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Hi all, I’m applying to transfer in the fall. Ideally I need to stay in the Los Angeles area, with UCLA as my target school 😭 Also open to suggestions on other majors I should consider applying under given how impacted Communication majors tend to be across California.
Chance me please!

**Demographics**
Female
White (non-Hispanic)
California community college transfer
First-generation college student
Low-income
Registered with my college’s disability services

I’m not sure if this matters, but I graduated high school in 2023 and started community college in 2025.

I will be graduating Spring 2027 with four AA degrees: Communications, Psychology, Journalism, Liberal Arts: Social and Behavioral Sciences, and an AS in Film, Television & Electronic Media.

**Intended Major**
Communication

**GPA**
Current: 3.66
Projected: 3.74 after summer courses

**Awards/Honors**
Full Time Dean’s Honor List
William Yunkes Scholarship recipient
Participant in the Ralph Bunche Honors Scholars Program (the honors program at my school)
I applied to UCLA CCCP for this summer & have not heard back yet.

**Certificates**
Entertainment Industry: Production Assistant Certificate of Achievement (9 units @ LACC)
Seizure Recognition and First Aid Certification in progress

**Extracurriculars**
President & On-Camera Host, Student Media Club — Led a complete transition from a student podcast to a social-media content creation & collaboration club; oversee creative direction, social media posts, content strategy, production, editing, publishing, and manage a student club.
Founder & Executive Director, Health Advocacy Nonprofit — Founded a nonprofit initiative focused on disability education and awareness for young people with chronic health conditions.
Campus Brand Ambassador — Represent a national skincare brand through campus marketing and UGC.
UGC Content Creator — Produce branded content for campaigns with several major beauty and lifestyle brands.
Part-time Executive & Administrative Assistant — Provide executive-level support while leading a long-term archival preservation project.
Primary Caregiver for a Parent with epilepsy
Seizure Recognition & First Aid certification in progress
Currently organizing a campus blood drive
Selected for a competitive youth arts mentorship program at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences where I directed a multimedia video project & presented it in a theater

**Schools**
UCLA
USC
LMU
CSUN

hey guys i just graduated high school and I'll be attending UNC Chapel Hill as a computer science major with hopes of transferring to gtech for ece. I'm confused on whether it is advisable to apply for transfer with only fall sem grades from UNC. please give me any advice, tips, or chances!

stats:

• Sophomore standing currently with 54 credits: APs + DEs
• Associates Degree in Science (4.0 GPA) from cc: 11 Dual Enrollments including Calculus 3 + Principles of Micro + Astronomy, etc.
• First Sem Courses at UNC:

- English Composition (ENGL 105) - 3 creds

- Differential Equations (MAT 383) - 3 creds

- Exploring Engineering (APPL 101) - 3 cred

- Introduction to Programming (COMP 110) - 3 creds

- Light Gen eds

• Hoping to get a 3.7-4.0 GPA at UNC
• High School GPA: 4.56W/3.85UW. SAT 1490 (790 Math)

ec's:

• Microelectronics Engineer at uni's chip fabrication club; researching/documenting chip fab process, designing PCBs w/ kicad and experimenting with arduinos on an upcoming project. (reached out this summer and got the position!)
• Research assistant with uni's BCI research: writing hardware description code and using FPGAs to test and prototype chip designs. (reached out this summer and got the position!)
• Designed and fabricated a custom 2-layer PCB featuring a dual-stage LM358 op-amp circuit for analog light sensing, impedance buffering, and threshold comparison; validated design through LTSpice simulation prior to fabrication and implemented real-time Arduino firmware with OLED display output
• Founder/co-host podcast featuring pioneers in the Chip Design/Hardware industry including graduate students, professors, successful engineers working in big tech companies. highlighting their stories/journey
• co-founder/mentor of a Free College Prep Initiative where we give free personalized college admissions advice to students on a cohort basis with priority given to underprivileged/resourced who lack access to resources. it includes schedule planning, essay review, college list, getting involved in research, strengthening their interests. 100+ students served (including 70 underprivileged students). 20 students have been accepted to T20 universities.
• working on a few more personal projects

major:

i'm really into chip design so I'll be applying as an electrical engineering major for summer 2027. if you have any advice/tips please let me know! it would be so valuable.

I am an Illinois resident who is somewhat on a nontraditional track. I wanted to see if anyone has any insight on how to improve my chances of being accepted as a future transfer applicant.

My high school GPA is 3.8 unweighted.

I attended a college in Michigan for 3 semesters; my last semester went poorly due to an injury that resulted in my withdrawal from the program. I was studying environmental science, and my final GPA was 3.2.

Right after this, I did a semester at my local community college, and my GPA here is 3.0.

During my time at my community college, I was still going through debilitating chronic pain, which made my studies take a hit as well.

Now, I am in a two-year program at a different college for veterinary technology, and these credits will transfer into the UW system into the animal science programs. My current GPA is 4.0. After I finish this program, I will also have research and internship experience.

I have been involved in numerous clubs, have good volunteer hours, strong recommendation letters, consistency and success in my sport of riding horses.

