The transfer program applies to all the UC’s… except for UCLA and UC Berkeley.
According to this page on UC Berkeley’s website, they admitted roughly 25% of California-resident transfer applicants. (I’d guess the number is even higher if you look at community college applicants only.) It looks like it’s gotten more competitive since I transferred, but they’re still pretty big on transfers.
You may be getting transfers in general mixed up with the transfer guarantee programs that the less prestigious UCs have. It’s probably worthwhile applying for the transfer admission guarantee (TAG) for UC Davis or whatever as a backup plan if they let you do that as a backup plan, but transferring in to UC Berkeley is still very doable. (You might as well apply to almost all of the UCs in your transfer application, because the $50 application fee is nothing compared to your tuition, right?)
According to this page on UC Berkeley’s website, they admitted roughly 25% of California-resident transfer applicants. (I’d guess the number is even higher if you look at community college applicants only.) It looks like it’s gotten more competitive since I transferred, but they’re still pretty big on transfers.
You may be getting transfers in general mixed up with the transfer guarantee programs that the less prestigious UCs have. It’s probably worthwhile applying for the transfer admission guarantee (TAG) for UC Davis or whatever as a backup plan if they let you do that as a backup plan, but transferring in to UC Berkeley is still very doable. (You might as well apply to almost all of the UCs in your transfer application, because the $50 application fee is nothing compared to your tuition, right?)
Ah, I was confusing the two. Thanks for the clarification.