<p>I’m currently a 2nd year undergrad student in Singapore. Do you think it is worth applying for transfer admission to Berkeley? I’ve always wanted to study in the US but it so happened that I was offered a scholarship here so I kind of put that plan off. Will a degree from Singapore disadvantage me when applying to graduate schools in the US?</p>
<p>If I did try for admission, and if I do get accepted, it would be the 3rd university that I’ll be attending. lol (I’m not Singaporean btw and I’ve been in Singapore just for a year)</p>
<p>“Try an easier school like UC Merced or something.” Lol wut?
The OP asked if a degree out of the US would put him at a disadvantage for graduate school, not if he was at a disadvantage for applying to Berk.</p>
<p>Oops, sorry I misread it. Is it “worth” applying to Cal? Well, if grad school is your goal and you believe you can get > 3.0 at Cal then yes it’s “worth it”. Otherwise, you won’t qualify for any prestigious grad schools with a GPA < 3.0. The average GPA at Cal is about a 3.0 meaning approximately half of the students get a lower GPA.</p>
<p>Hmm, if I’m not mistaken, the deadline for application is on the end of November. Does this apply to fall admissions or to spring admissions? I’m quite surprised because Cornell’s deadline is sometime in March.</p>
<p>Anyway, my friend who just graduated from Berkeley attended community college for 2 years before transferring. Her first language isn’t English and she went to America after finishing high school in her native country. She told me that she didn’t take the SATs at all and she just submitted her TOEFL test scores to Berkeley. I myself haven’t taken the SATs but I’ve learned English since I started school (because my country was colonized by the US). So there, if I’m not mistaken again, Berkeley requires transfer students to present SAT scores. Is this true? Can someone help me? Thanks guys!!!</p>
<p>Neither UC Berkeley or any other UC or CSU require transfer students to submit SAT scores. SAT scores and high school GPA are only considered for freshman applicants. Once you have attended a college you are considered a transfer applicant and whether you are admitted or not is determined primarily by your college GPA and to a lesser extent by your essays. The UCs are required to give priority for admission to transfers from California Community Colleges (CCCs) and rarely accept transfer applicants already attending four year colleges. </p>
<p>As for graduate school, getting your bachelor’s degree from a college outside the United States need not be a disadvantage as long as it is properly accredited. UC Berkeley and nearly all other American universities accept large numbers of students into their graduate programs who did their undergraduate studies at a non-U.S. college or university. Whether or not you would be accepted is determined by your undergraduate record, scores on the GRE, adequate TOEFL scores for students who are not native English speakers and the competitiveness of the major you are applying for. While the state requires the UCs and CSUs to give priority to California residents for undergraduate admissions, for graduate programs, out of state and international applicants are generally given equal consideration to that received by California residents.</p>
<p>If you’re applying as a transfer from your uni in singapore, you might as well apply to private schools of the same calibre. You pay the same but have to endure the effects of budget cuts and bureaucracy in the state system which includes Berkeley.</p>
<p>ok, i see. I know that this seems a little off topic but is it easier to get admitted to Cornell as transfer compared to Berkeley, on the grounds that Berkeley prioritizes Cal college students? Does Cornell admit applicants who have completed 2 years in a 4-year institution? </p>