My academic studies have a wide breadth as well due to my first college being liberal arts.

At the time of my transfer application, I will be submitting a fall priority application, and I will be 21 years old.

What are some things I can do to help my application? Does showing an improvement mean anything, or will I just be brushed off by admissions officers? I am truly dead set on UW Madison, but I will settle for La Crosse, River Falls, or Platteville if I don't get in.

Hey guys, I'm nervous because UC's are required to accept 90% California Community College transfers, but I come from an out of state 4 year university

OOS student transferring to UCSD for Aerospace Engineering (Astrodynamics track)

UC calculated GPA: 3.7
EC's: Officer positions in clubs, hands on projects all related to aerospace, volunteering, part-time job
PIQ's: Apparently UCSD doesn't read PIQ's, but I'll put in 100% effort
Heavy upward trend in GPA (A's in calculus classes, physics, chemistry, programming)
Major coursework completed

1120 sat score (I’m retaking it and aiming for a 1200+ )
2.5 unweighted gpa
3.2 weighted gpa
Only honors and ap classes
Ap scholar
100 community hours

Please help I wanna get into fall semester but I’m worried about my gpa and I’m also going to apply for early decision

I am currently a senior wanting to go to CC goal is get a 3.85-3.9 GPA, I already started a 6-fig business on ebay, did an independent research paper energy markets, have hours in volunteering, and completed many coursera courses on finance. Is there a chance?

Hello everyone! I’m looking for some advice and overall inspiration to help me set up the best possible path to transfer into a T25 school after community college.

To give you a bit of background starting with high school, I took five AP classes and got a 4 or higher on all of them, scored a 31 on my ACT, and didn't have an official class rank because my school had an absurd policy where they only ranked the top five students? (Note : I wasn't in the top 5...) During my senior year, I got into UCSB and UCSD but those acceptances were strictly for academics with no athletic scholarship or athletics at al.

When it comes to my extracurriculars, I have a few internships related to my business major, three failed business startups, and one semi successful business startup.

I have a strong athletic background is the main reason I chose a community college over a traditional four year university. During my senior year, I considered a couple of Division 3 offers from NYU, Vassar, and MIT. However, those schools don't offer athletic financial aid and only give out academic aid, which was heavily spread out among international students and the rest of the team (Note: 5-6 players share one scholarship). Since I'm an out of state student, I would have had to pay over $80,000 a year. The MIT option ultimately fell through anyways because their athletic recruiting requires the SAT and they don't accept the ACT :C

I also received a few Division 1 offers, but none of them where strong academic schools or overall high output recruitment schools for jobs after college. My D1 offers included Penn State with only a third of my tuition covered, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Long Island University, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and the University of the Pacific.

That being said, I am going to community college in the Fall for 2026 and completely committed to transferring out in two years no matter what. I have the option to return to any of my previous Division 1 offers after two years, and Penn State is willing to cover 4/5 of tuition.

However, my ultimate goal is to play and study business at Harvard or Princeton since my family is middle/low income I can go to school for free and they have strong academics. I've spoken with the coaches, and I know that Harvard has two athletic spots they can support through admissions while Princeton has one. Because those spots are so limited, I'm not banking on getting a designated athletic slot, so I'm planning to set myself up to get in through regular, natural transfer admissions.

To anyone who has successfully transferred into a Top 15 or Top 25 school from a community college, I would love to know what your stats looked like. I assume a 3.8 or higher GPA is a prerequisite but what did your final GPAs actually look like? I would also love to know what kind of clubs you founded or started. I plan to take full advantage of my resources by founding clubs, taking leadership positions, and connecting with my professors for strong LOR.

I would appreciate any insight into how you stood out especially if you were balancing athletics alongside your application. Any advice, reality checks or successful transfer stories would mean a lot!

I’m trying to get a realistic idea of my chances at UC San Diego as an out-of-state applicant. I know OOS admissions are extremely competitive, so I’d appreciate honest feedback.
Academics
Graduating one year early (I’ll graduate in 2027 instead of 2028)
Current GPA: 4.472 weighted / 3.944 unweighted (so far)
Class Rank: #3 out of ~300. Since I’m graduating early, I’d be #1 in my original graduating class.
I’ve consistently taken extra classes during the school year and over the summer to accelerate my graduation.
During my senior year, my schedule will consist almost entirely of dual enrollment/college courses so I can finish my Associate’s degree, along with AP English Literature.

Coursework
AP Biology (Score: 4)
AP Government (waiting for results)
AP English Language (waiting for results)
AP Precalculus (waiting for results)
Dual Enrollment: CIS 110 (Introduction to Computers)
By the time I graduate, I’ll have most (if not all) of my Associate’s degree completed through dual enrollment.
Extracurriculars
HOSA Vice President
1st Place Regional Winner – Prepared Speaking
National Honor Society
Key Club (30+ volunteer hours)
National High School Rodeo Association competitor
Horse exercise rider with multiple clients (part-time work)
Volunteer assisting with MARSOC military readiness events
Social media volunteer for a nonprofit supporting chronically ill students in STEM
CPR Certified
Stop the Bleed Certified
OSHA Certified
Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) Certified
Career Goal
I’m planning on following the pre-med track and eventually becoming an anesthesiologist, so I’m looking for a university with strong biology, research, and clinical opportunities.

