What are my chances? (& some input please)

alexanderayres
Wed, 10 Jun 2015 18:45:22 +0000

Hello everyone been looking around this great site learning a ton, this is my first post sorry if it is not the right place. Anyway I am a perspective transfer student intending on transferring Fall 2016 my stats are as follows.

GPA: 3.53, probably more like a 3.6-3.7 when I transfer
Intended Major: Economics (but thinking of double majoring with either Communication, International Relations or Organizational Studies)
IGETC: finishing Fall 2015
TAG: UC Davis Economics
Prerequisites: business calc Fall 2015, Stats & econ 1b Spring 2016

I visited UC Davis and absolutely loved it, plus they have aboxing team which I thought was awesome and I intend to join. I am applying to a few other schools but Davis is my top choice tied with Berkeley, with a slight edge toward Davis. I was just hoping to get some input from people on the following;

1. is my gpa competitive for a transfer in economics

2. is double majoring a bad idea at UCD

3. Which second major would you recommend

4. being that I will be 25 upon transferring, will I be an old man on campus

1. Berkeley is obviously a really good school but because of math I would have to major in political economy, at Davis I can do regular full on economics. A friend of mine told me the prestige factor of Berkeley trump an Econ degree from UCD, is this true?