UCSB Transfer Admissions Criteria - Do I have a chance?

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<p>Hello,</p>

<p>I have a few questions about UCSBs admission criteria. Let me start with my situation. I have a LOT of withdrawals on my record due to financial situations. I have repeated two courses due to a lack of dropping (and responsibility). I also had two F grades in non-college transferrable classes that I forgot to drop. My overall transfer GPA for CSU is 3.28 and should be similar for the UC system, as I was originally on the IGETC path before deciding to go for Cal Poly. (I was waitlisted for Cal Poly last fall with a 3.04 and some recommended courses not completed) I have applied again, with everything complete and the higher GPA. So, this is another possibility.</p>

<p>I am applying for the Economics/Accounting major at UCSB, and have completed lower division economics, accounting, business calculus, business law, statistics, and all required G.E. courses. I believe the only thing I don’t have completed for the IGETC is foreign language. I noticed that the UC application is way more in depth than the CSU application. I am good at writing essays, so the personal statements should go well. </p>

<p>Has anyone else been accepted with a similar situation? I just don’t know how important the Withdrawals and non-college transferrable classes are for admission. Do you think I have a good chance, or should I save my application money?</p>

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<p>1.) If they are not UC transferable courses, a “F” grade means nothing because it doesn’t do anything to your UC GPA. So, if you got a ‘F’ in Trigonometry then they won’t care because it doesn’t transfer to a UC anyways.
2.) One of the members on the forum got rejected from UCSB with a 3.1 UC GPA majoring in Economics/Accounting. However, it is different for each applicants.
3.) They don’t care about your CSU GPA, they are looking for UC GPA
4.) They don’t care about ‘W’ (Withdraws) you can have a lot and you will still get accepted. HOWEVER, if you plan on going to graduate school try to keep it as minimal as possible and prepare for them questioning you about it.
5.) What is your UC gpa?</p>

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<p>did u tag?</p>

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<p>You should have done a TAG already if not too bad. Less one free get out of CC card. But if you apply and get rejected send an appeal and explain the W’s the F’s shouldn’t matter as long as you retook the classes and passed. Oh btw on the UC app there is little comment boxes to explain why you had trouble with said class… gd luck… oh and don’t you have to take regular calc not business calc?</p>