user_anton

Okay, so when it comes to transferring to cal or ucla, how imporant is EC?

Does doing an internship for a company compensate for it?

mattn

ECs are pretty minor. I would pick the internship over the ECs, especially if the company is related to your major somehow

Russkiy_Bear

Do both. The more you do, the better.

mattn

Yeah, if you can do both without sacrificing your gpa, do them. It'll be fun

Thedude44

Either get a leadership position in a EC or do an internship that is relevant to your major.

kal7

What do you want to do after you get out?

PoorPluto

Personally, I would say the EC activities are more important than work experience/internships. They show that you get involved, have diverse interests, and suggest that you do more than go to class/go to work. Not that there's anything wrong with that, of course, especially if the internship relates to your major.

From my experience though, I had no internships/job experience related to my major, but have solid ECs, and was accepted to UCLA.