Seriously Reconsidering Transferring to UCLA

Zalrons
Tue, 10 Jun 2014 22:32:54 +0000

@bomerr, meh. I think that’s true to a certain extent. It all depends on what graduate field we’re talking about. I can only speak for what I’ve researched about LS but it’s pretty clear that the top schools don’t care where you go. They could have already admitted 30 UCLA students and it’s down to 1 more UCLA applicant and the lone CSULB applicant. Well, whoever has the better scores is going to get in. They aren’t going to admit the CSULB student just to add UG diversity because this criteria isn’t factored into the rankings. That’s what it mainly boils down to. What helps the rankings…

@fullload, you’ll have a 3.9? Is this your cumulative UG GPA? If so, you just need to hit 170+ and keep that high GPA and you’re a lock at many T14’s with $. Idk if NW is still going to do it, but, they have given $150K scholarships to the ED (early decision) applicants that get admitted for the past few years. NW is notorious for taking on “older” students with work experience so I just figured I’d let you know in case you’re curious.