Trasfer chances from UCSB to Berkeley/UCLA??

Transfer Students
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<p>I applied as a transfer from UCSB to Berkeley and UCLA. My major is biochemistry and my gpa is 3.8 at UCSB.
Does anyone know what are my chances??</p>

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<p>slim slim slim</p>

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<p>why fei? 3.8 seens good.</p>

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<p>cuz UCs very much dislike UC to UC transfers.</p>

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<p>they give priority to CC transfers. so if the CC’s dont cut it then you have a chance. CC’s usually cut it…</p>

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<p>about the whole cc transfer priority thing… well, you never know. i don’t think it’s completely true that ucs give cc transfers complete priority. i know that there are at least three of us uc to uc transfers who got into ucsd so far while some very highly qualified cc students are still pending. i believe admission is all subjective. </p>

<p>anyway, you might want to take a look at this. people will tell you that your chances are really slim, but it really isn’t impossible to get into ucla from a 4-year institution. look at the bottom half of this and you might be a little more encouraged. ucla actually admits 24.3% of 4-year institution students who apply, independent of cc students. i’m sure they’re super qualified and such, but if you look at the past years, the figures have remained pretty constant. so look at it like this: your gpa is good and as long as you have a clear and promising course pattern, you have about a 25% chance of getting. it’s not the greatest chance, but i wouldn’t say it’s all that slim either. </p>

<p><a href=“Admissions | University of California”>Admissions | University of California;

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<p>Well, helloeveryone probably has better chances than 25%, since that acceptance rate combines all applicants with GPAs all over the place. I’d say with a 3.8 in BioChem, you have a least a 50% chance.</p>

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<p>UCLA’s transfer website (<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/tradms.htm[/url]”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/tradms.htm&lt;/a&gt;) says differently:</p>

<p>“Lastly, we give highest priority to students who are transferring from California community colleges or other University of California campuses.”</p>

<p>Plus hallwayangel’s link. </p>

<p>It’s really not so hard as you think, and I agree that 3.8 is a very competitive GPA. You are also applying with a major that not all people do well in; so good job there. However, biochemistry is an impacted major at UCLA, so you’ll be competing (again) with other biochemistry majors.</p>

<p>Best of luck!</p>

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<p>“Lastly, we give highest priority to students who are transferring from California community colleges or other University of California campuses.”</p>

<p>interesting…I thought that UC to UC transfers come after freshman…in priority</p>

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<p>I’m sure there’s a definite hierarchy, but it looks like California schools will always prefer California students (which is their mission). CC students are still taken over UC students, I’m sure, but UC students aren’t nearly so low as after-freshman; it’s a whole different pool, after all.</p>

<p>I would recommend giving the school a real compelling reason why your current UC isn’t meeting your needs like UCLA/Berkeley would.</p>