@BIMguy thank you!! yeah, UCI is the best option for me right now. Glad that I am now officially an Anteater 
Is anybody with a low GPA that has an impacted major contemplating about majoring in a non impacted next year(if rejected)? I’m seriously thinking about it. I’m a CS major with 3.33 GPA. I’m not rejected yet though. Maybe I’m just feeling discouraged right now and I might change my mind, but I’m wondering if I should apply for CS if my GPA doesn’t improve.
@lugi350 here’s my bit of advice for future transfers that choose popular majors like engineering and computer science. Pick the competitive major as your first choice, then pick a non “impacted” alternate that you can live with that will still get you to where you want to be in the end.
I was an electrical engineering major, with my alternate as aerospace engineering. When I was placed in the waitlist I immediately called UCI and told them I’d like to be considered for physics, and they changed my alternate major in the system. Ultimately that’s how I got in, and in reality it’s the better choice for me in the long run.
If I would have known that back in November, I would have applied to all of UC’s this way, and I’d probably be looking at more choices than just two schools right now.
Either way, you shouldn’t get discouraged no matter the outcome. Just remember to keep moving forward.
Got in off the waitlist on May 26!
History Major
3.09 GPA
I was honestly really surprised to find out before June 1, but either way I am excited!
Do you guys know what the next step is? I got off the waitlist, submitted my SIR, Housing App AND SLR already. I haven’t gotten any more information on what i’m supposed to do after that though.
I just got in for electrical engineering!!
I’m so torn right now! I have no idea what to do. I have to choose between UCI and Cal Poly SLO for EE.
Here are my stats again:
Accepted sometime 5/27 between 5 and 9PM!
Major: Electrical Engineering
UC-Transferable GPA: 3.2-ish
IGETC: complete
Prereq’s: Everything
EC’s: Really good. President of STEM Club, two NASA internships, honors society, and a bunch of other stuff.
PS: Pretty good, had a lot of insight and editing from people. Would rate 8/10
Accepted: SDSU, CSUN, CSULB, Cal Poly SLO, UCSB, UCI
Waitlisted: UCD, UCSD (don’t really care about these anymore)
Rejected: UCLA, UCSC
@uisforutah thanks for the advice, I kind of thought my alternate major being software engineering would have a higher acceptance rate, but even though there was 900 plus applicants for CS and only 90ish for SE the acceptance rate was still pretty low. I’ll probably follow your advice and use my alternate major to a non impacted one next year. I definitely learned a lot of things in this year’s transfer process. This forum is really helpful.
@Stairs lol how did you get rejected by UCSC?
@lugi350 I’m at 3.25 myself in CS and I haven’t considered it. For me, CS takes priority over my dream schools uci/ucla. If my heart was absolutely set on UCI, I’d change my major (maybe).
@Arvelamuri I would check out the transfer acceptance form. I’m sure someone had the same question.
Accepted
Transfer GPA:3.25
Major: electrical Engineering
Applied: Sac State, SJSU, Pamona, UCI, UCD
Admitted: Sac State, SJSU, UCI
Waitlisted: CPP
Denied: UCD
Prereqs: Finished them all. They also highly recommended finishing the physics series so I did.
EC: Community Service, sports, and work.
PS: IDK maybe a 7/10 I heard they don’t read them.
@Ecain17 Honestly I have no idea. Maybe they just didn’t like my essay or something but I feel like it might of been a mistake. They said that I didn’t meet some of the requirements when I know I had every single prereq done for UCSC.
Whatever, don’t want to go anyways. 
@KennyAndTheJets for CS it’s not that unheard of to get hired without a degree or with a non CS degree because there are so many programming languages out there for different kinds of programs, at least this is what I’m telling myself for maybe changing majors. I’m currently learning swift in my own time and want to accelerate my learning of Swift this summer, so maybe I can have an app in the App Store, so I can mention it in my essay.
Hi guys, just a little update. I got into USC so that is where I will be going as its my first choice (financial aid pending :-?) but I still haven’t heard back from UCI so that kind of sucks but good luck to everyone else!
@BIMguy congrats!
@BIMguy Hey, congratulations man.
@Ecain17 thank you
@uctransfer16 thank you!
for those that got accepted off the waitlist, did you send in an appeal? mine is still pending 