An idea of attending a comm. college, then transferring?
Asked by evelynromulus.<3I want to go to the City College of San Francisco for my general education, then transfer to UC Berkeley afterwards. My question is, is it harder to gain acceptance than to apply right after high school, or is it even more competitive to apply after high school? I really want to go to Berkeley, but I don't think I'm good enough to gain aceeptance as a freshman (Have an avg. 4.0 gpa, extracirriculars, 1430 SAT)...I'm a pretty average student. So what should I do? It would help if some people in community colleges who want to transfer would help me on this.
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Answered by lildude211us
I think its more competitive to apply right after high school because Berkeley will look at the classes you have taken in HS, extracirriculars, SAT scores. There could be other students that have taken a ton of AP classes and Berkeley will consider that as well. You have the grades for berkeley, but not the SAT score. Transferring from CC of SF is a good idea. You can just finish all your general education requirements and prerequisites (still have to do well though since Berkeley has a min GPA of 3.0) You will have to write a personal statement (its not all that hard, but you have to put the effort into it cuz they actually use that for admission....) You should use Assist.org (link is in the sources) to find out what classes you need to take in order to meet all of Berkeley's requirements. Also, i dont think you should limit yourself to Berkeley only. You need back up schools. You should apply to all of the schools that you want to go to and are great for your major because if you only apply to Berkeley and you dont get in, you would have to wait another year and apply again.... good luck with going to SF by the way, going to community college first would save your parents a good amount of money (especially if you guys are already CA residents) and Berkeley is a little more lenient towards CA residents... edit: I almost forgot to tell you that many community colleges will have Transfer Guarantee Agreements, which is basically a guaranteed spot in that university, as long as you meet all of the requirements listed on there. Unfortunately, Berkeley doesnt do transfer agreements with any community colleges, but other great schools like UC San Diego does. I'm pretty sure those counselors at City College of SF will have more info on the agreements they have (just something to consider)
I think its more competitive to apply right after high school because Berkeley will look at the classes you have taken in HS, extracirriculars, SAT scores. There could be other students that have taken a ton of AP classes and Berkeley will consider that as well. You have the grades for berkeley, but not the SAT score. Transferring from CC of SF is a good idea. You can just finish all your general education requirements and prerequisites (still have to do well though since Berkeley has a min GPA of 3.0) You will have to write a personal statement (its not all that hard, but you have to put the effort into it cuz they actually use that for admission....) You should use Assist.org (link is in the sources) to find out what classes you need to take in order to meet all of Berkeley's requirements. Also, i dont think you should limit yourself to Berkeley only. You need back up schools. You should apply to all of the schools that you want to go to and are great for your major because if you only apply to Berkeley and you dont get in, you would have to wait another year and apply again.... good luck with going to SF by the way, going to community college first would save your parents a good amount of money (especially if you guys are already CA residents) and Berkeley is a little more lenient towards CA residents... edit: I almost forgot to tell you that many community colleges will have Transfer Guarantee Agreements, which is basically a guaranteed spot in that university, as long as you meet all of the requirements listed on there. Unfortunately, Berkeley doesnt do transfer agreements with any community colleges, but other great schools like UC San Diego does. I'm pretty sure those counselors at City College of SF will have more info on the agreements they have (just something to consider)