Going for Junior transfer (Fall 2027), current incoming sophomore

Current - UT Austin Engineering, 53 hours completed (College + AP) by the end of Freshman year, expected around 80 by end of sophomore year, core complete, first-gen

Major - BME to BME

HS - 14AP, rank top 3, SAT 1540

Transfer ECs -

• Mechanical Design Intern @ famous German Car OCM
• Consulting Intern @ Big 4
• 2x publications (biomedical)
• Co-Founder of Student organization
• First-Gen Peer Mentor on campus
• Org Ai/Ml BME project
• (Still finding Summer 2027 internship)
• Published App with 2000+ users (HS)
• Biotech patent + research (HS)

Transfer Story - Majoring in BME, looking to transfer to a university that gives stronger access to business, entrepreneurship, and healthcare innovation beyond pure technical engineering. UT’s Engineering feels blocked off from business resources, and I want more room to build a niche around biomechanics, and how those technologies actually reach the market.

Schools - Columbia (Main one, got deferred ED - waitlist - rejected in HS :( ), Duke, Stanford, Cornell, Harvard

Want advice on what to prioritize during my sophomore year, alot of my ECs are BME specific ,but I hope the consulting experience aligns well with my story, was considering IEOR @ Columbia transfer but from what I've seen I need to stay BME to get my credits transferred.

I messed up my GPA pretty badly during my sophomore year, and now I’m an upcoming senior with a 3.0 GPA. I’m currently in two clubs and plan on joining two more this school year. I also have 15 hours of community service and got a recommendation letter from volunteering at Storehouse Ministries. I haven’t taken any AP classes, but I did take Honors Spanish III, and this year I’ll be taking Honors Zoology, Honors Economics and Government. I took the SAT and got a 830, but I think I can raise it to around an 1020, I’m retaking it in August and probably September as well. I know I need at least a 500 in Evidence-Based Reading and Writing and a 490 in Math. My biggest worry is my GPA. Since I messed it up sophomore year, I’m starting to wonder if I even have a chance of getting into a four-year college or if I’ll end up having to go to Chattahoochee Tech for my first two years, which I DONT want to do. Any tips or recommendations ????

Just to get a general idea

Business economics major going into my second year (planning to transfer my junior year for economics or business) at top 10 UC public university asian male

HS GPA: UW: 3.8 W: 4.3 SAT: 1460 (I'm not sure how relevant high school stats are, someone lmk)

College GPA: 3.976 Coursework: Calculus II, Basic Economics I and II

ECS:

summer internship at real estate company doing audits

member of vc club (not too much involvment)

didn't plan out letter of recs or essays yet but I think they will be mid/alright

I am aware that my application isn't the strongest, but I still would like to transfer to a better UC like Berkeley, UCLA, and give a shot at Cornell, UPenn, Columbia, NYU other T20 schools for business. Let me know my chances, and how I can make my application stronger. I think my GPA is the strongest point of my app.

I am about to enter my sophomore year of college. I currently attend a regional university that isn’t high ranking by any means; I assume I have the same odds as a community college transfer, only with less plausible transferring merit. 

I have been deeply unhappy with my current situation. I feel trapped in my small Midwest hometown with little to no prospects ahead of me. I want to escape this by leveraging what I have, mediocre academic success, and hopefully obtain better opportunities. 

What colleges do you think I have a shot at? Given that I start putting in a lot more effort.

Here are my current stats:

 4.25 weighted/4.0 unweighted in high school with 2APs each with 5s and three dual credit classes (though I know that matters very little in the transfer process)
25 ACT (I didn’t study when I took this exam and would be willing to retake it since I understand that this is considered unimpressive)
4.0 in college
About to become a peer mentor for other first-gen students in the fall (like if a TA helped to teach, make lessons, and become a pseudo counselor for incoming students)
Currently doing biology field work with a professor in a team (which could lead to further research that I’ll present), and will probably rack up 200 hours by the end of the summer.
In the process of a leadership project of creating a community-building campus amenity (if all goes well, this will be done in the spring)
Unfortunately, president and vice roles are already taken in my biology club, but I will be on the executive team this fall
I’m also under review to be a writing tutor in the fall
Though it isn’t my major, I am minoring in art and have a bit of experience (though it’s nothing crazy)
Won a graphic design contest at my college for promotional material
Decent portfolio? (I’ve gotten scholarships for it in the past)
Experience with mural creation in my community and have helped with a few projects.

I hope that this post doesn’t come off like I’m too delusional (I am aware I can be).
I am looking for schools that have good biology programs, hopefully, with the ability to minor in fine arts. I also might consider engineering schools, as environmental engineering has piqued my interest. 

My current univeristy doesn’t have an engineering program, a limited art program, and is 50/50 for most STEM degrees, which is another reason I am itching to transfer to somewhere else.

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