又是一年金秋季,加州大学转学申请系统正式开放递交通道,同学们最迟可以在11月30日完成2024年秋季入学的申请。加州大学的转学录取率远高于新生申请的录取率,因此每年都有大批学生从社区大学申请转学进入UC。而许多热门项目,例如经济学、计算机、工程、商科等,由于申请人数量巨大,即使是从社区大学转学,也是难度相当高。因此,对于一些不是很明确自己未来目标的同学而言,其实不需要去挤入最热门的那些专业,反而可以考虑相对小众但录取率高的项目,入学以后再考虑辅修或双专业其他感兴趣的学科。
加州大学目前有四所学校排进了全美排名Top 30,其中UCLA和UC-Berkeley都是全美15名,而UC-San Diego和UC-Davis都是全美28名。特别是UCD,排名提升了十名左右,相信今年的申请情况会更加激烈。本文我会参考2023年秋季转学的实际数据,帮助大家分析一下这四所学校较为容易转入的专业情况以及基本课程要求。
一、UC-Berkeley
录取率高的项目多数是人文艺术学科,例如美国研究、日本语言文学、哲学、舞蹈等,还有个别的交叉学科和理科。这里我来总结下一些相对‘实用’的专业,也便于与其他热门专业结合学习。
| 专业 |
录取率 |
GPA |
建议课程 |
| Interdisciplinary studies |
59% |
3.53 – 3.92 |
- Comparative Politics
- Political Theory
- International Relations
- Sociology
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics
- General Psychology
|
| Environmental economics & policy |
58% |
3.55 – 3.92 |
- Calculus I & II
- Differential Equations
- Macroeconomics
- Microeconomics
|
| Chemistry |
57% |
3.64 – 3.87 |
- General Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry
- Calculus I & II & III
- Linear Algebra
- Differential Equations
- General Physics
|
| Applied mathematics |
51% |
3.75 – 3.98 |
- Calculus I & II & III
- Linear Algebra
- Differential Equations
|
| Statistics |
51% |
3.83 – 4.00 |
- Calculus I & II & III
- Linear Algebra
- Differential Equations
- Probability & Statistics
|
二、UCLA
录取率高的专业包括各种语言文学类、社会科学、和少数自然科学相关专业。
| 专业 |
录取率 |
GPA |
建议课程 |
| Applied linguistics |
64% |
3.66 – 3.91 |
- Intro to Linguistics
- Intro to Psychology
|
| Geography/environmental studies |
56% |
3.43 – 3.88 |
- Physical Geography
- Human Geography
|
| Pre-mathematics of computation |
55% |
3.83 – 3.98 |
- Calculus I & II & III
- Linear Algebra
- Differential Equations
- Discrete Structures
- Physics I & II
- Programming C++
- General Chemistry I & II
|
| Pre-computational & systems biology |
50% |
3.49 – 3.86 |
- Biology I & II & III
- General Chemistry I & II
- Calculus I & II
- Linear Algebra
- Differential Equations
- Physics I & II & III
- Intro to Computer Science / Programming C++
|
| Pre-cognitive science |
50% |
3.67 – 3.92 |
- Intro Psychology
- Calculus I & II
- Principles of Biology
- General Biology
- General Chemistry
- General Physics
- Programming C++
|
三、UCSD
圣地亚哥分校高录取率的专业多集中在社会科学类,比如社会学、政治科学、语言学、国际关系等,还有部分自然科学如环境学、海洋学,以及许多交叉学科。录取率最高高达91%,远高于UCLA和UCB。
| 专业 |
录取率 |
GPA |
建议课程 |
| Political science/data analytics |
87% |
3.44 – 3.92 |
- Intro to Political Science
- Comparative Politics
- Intro to International Relations
- Intro to Political Theory
|
| Cognitive science |
82% |
3.43 – 3.90 |
- Calculus I & II & III
- Linear Algebra
- Research Methods
- Probability & Statistics
- Programming Java
|
| Sociology – science and medicine |
82% |
3.42 – 3.97 |
- Intro Sociology
- Social Problems
- Research Methods
|
| Environmental systems – environmental chemistry |
82% |
3.43 – 3.61 |
- Biology I & II & III
- Calculus I & II & III
- Differential Equations
- General Chemistry I & II
- Organic Chemistry I & II
- Physics I & II & III + Lab
|
| Mathematics – computer science |
72% |
3.57 – 3.92 |
- Calculus I & II & III
- Linear Algebra
- Differential Equations
- Programming Java
- Data Structure
- Assembly Language Programming
|
四、UC-Davis
UCD的高录取率专业也是偏实用性的居多,例如化学、认知科学、统计学、生物相关的。
| 专业 |
录取率 |
GPA |
建议课程 |
| Applied chemistry |
85% |
3.06 – 3.48 |
- Intro to Biology
- General Chemistry I & II
- Organic Chemistry I & II
- Calculus I & II & III
- General Physics
- Elementary Statistics
|
| Cognitive science |
84% |
3.36 – 3.84 |
- Discrete Structures
- Intro to Programming
- Data Structure
- Programming C++
- Intro to Linguistics
- Calculus I & II & III
- Linear Algebra
- General Psychology
- Elementary statistics
|
| Statistics |
82% |
3.62 – 3.97 |
- Intro to Programming
- Calculus I & II & III
- Elementary statistics
- Data Structure
- Linear Algebra
|
| Global disease biology |
82% |
3.19 – 3.80 |
- Biology I & II & III
- General Chemistry I & II & III
- Organic Chemistry I & II
- Calculus I & II & III
- Physics I & II
- Elementary statistics
|
| Environmental science and management |
76% |
3.27 – 3.75 |
- Biology I & II & III
- General Chemistry I & II & III
- Public Speaking
- Interpersonal Communication
- Microeconomics
- Physical Geology
- Calculus I & II
- General Physics I & II
- Elementary statistics
|
以上就是这四所高排名院校中较为容易录取的专业分享,大家可以针对自己已经完成的课程来进行比对,即使暂时缺少一些课程也可以申请,把需要补的课放在明年的冬季/春季学期来修,只要在春季学期结束时完成就能够符合转学资格。
另外,在申请系统中还可以选择一个alternative的备选专业,同学们也可以考虑以上这些作为第二志愿,增加心仪学校的录取概率。
即使是来自非加州系统的社区大学,也可以勇敢尝试申请。今年我有一位学生来自亚利桑那州的大学,从大一开始就根据自己感兴趣的方向进行选课规划,于今年秋季顺利收到了UC-Davis的录取。