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Biology GPA for Transfers 2016 – Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego | CA College Transfer

Biology GPA for Transfers 2016 – Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego

January 17, 2018
Lindy King
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I get a lot of requests from potential Biology majors about which major to choose so I decided to compile a list of the Biology-related majors at each UC, along with the mid-range GPAs of admitted transfers. The admit rates indicate how hard it is to get in, with a lower percentage being the most competitive.

UC Berkeley Biology GPA and Admit Rates, 2016:

	MAJOR	MID 50% GPA RANGE	ADMIT RATE
1.	Integrative Biology	3.57 - 3.93	14%
2.	Molecular + Cell Biology, PL1-1	3.60 - 3.93	18%
3.	Molecular + Cell Biology, PL1-2	3.59 - 3.79	16%
4.	Molecular + Cell Biology, PL1-3	3.71 - 3.98	17%
5.	Molecular + Cell Biology, PL2-2	3.71 - 4.0	21%
6.	Molecular + Cell Biology, PL2.3	3.69 - 3.89	13%
7.	Microbial Biology	3.57 - 3.88	30%
8.	Molecular Environmental Biology	3.50 - 3.92	17%

UCLA Biology GPA and Admit Rates, 2016:

	MAJOR	MID 50% GPA RANGE	ADMIT RATE
1.	Biochemistry	3.69 - 3.94	27%
2.	Biology	3.63 - 3.87	20%
3.	Biophysics	3.67 - 3.98	38%
4.	Molecular, Cell & Developmental Biology	3.67 - 3.93	43%
5.	Neuroscience	3.56 - 3.84	27%
6.	Physiological Science	3.52 - 3.86	23%
7.	Pre-Microbiolgy, Immunology & Molecular Genetics	3.64 - 3.91	28%

UC San Diego Biology GPA and Admit Rates, 2016

	MAJOR	MID 50% GPA RANGE	ADMIT RATE
1.	Biochemistry & Cell Biology	3.56 - 3.91	58%
2.	Biology	3.48 - 3.83	42%
3.	Chemistry - Bioinformatics	3.38 - 3.93	78%
4.	Ecology, Behavior & Evolution	3.51 - 3.69	33%
5.	Human Biology	3.50 - 3.87	50%
6.	Marine Biology	3.45 - 3.78	38%
7.	Microbiology	3.45 - 3.76	43%
8.	Molecular Biology	3.56 - 3.91	55%
9.	Physiology & Neuroscience	3.52 - 3.83	39%

source: https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/infocenter/transfers-major

Click here for Davis, Irvine and Santa Barbara Biology majors.
Click here for Santa Cruz, Riverside and Merced Bio stats.

Comments (2)

Sarah Ahmed Siddiqui says:

October 18, 2018 at 8:08 pm

Could someone please tell me what is MCB PL1-1, PL1-2, PL1-3, etc. what are the names for each major in the UC Berkeley list?

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1. Lindy King says:
  
  October 18, 2018 at 8:22 pm
  
  Track 1: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
  Track 2: Biological Chemistry
  Not sure what track 3 is.
  
  https://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/bmb
  
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Lindy King

Lindy is an independent UC admissions consultant, who works with both transfers and freshmen. She was a former print journalist and writes fiction under a pen name.