As you all probably know, for a student who is applying for transfer for a fall admission at the UC’s, their last chance to boost their GPA, normally, would be the fall semester prior to enrollment. Now, knowing this, one could potentially take short term (8 week) classes for the spring semester, whose grades will be posted around the end of March/ 1st week of April. So, for that “hypothetical rejection letter”,you’d have a higher GPA assuming you passed. Next, polish up your communication skills and make arrangements with those professors for Letters of Recommendation at the end just in case they are asked for." Still probably a stretch, but since were prepping for spring anyway… just a thought