UC Waitlist Rules for Transfers 2017
Congrats! You made it on a waitlist at a UC. Sure, it's not the ideal outcome (e.g., a direct offer of admission) but obviously the UC thinks…
UC Transfer Waitlists and Appeals, 2017
It's that time of year again for appeals and waitlists, so here is the lowdown on what to expect by UC campus. As usual,…
UC Transfer Admission Notifications 2017
Boy, time sure flies (for some of us). It is already March and admission acceptances will soon be rolling out from some UCs. Below are the…
10 Easiest Transfer Majors: UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD
The non-popular UC majors We all know those majors that a tremendous amount of students want. These popular majors at all the UCs are also the most difficult…
How to Do IGETC in 15 Steps
IGETC (pronounced I-GET-SEE) is an acronym for Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum. It exists only in the world of the California community college (CCC)…
40 Tips to Successfully Transfer to Berkeley and UCLA
Are you interested in transferring to one of the premier UCs? A question I often get from applicants is how hard is it…
UCLA Hits 100,000 Freshman Applications for 2017
Fall 2017 application numbers for the University of California the highest yet. Over 100,000 students applied as freshmen to UCLA, breaking all records for university applications…
The Relevance of GPA Range by UC Campus
Now that the nail-biting has started after the UC applications have been submitted, one thing I hear students talk about is the GPA-range…
First Year Analysis of Personal Insights
Now that the big wave of applications is over (yes, you can still apply to some majors), I want to do a post-mortem of…
5 Questions About Your UC Application
With many of you diligently working on your UC application through the month of November, I thought I would post five admissions-related answers from my book, How to Transfer…