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9 Strategies in Increasing Your Chance at Acceptance to UCLA, UC Berkeley, and USC
From someone who got into all of them as a transfer student
I intentionally picked these three schools. I like to think of them as the trifecta.
These are the three you want. These are the three that most people want.
My little sister, my younger cousin, and I all attended UC Berkeley. That wasn’t an accident, and there are definitely items that admissions committees look at when accepting students into the new class.
As a native of Los Angeles, this was the dream trifecta. People see UCLA and UC Berkeley as the two best public universities in the entire world. Each year, UCLA and UC Berkeley take turns de-throning each other from the top spot. Students see USC as an amazing private school in its own right.
Out of high school, I didn’t go to any of these schools. Instead, I went to community college.
Out of community college, I was admitted to all three. When I was admitted as a transfer, my sister was admitted as a four-year (out of high school).
Unlike other places, there is no general ‘frequently asked questions’ page about admissions. Each school directs you to either a phone number or an e-mail to direct your…
