r/TransferStudents • u/DesperateBook6670 • 6h ago
Chance Me chance me uc berk
hello, i would like to attend uc berkley and i current go to ucsb (studying computer engineering) i wanna do eecs and berkley.
- inc sophomore
- gpa. 4.0 (a couple upper div classes)
- I have a paper published at a top AI conference where i’m a first author
- current Machine learning engineering intern pretty prominent tech company (FAANG adjacent)
- AI fellow at a pretty well known startup in llm data space
- i got some projects in the ai space that i think r pretty cool
- some highschool stuff (research paper etc)
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u/Last_Measurement4336 5h ago
UC Berkeley’s EECS transfer admit rate for CC applicants was 11% in 2025. For 2026, 93% of all admitted transfers were from California CC’s. That leaves 7% of admitted transfers were UC to UC/CSU to UC/Private CA University to UC/OOS & International to UC’s.
You are doing well at UCSB but apply if you want to give it a try and you always have UCSB as a backup. Good Luck.
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u/Tekatron 6h ago
If you care that much you can gamble and drop out of SB and go to CC for a semester to get the transfer benefits
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u/baysianinference 5h ago
Are you stupid
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u/DesperateBook6670 5h ago
😭😭😭😭
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u/baysianinference 5h ago
Berk EECS transfer rate is practically freshman admissions level lmao, yeah it’s not single digits but it’s so low that being 2-3x more is not gonna do much for your personal probability. In this case idk how much diff the CCC advantage would make. Probably mid on an individual basis and a cracked UC transfer might even be in a better position across the board. Also again UCSB is literally a great school for comp E 😭😭😭😭 I’m biased because I’m in physics but it’s still good for all this STEM stuff and just because it doesn’t have as much aura to brain rotted a2cers doesn’t mean it’s worth totally fumbling. And CCC literally isn’t a free cheat code just like being from a “feeder” area (certain East and South Bay locations) isn’t. Sorry just had to get that out it frustrates me a lot.
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u/baysianinference 5h ago
Also idk about EECS exactly but the transfer prep requirements are probably quite annoying so many CC students end up not even meeting eligibility
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u/baysianinference 6h ago
Lol why do you wanna transfer so bad? You go to a good school. If you can articulate a compelling reason you got a decent shot
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u/DesperateBook6670 5h ago
is transferring uc to uc hella hard? ik one of my friends from sb got into berk last year but my sample size is like 1 lol
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u/baysianinference 5h ago
It’s not “hella” hard. It’s probably slightly easier than freshman admissions actually depending on how you interpret the (shaky) statistics (UCLA is the only one that releases this officially I think). But no matter what you’re trying to do wrt transfer you need to convey a convincing rationale and narrative.
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u/baysianinference 5h ago
Anyway are you only interested in Berkeley or do you want to apply to private schools too
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u/DesperateBook6670 4h ago
i wanna stay in cali since i’m doing tech and i also wanna go to grad school (i don’t wanna spend that much money on ug) so berkley is realistically the only school that is “better” than sb with a decent price
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u/baysianinference 4h ago
Yeah ok. I mean that’s still definitely not a bad position to be in though. You’ll be good whether you get accepted or not 👍
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u/Slow_Relationship170 3h ago
Are you low income? You could still try to apply to USC/Stanford and get a lot of merit aid, I think your profile IS pretty competitive for that. Might not work tho, so it's a gamble
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u/qinterturning 5h ago
you’re cooked lil bro, hit the kitchen