UC Anthropology Majors!

Solagish24
Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:28:36 +0000

I realize this is 4 year old thread but I was wondering if anyone could tell me my chances.
Straight out of high school I when to Hawaii pacific university and studied business. I only studied business because I had no idea what I wanted to study. I earned horrible grades, ending my 1 and only year with a 2.4. I did not enjoy living in Hawaii or attending HPU so I returned home to Southern California. For the next two years I faded in and out of college and was still screwing around. After about 3 semesters I had 5 F’s and 1 A. I dropped out again. A year later I met an anthropologist teacher who was amazing, and he influence and inspired me to pursue a degree in archaeology. I always wanted to be an archaeologist but I didn’t think it was a realistic goal.
Once I knew what I wanted to study, school became fun and fairly easy. I turned all of my F’s into As and I’ve made the deans list the last 3 semesters. I will also b eligible for AA for transfer in Anthropology. I am now 25 years old.

Now the questions:
I currently have a 3.71 at my cc and expect after this semester to have a 3.75 or 3.8. Unfortunately my Hawaii gpa (2.4) is combined with my cc gpa and I belive it is around a 3.2. I realize a 3.2 is not very competitive but in my UC applications I told them my story and also that I hoped I would b viewed as “that was then, this is now.” Which I’ve heard they sometimes do.

I’ve applied at ucb, ucla, usd, ucsd, ucsb, and ucsc.
I also applied at a handful of csu’s but I was wondering my chances at these uc’s. I obviously would love to attend Berkeley or UCLA, but are those out of the question?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for the late post. Thanks again