<p>@international96
I am a CC transfer student. They dont consider SAT test scores for admission for CC transfers</p>
<p>I’ll go over your essays too if you want.</p>
<p>Think what you want. To be very politically incorrect, but also very honest, there is only a 4% black acceptance rate because: </p>
<ol>
<li>Not many even have the grades or scores to apply</li>
<li>those that do have lower grades and scores</li>
<li>Those who are just as smart if not smarter than everyone else get accepted right away because they are rare and hard to come by. </li>
</ol>
<p>I know I seem really racist right now, but I’m not saying blacks have a lower IQ. Its just a fact that a lot of them come for bad homes, and need some help. That’s why there’s affirmative action. I am also aware of the supreme court case in california on the basis of race. Well if you read closely, they ruled that seats cannot be set aside for one race specifically, but that doesn’t mean that admissions counselors don’t use other means of accepting “racially diverse” students.</p>
<p>Maybe because you were part time for fall?</p>
<p>In this case, it really seems like the PS was probably the tipping point. You must have said some crazy ****.</p>
<p>I don’t know… I think Berkeley still looks at PS’s since I’m sure I got in only because of my PSs which were completely different from normal PSs. I can honestly say I don’t think anyone has ever thought of writing what I did for PS#2.</p>
<p>I’m about 80% sure because my GPA is only 3.76 and I didn’t even finish my prereqs (barely started them) for my intended MCB major. Oh, yeah, and I’m Asian but I don’t see how that matters because Cal is prohibited by California law to take race into a factor when admitting students. Ivy leagues are a whole 'nother story, though.</p>
<p>How many credits have you done? I guess,for transferring,you can’t do more than 70 semester units !!!
Correct me if I’m wrong
you’ve done 70.5…</p>
<p>@preetsingh It doesn’t matter how many excess units you have if they’re all done at a CCC. They’re all lower-division or GE units anyway, so the university doesn’t care.</p>
<p>I’ve been accepted to both UCLA and UCB with 74 transfer units.</p>
<p>I think zomgrad and preetsingh are both correct. There is a unit cap that UC’s will accept from CC. Beyond 70 you get subject credit, but not unit credit. So that means you can use the class to fulfill a prerequisite or requirement, but you won’t get the units for having taken the class.</p>
<p>Hey could you send me your essay?</p>
<p>@HelloG compared to freshmen admissions, essays and extra curics mean very little for transfers, especially if you are transferring from CC. The uc’s in a sense have an obligation to admit CC transfers as mandated by the state. I’m sure they will look at the PS in deciding tiebreakers between students, but I don’t believe it is used like it is in freshmen admissions where it can completely make you or break you. The reason why lower GPA’s get in over higher GPAs can be accounted for in the major that was applied for, pre reqs completed and other requirements.</p>
<p>I don’t mind reading your PS and giving feedback, please pm me.</p>
<p>Okay!! Yea… I wasn’t that sure.
@OP – I’d love to read your essay 
PM Me.
I guess you should appeal</p>
<p>Thanks alot for the replies again guys. I really appreciate those of you who have taken an interest in reading my essays. I will definitely appeal, and plan to call the Universities tomorrow to see what happened.</p>
<p>You got a B. That’s probably why you didn’t get in. Do you know how many people got all A’s? Engineering at Berkeley and UCLA are very tough to get admitted to, and the CS majors especially. Just because you don’t know anyone with a higher GPA than yours doesn’t mean that there weren’t several who were higher than you. If UCLA or Berkeley are only going to admit 10 CSE majors (hypothetically), you don’t think that there are at least 10 people out there who got 4.0 GPAs?</p>
<p>One thing I noticed is that the most units you’ve taken in a semester is 16 and that is your most recent semester that you haven’t even completed yet.</p>
<p>The last semester they consider when looking at your grades is Fall 2012, and that semester you only took 8 units.</p>
<p>They look at grade <em>trends</em> and want students that continue to challenge themselves.</p>
<p>I just got accepted to UCB for mechanical engineering. Now I have around 4 B’s total, and it took me 4 years at CC to get where I am, but my last semester (Fall 2012) I was taking 18 units. This included Engineering Graphics, Calculus 3, Chem 1st sem, and Physics 2nd sem. I got A’s in all of them.</p>
<p>I was also working as a TA for my physics prof, and landed an internship at LBNL for the summer.</p>
<p>Your 3.98 is impressive, but they look at more than that.</p>
<p>Granted mechanical engineering probably isn’t as competitive as EECS.</p>
<p>Try to file a petition.</p>
<p>Anyone saying that the admissions committee is racist is full of ****. I’m a white male. I got in.</p>
<p>@avatar102329
Congratulations on your acceptance. I talked to my counselor about taking 8 units that semester, and he told me that they shouldn’t discriminate against me for that, and that it should not be a problem. Maybe he was wrong. I can’t believe you got in with a lower GPA than me. I am jealous. ;p Thanks for the reply.</p>
<p>@HeatZz, Obviously the major and pre. req completion do matter. But how do u can u explain rybridges16 case. Or how can u explain any student with a 4.0 that finished all their pre. reqs. and not gaining admissions? Further, If u have a 4.0 it wouldn’t matter on which major you are applying considering the avg. admitted GPA for any major is never a 4.0. I don’t know how admissions are done at UCLA, but i do have a cousin working at admissions at UCB. And I can guarantee you those personal statements matter. And yes the state does have to admit in-state students. But just look at the number of applicants UCLA & UCB receive. Far more then is needed to “fill sets.” Sorry if this is hijacking the thread.</p>
<p>I have to agree with HelloG on this. The personal statement and extra-curriculars are big. They’re probably even more important for transfer students than for high school applicants.</p>
<p>If it wasn’t for my personal statement saying how passionate I am about mechanical devices, how I’ve changed who I am since high school, etc, my 3.88 would mean nothing to them.</p>
<p>I disagree. Those items are big but GPA and pre req complete still outweigh the statements and EC.</p>
<p>Yea I was under the impression that GPA and pre req completion was weighted the most in their decision to admit you as a transfer student. The personal statement follows GPA and pre reqs, then E.C.'s and the rest. My essays weren’t bad. They were at least 4/5, which with my GPA should have been enough to get me in. Doesn’t make sense =/</p>