vvyh2844

Hi,

I am a California resident and have lived in California my whole life. After high school I did a unique preparatory school for the US Naval Academy and earned 36 hours of credit. I am at the US Naval Academy now, but wish to transfer out.

Here are my stats thus far

2008 Fall Semester,
GPA 3.94
2009 Spring Semester
GPA 3.78

Cumulative so far 3.86

I will have the 60 credits by end of Spring 2010

I will be applying as an Astrophysics major

Other ECA's

Over 500 hours of community service done, Big Brothers Big Sisters, tutoring, and things I have done at home with Diabetes, breast cancer, and autism. I also did some community service in Costa Rica helping with schools and communities.

part of many sports including varsity ones in high school, jujitsu taekwondo, boxing, and other combat related sports.

presidents list 2x at my school, some honor scholar awards.




now the weird situation is that since the US Naval Academy doesn't accept transfer credits, I am retaking some classes that I already got A's in last year, such as Chemistry and Calculus. How will this look to the admission board? How will it look if I get an A in a course last year but a B in it this year?

I will also be having to take online courses to meet some of the credit minimums...how will that look?

UChopeful2010

Curious why you would want to leave such a great school.

hidingout

You look like a great candidate for both UCLA and Cal. Your GPA is outstanding. If you have to repeat certain classes, just explain why you did so in the extra section on the UC application. You can obviously perform at a very high level so don't worry if you get a B.

vvyh2844

I'm curious as to how it exactly works out if I am a California Resident but attending an Out of State School? How does that work?


Also, if you want to know why I want to leave you can PM me...that would be better =)

Batllo

I think you should apply to Caltech if you can afford it.

vvyh2844

Do you really think I stand a chance at any of the bigger schools like Stanford or CalTech?

Batllo

Caltech only has 900+ undergrads and a 1000+ grad students so at around 2000 students total, it is much, much smaller than the UCs. What were your SATs?

vvyh2844

My SAT's were terrible, all I remember was 690 Math and around 600 reading. I haven't taken them since 2007. I could try to take them again, maybe study a little bit harder for the reading. Though, after taking 3 semesters of college level reading and writing thinking and analysis I think that might be able to do the trick.

Batllo

Do you remember what you made on Math II and a science SAT II ?

vvyh2844

I never took them

Batllo

Caltech requires them. Check if Stanford, UCLA or UCB requires them for your intended major.

rpicton

UC schools do not require standardized testing for transfer students.

vvyh2844

Also, can someone tell me which category I fit in?

I am a California resident, went to out of state schools, but also took online classes at community colleges in California.

I am an out of state student? Non resident?

??

anonymousername

i assumed that you had to live in California for a certain duration.

my suggestion: consult a counselor or call the admissions office not an online forum