Average GPA Transfer Student (FILM)- CSUF, CSULB, SDSU

chrsarch
Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:23:09 +0000

@joooohnie As a transfer student who got into CSULB for the Narrative Production program for Production and Directing, I can tell you that it’s totally fine to go to community college and then transfer there. I found that it is easier and that there are a lot of opportunities without all the stress of college. While my counselors were almost on top of everything when it came to my academic progress, I referred to a website called assist.org for specific transfer requirements. This website allows you to see the agreements between any college in the state of California and gives you a list of classes that you need to complete prior to transferring.

There is a small error with the information that @nemojoes about the updated agreement. They now ask for 6 classes not 5. Introduction to Film Production was recently added to the existing list. But in order to be considered for admission at the College of the Arts at CSULB, which is where the film department is, you need Art 110 or AH 111B to transfer. It doesn’t show up in the updated agreement, but it is required for all departments and will show up in the supplement application. Take as many of those as you can. The rest you can’t finish you will have to complete in your first year at CSULB. The film program also prefers you to have an AA-T/AS-T in Film. All of us who were accepted got that degree and it makes you stand out against other applicants. In addition, the Narrative Production option has a portfolio which you can look up the instructions on the website or even watch some of the ones on YouTube for inspiration.

Surprisingly I was waitlisted at CSULB but was accepted at the end of May. I’m not exactly sure if it was either my academic record or my portfolio, but all I can say is to do the best you can and jump on any opportunity you see fit. That’s what I tell all of the film students I used to advise working at the community college I was at.

Major: Film - Narrative Production - Production/Directing
GPA: 3.79
AA-T/AS-T: Yes with an additional AA in Broadcasting (They only look at the AA-T/AS-T)
Golden 4: Completed; A, B, A-, A
Lower Division classes: 3 of 5 completed INITIALLY now 4 of 5
(My Intro to Screenwriting class at CSM transferred over at the request of the film advisor at CSULB to keep me on track to graduate on time. It was not transferable, but I just took it for fun)
Local: No, College of San Mateo, Northern California
Applied: CSULB, SF State, CSUN, CSUF, CSULA, UCLA
Accepted: CSULB, SF State, CSUF, CSULA
Rejected: CSUN (portfolio website crashed on the due date. Couldn’t submit it), UCLA

I hope this helps anyone wondering the same thing in the future.