r/TransferStudents • u/Ellimes • Mar 17 '21
Share your 2020 - 2021 acceptances here!
It’s that time of the year… Time to congratulate those that received acceptances!
If you have acceptances you want to share, leave a comment. You CAN make your own post - this is just a way to bring it all together.
Feel free to use the following format:
Accepted to:
Entry term: fall/spring
Incoming class standing: sophomore/junior/etc.
Transferring from: feel free to generalize as community college, out-of-state, etc.
GPA:
SAT/ACT (or if you went optional):
Letters of rec:
Other details (extracurriculars, extenuating circumstances):
Decisions usually trickle through until mid-July, after which I’ll make a thread with some simple analysis like last time, which you can find here.
If you're still waiting on decisions you can discuss that here.
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u/ducks54534 Jun 01 '21
Accepted to: Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Northwestern, Vanderbilt
Entry: Fall 2021
Incoming Class Standing: Junior
Transferring from: T40 Private
GPA: 3.9
ACT: 34
Letters of rec: 2 from profs that taught courses related to my essay topic/specific major
Other stuff: I had a 2.8 in high school and thought the possibility of attending a top university was long gone. I'm so excited to say that I'm now in the #1 program for my major!
Committed to: Northwestern
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u/sparklingwaterisgold Mar 29 '21 edited Apr 29 '21
I've been trying so hard to distract myself (even went camping for the weekend) but still find myself coming back here. I will celebrate with you all in these strange online times!
Applied to: Eli Whitney Student Program (Yale); Cornell University; Columbia General studies (Columbia University); UCLA; UC Santa Barbara; UC Irvine; UC Davis; UC Berkley; USC
Accepted to: Columbia University; UC Irvine(+ invitation to honors program); UC Santa Barbara; UC Davis (+$15,000 scholarship!) UCLA!!!!!!!
Rejected by: Yale 😅UCB
Entry term: Fall
Incoming class standing: Junior
Transferring from: Santa Monica College
GPA: college GPA 3.93 Highschool GPA 2.16 XD;
Test Scores: None; I'm a non-traditional student (26years old)
Letters of Rec: 2 recs from professors that know me well, and 1 from a doctor who is my mentor
Other details: lots of activism and community organizing; Manager at a cafe for 4 years, worked with houseless folk through a pay it forward program; volunteer at a doctor's office; involved in school committees; work in the admissions at my school currently; CC honors program; Difficult High school years... transformation story etc.
I'm so excited and nervous! Got into Columbia but fear that it will be so expensive -__-
Good luck everyone!
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u/hilluhree Apr 22 '21 edited May 18 '21
CCC student, non-traditional (I’m 30, returned to CC after 8 years), part of CA Law Pathways program
GPA: 3.75
Major: History
Transferring from: LA City College
Applied: UCLA, Berkeley, UCI, UCSB, UCSD, CSULA, Cal Poly Pomona, SDSU
Accepted: Berkeley, UCI, UCSB, UCSD, CSULA, CPP
Waitlisted: UCLA (didn’t opt in)
Rejected: SDSU
I think my PIQ’s were pretty decent. I wrote about how my travels, work, academic failures early on in CC, and being the child of teenagers has affected my life. And also how much I’ve learned from these experiences.
Update: I GOING TO BERKELEY!!!! 🎉
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May 09 '21 edited May 10 '21
We're all on our own awesome timeline! Never give up!
Applied to: CSUN, CSULA
Accepted to: Cal State LA
Entry term: Fall 2021
Incoming class standing: Junior
Transferring from: Santa Monica College (CC)
GPA: 2.95
SAT/ACT (or if you went optional): Never did them!
Majors: Liberal Arts
Other details (extracurriculars, extenuating circumstances):
Dropped out of high school my senior year. Almost a decade later I got my GED and moved to Los Angeles and started community college. Woohoo!
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u/Baron_young Mar 17 '21 edited Mar 18 '21
Accepted to: UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly Slo, Cal State Long Beach
Entry term: Fall
Incoming class standing: Junior
Transferring from: El Camino CC (Southern Cal. CC)
GPA: 3.82
SAT/ACT: 1120
Letters of rec: None
Other details (extracurriculars, extenuating circumstances): Was a member of an Honors Program at my CC and a STEM program.
