Top 15 California Community Colleges based on graduation rates
Below is a 2015 list of the 15 best community colleges in California based on graduation rates. (Note, this is separate from UC transfer rates.) The research was conducted…
Is it possible to get into UC Berkeley with a 3.3 GPA?
QUESTION: Is it possible to get into UC Berkeley with a 3.3 as a transfer? Anything is possible - especially if you have…
Application for Transfer Admission Guarantee to a UC opens Sept 1
View newer TAG here. September is fast approaching and for aficionados of the UC transfer system that means only one thing: Time to submit…
Forbes college ranking system under scrutiny
Anyone who reads my book, How to Transfer to a UC from a California Community College: The Unofficial Guide, will find an entire chapter devoted…
Forbes: That ‘Useless’ Liberal Arts Degree Has Become Tech’s Hottest Ticket
Forbes printed a recent long article by George Anders noting the growing prestige of non-technical majors. A couple of excerpts below: "Studying philosophy…
Watch those UC Provisional Contracts!
Just a heads up. I've seen a lot of transfer students this summer get their admission to a UC rescinded because they did…
How to Transfer to a UC from a California Community College
Now in pre-release! How to Transfer to a UC from a California Community College: The Unofficial Guide by Lindy King includes over one year of…
UCB Engineering joint majors discontinued
Effective Fall 2014, the University of California, Berkeley, College of Engineering joint majors articulation agreements will be removed. This means UCB will not…
UCB and UCLA would be top picks if they were stock says Forbes writer
In a recent Forbes article, "Buys and Sells: If Colleges Were Stock", Rich Karlgaard states emphatically what he believes to be the impending…
Huge Disparity in Community College Transfers to UC
A recent LA Times article noted the massive disparity among community colleges and their transfer rates to the UCs. This was something I had…
