From UCR to UCLA?!!

kevin101
Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:13:28 +0000

UCLA: odd 9:1 accepted.
Cal: odd 9:1 accepted.
These odds come with the assumption that:

1. You actually have a 4.0 at the time you file your application.

2. You finish all the major requirement courses (again, this is the most critical, I see transferring students with 4.0 but was missing some courses getting rejected)

3. You keep your grades up (at least 3.5 or higher after the time of your application)

4. You handle the essay questions decently.

Some possible advices:

1. SAT and AP are irrelevant in transferring process. You don’t even have a place to mention this on the application.

2. With many activities, try to not make it like a launtry list. On your essay, you should focus on just one activity and bring more meanings with it. Quality is preferred than quantity when you compose your essay so keep that in mind!

3. If you have time, consult with prospective administration personnel, I believe that there are transfer counselors in both UCLA and Cal and even more better, consult directly with the counselors in your major department at UCLA and Cal.

4. Bus Econ at UCLA is the most impacted major; even after you getting in the program, you need to keep up at leas 3.2 GPA or else they will kick you out of the program.

5. Sit back and relax after you file your application, update with anything they ask. Cal will send you additional information request form online and all UCs will need you to update with the lastest grade. Then in around April and May, they will send you the results: You should be praying for the BIG envelopes!!!

Little about me: have been there and done that. Got admitted to both Cal and UCLA and a UCLA alumni.