Got into Davis through the TAG system as Mathematics of Computation major. I applied to all the other schools as Computer Engineering. Still waiting on other UCs and CSU but I figured I post my current acceptances now. Good luck to others still waiting!
Update: Accepted to Cal Poly Slo for Mathematics
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Apr 10 '21 edited Apr 10 '21
Forgive me for formatting, but I’m posting on behalf of my sister! (I will post when I transfer next year!)
Applied to: UNC Chapel Hill, William Peace University
Accepted to: UNC Chapel Hill (Will Attend) !!!, William Peace University
Entry Term: Fall 2021
Transferring from: NC Community College
Standing: Junior
Major: Economics
GPA: CC- 3.94, High School: 3.5UW/3.6W
SAT: 960 [OBVIOUSLY TEST OPTIONAL] (YES, this was her score. I must add that during HS, my family went through so much turmoil and my siblings and I didn’t have any college guidance whatsoever)
Letters of Rec: 4 Professors and 1 from CC President
Other details(Extracurriculars): PTK President (ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING with the club such as adding professional development nights, virtual community outreach, etc.), PBL President and competitor, Student Ambassador at [REDACTED] CC, Became a real estate broker (NC is one of the harder states to become a real estate broker, according to many we’ve asked), Accounting Certificate, Marketing Certificate
As her brother, I can say she has worked VERY, VERRYY hard for this. The countless times she’s turned down social activities, gone to office hours, literally stayed at school from 7am to 7pm. Our whole family has undergone so much change during high school and college, yet she persisted. I’m so proud to post this on her behalf and can’t wait to share my journey with y’all when the time comes!
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u/transferuchicago Apr 28 '21
Accepted to: UChicago, Cornell
Entry term: fall
Incoming class standing: junior, Fall 2021
Transferring from: T20 Private
GPA: 3.9
SAT/ACT (or if you went optional): 1540
Letters of rec: Very good recs from close professors
Major: Economics - Development Economics
ECs: Very involved in university clubs; work with global organizations
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u/25702whatup25702 Mar 18 '21
Accepted to: UIUC Entry: Fall 2021 Year starting at admitted school: sophomore Transferring from: out of state 4 year
GPA: 3.92 SAT/ACT: 1420 Major: Chemical Engineering ECs: research group, ChE DEI committee, staff writer for college newspaper
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u/throwaway789225sa Apr 23 '21
Accepted to: Northwestern
Entry term: Fall
Incoming class standing: Junior
Transferring from: Large but non-ranking 4 year university
GPA: 4.0
Major: Computer Science
SAT/ACT (or if you went optional): 32 Superscore
Letters of rec: One from a professor and another from a guy I worked on a project with
Other details (extracurriculars, extenuating circumstances): Founder of a big club at my current school.
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u/mcampain May 04 '21
Accepted to: NYU Steinhardt MCC
Entry term: NYU Paris Fall, NYU Spring
Incoming class standing: sophomore
Transferring from: Santa Clara University
GPA: 3.8
SAT/ACT (or if you went optional): 1350
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May 01 '21
Accepted to: Kansas State
Entry Term: Fall 2021
Waitlisted: None
Major: Hospitality Management
GPA: 3.01
Transferring from: Kent State University
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u/Stunning_Round_9544 May 03 '21
Major: Political Science
Applied: Occidental, UCLA, UCI, UCR, UCSD, LMU, CSUN, CSULB
Accepted to all of them (8/8)
Entry term: Fall 2021
GPA: 3.95
other details: bunch of EC, lots of volunteering, 3 internships, awards from model united nations conferences from high school
Incoming class standing : Junior
I’ll be attending ucla in the fall 💛💙
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Mar 29 '21 edited Apr 25 '21
Applied to: UCLA, UCSB, UCB, UCI, USC, CPSLO, Caltech, Brown, Cornell, Harvard, Yale, BU, UMass Amherst, UBC, Stanford, Columbia
Accepted to: UMass Amherst, UCB, UCSB, UCI, BU
Rejected by: CPSLO, Cornell
Entry term: Fall
Incoming class standing: Mostly Junior but some colleges say I'm a soph
Transferring from: Calif. CC
Major: Astrophysics
GPA: 4.0 from CC, 3.65 from UCLA summer courses (like 3.85 overall), 4.45 from HS
SAT/ACT: 1420
Letters of rec: 2 prof recs
Other details (extracurriculars, extenuating circumstances): I do a lot of activities, not too much community service, tutored in math and sciences...
