Get into UCSC and transfer to Berkeley?

rajiv83
Tue, 10 Jun 2008 02:14:30 +0000

Cali Trumpet: Thanks for the evaluation, I do have a plan to get my SAT scores up over the summer. I will try to stick to it as much as possible.

And you are right, Engineering Majors at Berkeley are very competitive, and it is something I need to think about. Thank you very much again.

NoMoSacto: Thank you very much for helping me understand how ECs are evaluated at admissions. When I said 6-7 ECs I meant during the past 3 years in high school. Right now I really only have 3 ECs where I am really participating.

Just one questions about ECs, are ECs as important when transferring as they are in Freshmen Admissions?

Also, I already knew that I had a MUCH better chance of getting into Berkeley if I go to CC first. But in my area/city the people that go to CC usually transfer to a CSU, and I realized I was afraid of ending up like that (not at all trying to offend anyone). Why go to CC and then transfer to something I could’ve gotten into before?

You really made me think about things, when you said “Transferring from a 4 year to another 4 year will just make the admissions committee wonder…why didn’t they come straight here?”

I will definitely consider both CCC and UCSC into my plan now. Thank you very much NoMoSacto.