<p>Usually the difficulty of UC to UC transfers is grossly overstate on CollegeConfidential. I just ran a StatFinder query for UC to UC transfers to UCSB, and in Fall 2008, the average GPA for applicants was 3.15 while the average GPA for accepted students was 3.21 This was actually lower than the stats for community college transfers.</p>
<p>I can’t speak to your other concerns since I’m not a Davis student (I was a UCSB student), however, I also suggest visiting the campus to confirm you do want to go there (if you haven’t already).</p>