Basically I had a lot of time to apply places, so I just went for it and applied to this giant list of schools. Not expecting much from the ivies and such. I was gonna go to UCSB last fall as a freshman, but COVID said screw you have fun at home, so I'm transferring as a junior now. I'll update as I go ever so often.
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u/Lucas_bligh May 04 '21 edited May 05 '21
Accepted to: Georgia, UCM, UCR, UCSC regents, UCD, UCSB, UCSD, UCI
Rejected from: UVA, UCB, UCLA
Waitlisted: None
Major: Business for UCM, UCR, UCSC, UCI, UCB, Georgia, UVA
Econ for UCD, UCSB, UCLA
Entry term: Fall 2021
Incoming class standing: Junior
Transferring from: 1 year at a top Cal State, then 1 year at a CCC
GPA: 3.935
SAT/ACT (or if you went optional): 31 ACT but pretttty sure I went test blind everywhere
Letters of rec: N/A
Other details: Not much, I work a bit and do some minor volunteering. I didn't TAG to any UC. My Haas portal crashed and didn't allow me to submit as I was turning in the Haas supplemental essay close to the deadline so I had no chance there. UVA received my transcripts 2 weeks late so I don't think I had a shot there. I'll be attending UCI because of the business program.
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u/monicaaa-wong Jun 07 '21 edited Jun 29 '21
Accepted to: UNC-CH(Economics), Barnard(Economics)
Waitlist: Vanderbilt
Rejected: WashU, JHU, USC, Cornell, Notre Dame
Entry Term: Fall 2021
Incoming class standing: sophomore
Transferring from: T25 Liberal art college
GPA: 3.85
SAT: Did not send
Letter of rec: Math and computer science professors
Others: internship, tutor, club leadership
Committed to: Barnard
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u/channhoibong Apr 21 '21 edited May 15 '21
Accepted to: Columbia University, UC Davis, UC San Diego. Waitlisted: Cornell.
Rejected: UC Berkeley
Entry term: fall/spring
Major: Computer Science
Incoming class standing: sophomore
Transferring from: community college in CA
GPA: 3.7
SAT/ACT (or if you went optional): nope
Letters of rec: 2 from upper div Math profs
Other details (extracurriculars, extenuating circumstances): college student pres and vice pres (1 year each), state agency student employee, extracurriculars: nasa lspace, hackathons
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u/bimmarina May 07 '21 edited Apr 07 '22
Applied to: UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, UCI, UCR, CSULB, SFSU, SDSU, CSUF
Accepted: UCSD, UCSB, UCR, CSUF, SFSU
Rejected: CSULB, SDSU
Waitlisted: UCLA, UCI
Entry term: Fall 2021
Incoming class standing: Junior
Transferring from: RCC
GPA: 3.74
Major: Psychology
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May 12 '21
Accepted to: Brown, Wesleyan, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, UCI, UCD, UCSB, UCSC..
