What is the best way to transfer to UCLA?

Question

I'm a second year student at San Diego State University, business major. I am interested in possibly transferring to UCLA, my GPA so far is 3.6, but I am expecting it to rise a bit after my Fall and Spring Semesters this year. I am probably somewhere around 15 or 18 units ahead of schedule, so I could be on pace to graduate early, or possibly double major. I'm on the Dean's List. What are my chances of possibly being admitted?

Answer 1

Hey, I was a tour guide at UCLA, so I've memorized all the admissions information. UCLA does like transfer students, and the most important thing for a transfer student is doing the prep for the major you are going to choose. Obviously you are not at a community college, and those students are given priority, but you can still prepare yourself anyway. The best website is assist.org, which lists the different majors, and the classes that you need to take in order to have all the major prep done before tranferring to UCLA. It is a website for community college students, but you should still be able to get a feel for all the classes you should take. You can also check out what the major prep is for your major at San Diego State, and finish all that.

The other most important part is that you finish IGETC, or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum. That is basically your General Ed, which should be done before transferring. You can look for that on the website below, and that will give you all the information you need.

UCLA is the most applied to school in the nation, but as a tranfer student your chances are better than for those applying directly out of high school. The average incoming GPA of transfer students is generally around 3.4 - 3.6, so you're doing well there. Also, just so you know, there is no business major at UCLA, only a bus-econ major. It's a pretty impacted major, and that does matter at the transfer level. But it's a great major, and a lot of my friends were in that program and loved it.

Finally, with UCLA all the parts of the application are taken into consideration, so make sure that your personal statement is well-written and addresses the questions. That's your only chance to let the admissions officers know a little bit more about you, so take the chance and be yourself...don't make anything up! It's painfully obvious when students make up information, so just relax and have fun applying to one of the best schools in the nation! :)

So good luck! Take a campus tour if you happen to be in the area, because it's a great way to get to know the campus, and as tour guides we are indoctrinated with all the admissions information...very helpful!

Answer 2

This all sounds like your chances should be good. Visit your counseling center, contact admissions at UCLA. I know that UCLA gives priority to students coming out of CA Community Colleges who have taken the appropriate course work.