Housing
dorming it

yidong

General

• Overall GPA - 3.8(before spring semester)
• Major GPA - > 3.8
• MAJOR - Computer Science
• Univ You Will Attend - UC-Berkeley
• International - No
• Out-Of-State - No
• UC-to-UC - No
• Ethnicity - Chinese

Relevant courses completed
C++,Java,MFC,Assembly Language,Scheme,data structure
Calclus I,II,III, linear algebra and diff equ, discrete math
physics I,II. Chem I,II,Statistic

Any ECs
FILL IN HERE

Honors, Achievements etc
FILL IN HERE

Sports
Soccer

Colleges You got accepted to
UCSC -Did Not Apply
UCLA -Rej (cs and engineering)
UCD -Accepted (cs and engineering)
UCB -Accepted (cs intended)
UCSD - Accepted (cse)
UCR -Did Not Apply
UCSB -Did Not Apply
UCM -Did Not Apply
UCI -Did Not Apply

Any Non-UC schools ?
FILL IN HERE


Dream School
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Planning to attend Grad School? If so which one and what do you want to study ?
FILL IN HERE


Financial Aid
YES

Any regrets
DIdn't complete the physics series and take a circuit course, as a result of that I got rejected by ucla

Housing
Off Campus