<p>trying to be a contender. i was gonna apply for spring 2012, then i read how strict they are about their requirements to be met completely by fall 2011. ■■■■■. </p>
<p>shouldnt THEY of all UC’s be lenient?</p>
<p>Lol at Merced. Good for them to establish standards, though.
Why don’t you apply at the UCs for fall 2012? What are your stats?</p>
<p>3.4 overall gpa. just finished my general ed (60 completed), using the next year to work on my lower div bio at CCC. URM (black/jewish/japanese). mother has 0 income, only child, upward GPA rising. shadow dentist @ dental office (trying to go for DDS after Davis).</p>
<p>planning to TAG @ Davis & UCSD</p>
<p>& apply to UC Berkeley (blahhhhh).</p>
<p>Don’t go to Merced! You’ll get into Davis for sure with TAG, as long as you adhere to the requirements.
Apply to Cal too! You never know what happens.</p>
<p>If you do a TAG, you’re in for sure. I had a 3.34 when I applied and was accepted to all TAG programs and Berkeley. If you want Berkeley or LA, make sure your personal statements are passionate about the school.</p>
<p>@keith = angel that just flew in.</p>
<p>@deanza thanks, glad you got into cal, if you dont mind droppin me off your stats real fast. </p>
<p>berkeley def passionate in. already been thinking for the past two years how im going to begin my statement.</p>
<p>@mypinkfriday: I think the personal statement can definitely get a student in. Raise you GPA to ~3.6, if you can, for the best shot at Cal. Also, complete the pre-reqs (this is very important).</p>
<p>I’m not sure which factor of my application convinced Cal to accept me, but here are my stats (in great detail ;)), mypinkfriday:</p>
<p>GPA: 4.0
Major: Linguistics
IGETC complete after this spring
Pre-reqs: Complete (there are none for linguistics, but I took an Intro to Linguistics course, high-level language courses, and social science courses)
EC: Few! Babysitting, tutoring (~40 hours), Dean’s List, and an activity I dedicated a lot of time to in high school.
Personal Statement: I let only people here on CC read them, after I submitted my application. They said that they are really good. Not outstanding, but really good.
Xtra info: I started community college in Winter quarter 2010 (I got sick and had to cancel my initial SIR to UCSC as a freshman admit), so I’m a 1.5 year transfer. I have 2 APs, no W’s and half of my 'A’s were 'A+'s. </p>
<p>Start your personal statement early! I started writing it last spring and revised it until late November. I can PM them to you, if you want.</p>
<p>@deanza.</p>
<p>OMG stats off the chain.</p>
<p>trying to have a 3.5/3.6 before i transfer. i feel i need to personally ante my skill up in the next year because the level im going to go to is gonna require alot of maturity on my part. i go to a community college where “kids” are still… “kids”, talking in the back of the classroom, disrupting, etc. its a very small town and their is no opportunity or thrive to grow and mature, well there are a very slim few.</p>
<p>but anyways, i would really hope to transfer to davis or berkeley, but more davis, because i dont need too much prestige right now, as im trying to go to UOP in SF after for dental school. if i do go to berkeley tho, i hope to have a library session together in the future!</p>
<p>Hopefully you can get in at Davis. I had a slight lower GPA but I was able to get in at Davis.</p>
<p>^sniff, well it is a bit different because the GPA req have been raised to 3.2 :(</p>
<p>hopefully the incoming TAG transfer OVERALL standards hasn’t been raised as well.</p>