UC IRVINE Fall 2020 Transfer Thread

got accepted at 5ish but no email still, anyone else?

Accepted

Major: Business Administration
Major GPA: 4.0
TAG: No
Prerequisites: 100% Completed
IGETC: Completed

Rejected: Haas
Accepted: Davis, Cal Poly SLO, SJ State, USF, and a few others
Pending: Santa Barbara

I wrote my essays according to Haas’ protocol which is very unique & specific since I had to address each of Haas’ 4 principles into my PIQs. Maybe that’s what pushed it over the top.

Rejected to business economics. TAG with 3.88 gpa. Whatever super excited for Berkeley but think its wrong of them to reject tag applicants and its honestly a shame for people who committed as TAG applicants and got rejected without explanation by UCI and didn’t get a good backup school like I did.

I think it would help if you mention all this in your appeal, good luck :slight_smile:

Dont even wanna go. Berkeley is better for my major anyway and always wanted Berkeley over UCI. But just wanted to post because I know a lot of other people didn’t have their TAGs honored by UCI and relied on the TAG promise to get in. Which is beyond unethical and just plain messed up. I don’t want to attend a school where this type of behavior exhibited by admissions is deemed okay. So long story short I won’t be submitting an appeal.

Why you leaving UCSB?

3.76 GPA got accepted by both UCI and UC Berkeley as a DS major. I really don’t know why UCI rejected you?? you got me surprised.

reading your GPA made me so nervous but thank God, I got in! Education Sciences as well!

It’s called yield protection lol

Rejected from Biz Admin with a 4.0.

Currently taking Calc 2 and Stats right now so maybe that played a role but overall devastated after I got rejected from Berkeley as well so I am currently 0 for 2. Having a 4.0, I really thought UCI was going to accept me but now I’ve completely lost hope for the rest of the schools (UCLA, UCSD) if I wasn’t accepted here.

Congrats to everyone that got in!

Status: Accepted
Major: Political Science
GPA: 3.94
Notable ECs: lots of activism, journalism, congressional intern
Essays: pretty good!
IGETC: Yes, this semester

Accepted: berkeley, davis
Waiting: santa barbara, san diego, UT austin, and GW

Accepted

Major: Computer Science
GPA: 3.94
Prerequisites: Completed
IGETC: Completed
Notable EC: two websites, one of which was acquired by a large company, and built a robot, other smaller projects

Accepted: Irvine, Riverside
Waitlisted: Davis (with satisfactory TAG, confirmed by the admissions staff)
Rejected: Berkeley

Pending: UCLA, San Diego, Santa Barbara

This may sound ignorant but why do so many cs majors have like 4.0’s and 3.9+ I’m a Bio major and someone having a 4.0 GPA is super rare

Is it better to be waitlisted or rejected?

I got rejected by UCB and UCI for cs major. I got 4.0GPA with some ecs. At this point, I feel like I cant get into any UC schools. What if it happened…

Damn I didn’t apply to uci or UCB but it sucks. I’m sure you’ll get accepted somewhere I feel like this year is extra competitive for some reason a lot of 4.0 students are getting rejected which is sad since usually going to cc was a good way to get admission into ur top schools.
My heart goes out to everyone who was rejected and is freaking out. Trust me I feel you. It’ll all work out hopefully just one more week and all the anxiety from this process will end! (At least for now)

Hi! Posting for a friend because she’s never gonna use this site but we both want to help prospective transfers!

Accepted!!!
Major: Psychology
Transfer from CCC
Did not TAG any school
GPA when applied: 3.893
GPA by transfer time: 3.9ish

Finished all major pre-req’s for all schools and completed 1 foreign language course as well as 2 chemistry courses (for Psych, B.S. major req’s).

Demographics: Female, Non-US citizen permanent resident, lives in the San Gabriel Valley area

EC’s: Promoted from Web Master of Psychology Club at CC (only during 2nd year Fall semester) to President of Psychology Club at CC (only during last Spring semester), worked 30-40 hr/wk as the manager of an Amazon warehouse through 1st year, worked 15-25 hr/wk as a Behavior Therapist for children with Autism spectrum disorder through 2nd year, occasionally volunteered with American Red Cross Mental Health Department & Disaster Services.

Essays: Strong essays — as English is my friend’s second language, she struggles with using advanced vocabulary and accurate grammar. She wrote about her personal struggles (familial), the impact those experiences had on her mental health, and why they influenced her to pursue psychology as both in college & as a profession.

Applied: UCB, UCD (3rd choice), UCI, UCLA (1st choice) UCR, UCSB, UCSD (2nd choice)
Denied: UCB, UCD, UCR
Accepted: UCI
Waiting: UCLA, UCSB, UCSD

Accepted but same, no email.

Accepted 4/20 @ 4:45pm
Major: Poli Sci
GPA: 3.59 at time of submission
3.71 TAU
CCC student
Admitted: UCR, UCI
Rejected: N/A
Waiting: UCSB (TAG) UCSD, UCLA

Competiton