Remaining competitive for transferring to top schools? With B's or W's?

roarroar
Sun, 14 Jun 2015 01:21:49 +0000

Hey guys,

Just wanted to ask some questions about my academic status right now.

Currently an incoming sophomore Political Science major at a California Community College.

In high school I was an awful student, but that is because I had an awful life that got in the way.

Now at my community college I’ve finished 4 honors classes, and about to finish my 5th one in the summer to get the UCLA TAP certificate done. However my cumulative GPA so far is a 3.85 because I got one B this spring. I also have a plain W in a class this spring, non major and non IGETC. By end of Spring 2016, I will have over the minimum 60 UC units done, with my major prep classes completed as well as full IGETC.

I do have good extracurriculars though, paid internship at a legislators office, as well as part of the regional student government. I ran for my schools student government president but lost, which bummed me out. I will apply for one of the other vacant positions this fall.

My main hook is that I am a self supporting (former) foster youth, and my passions are to help the community and ultimately be a role model to other youth and disadvantaged populations.

I am aiming to apply for transfer to UC Davis, UCLA, UC Berkeley. Some reach/wishful thinking schools aside from that would be Amherst, UPenn, JHU, Stanford. I’l be taking the SAT either this November or January.

Now I realize I’m not the highest ranking student, but I think I’ve done well for what obstacles have came my way. I just wanted to know how I could remain realistic with my goals. I want to be competitive for any of the UC regents scholarships or JKCF undergrad scholarships too. On top of that I plan to go to law school afterwards so either way I’m hitting the ground running each day with school. I just don’t want a semester like this to hold me back, no more W’s and hopefully nothing else less than an A.