<p>It’s your High school statistics, but they will take into consideration GPA you get in college since you are going to transfer as a junior. Also I know that my D. who is junior at J-school right now ( and also from CA 
started to take j-classes at her first semester of freshman year in order to finish “Lower-Division Journalism Requirements” before applying to any area of interest, see here: [Missouri</a> School of Journalism: Fall 2010 Undergraduate Curriculum](<a href=“http://journalism.missouri.edu/undergraduate/curriculum-2010.html]Missouri”>http://journalism.missouri.edu/undergraduate/curriculum-2010.html)</p>
<p>Some areas ( strategic, convergence, TV/Radio ) are pretty competitive; and all J-classes must be taken at Mizzou. </p>
<p>Also with a good SAT / ACT score you can get directly to J-school and actually finish your Master Degree ( if you want to do that in 5 years.<br>
Plus I paid for her tuition / living expenses even less than my friends pay for their kids in UC.</p>