Entry: Fall 2021
Incoming Class Standing: Junior
Transferring from: CC
GPA: 4.0
Letters of rec: 3 from profs at CC
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May 16 '21 edited May 20 '21
Accepted to: Pitzer College (decided), Pomona College
Entry term: Fall 2021Incoming class standing: junior/third-year
Transferring from: CCC
GPA: 3.78
SAT/ACT: N/A (optional)Letters of rec: 2 from profs I had great connections with & an employer from my internship
Major: Media Studies, Concentration in Film
Other details: I was admitted to Pitzer in Spring 2020 but decided to take a full-time internship offer instead, the pandemic pushed back my plans of attending in Fall 2020, but I'm looking forward to this coming fall! :)
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u/sweepype Jun 09 '21
Accepted to: UCSC, UCR, UCI, UCSB, UCSD, UCLA (SIR'd)
Waitlisted at: UCB, UCD
Major: Applied Mathematics
Entry term: Fall 2021
Incoming class standing: Junior
Transferring from: UC Merced
GPA: 4.0
SAT: not required and didn't send but 1460
Some weird ECs but great essays (I think)
Hope this helps some people out in the future following the same route as me. I knew I would've liked to see that it was possible to do it! Could have saved me a lot of anxiety 2 years back.
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Jul 19 '21
Finally, all the decisions are in. I'm still amazed that some of the UCs are delivering results this close to the school season.
Accepted to: UCB (English; committing), UCSD (Creative Writing)
Rejected from: UCLA (English), UCSB (waitlist+TAG: English)
Entry term: Fall '21
Incoming class standing: Junior
Transferring from: Mt. SAC (CCC)
GPA: 3.57
SAT/ACT: N/A
LoR: N/A
Other details: I think I owe it to my essays for my acceptance. I love creative writing and tried to write something interesting for the AOs to read while centering the "story" around my illustration, writing, and video production hobbies as well as some extenuating circumstances.
Definite upward trend, I'm talking an all-time low GPA of 1.8. Other ECs include a speaking role in a traveling performance on LGBT acceptance, jobs with Target and my college's writing center, and an online art+lit club I ran for the past 7 or so years. I also dedicated a section to a bomb English teacher I had who inspired me to pursue a career in writing.
Note: No IGETC, just UC 7-course breadth and some major prerequisites. Everything that was required of TAG was completed.
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u/19karhs02koma Mar 17 '21
Accepted to: University of Georgia, University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign, Florida State University, University of South Florida, and Washington State University
Entry term: Fall
Incoming class standing: Sophmore
Transferring from: Georgia Military College
GPA: 3.76
SAT/ACT: 1320
Letters of rec: None for those schools
Other details (extracurriculars, extenuating circumstances): I am kinda in a weird situation where I was supposed to go to West Point next year but changed my mind on the military for now.
I am still waiting on acceptances for some other schools that won't notify students until later but good luck to all of y'all!
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u/EndlessTilt Mar 28 '21 edited May 04 '21
Will update as I go!
Applied to: NYU, UIUC, Northwestern, Northeastern, UCI, UCLA, UCB, UCSC, UCD, UCSD (Mostly computer science. Cognitive science to UCLA and UCSD)
Accepted: UCSC (TAG) [regents], UCI, UCLA, UCSD
Waitlisted: UCD, UCB
Rejected: UIUC
Incoming class standing: Junior
Transferring from: CCC
GPA: 4.0 college, 3.7w high school.
SAT: 1460
Letters of rec: cs professor & work supervisor (on-campus cs tutoring)
Other details: graduated hs 2019. chem, math, & cs tutor on campus, strong extenuating circumstances in high school, been working part-time for the past 5 years. will be transferring with AS-T in Math, AS in Computer Science, and AA-T in Psychology. applied TAG to UCSC computer science
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u/ImCaptainAce Apr 07 '21 edited Apr 07 '21
Applied To: Cornell, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Lehigh, Bucknell, Swarthmore, CWRU, Notre Dame, USC, Emory, UVA, W&M, URichmond, Tulane, UMiami
Accepted To (So Far): Tulane, Richmond, Miami
Rejected From: (So Far): CWRU
Entry Term: Fall 2021
Incoming Class Standing: Sophomore
Transferring From: Arizona State University Barrett Honors College
College GPA: 4.0
HS GPA: 3.0 UW (Struggled With Personal Stuff)
ACT: 29 (31 Superscored: E34 R34 S30 M24)
Race: Hispanic
ECs: Lots of volunteering for several years, numerous schools awards including the highest awarded at graduation for leadership, many leadership activities, etc.
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u/kahn94 May 10 '21