Once you enroll in community college, you start with a clean slate. UCLA will only look at three things: your community college GPA, completion of IGETC, and completion of your major requirements.

UCLA makes all of the transfer admission guidelines available online here: http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr.htm

Be sure to find out if your community college offers any of the UCLA-sponsored transfer programs (use the link above and look under “Programs to help you Transfer”). Participation in one of the transfer programs significantly increases your chance of admission to UCLA.

I transfered to UCLA last year. No, they don’t look at anything from high school – not your grades nor your SAT scores. My community college GPA was a 3.3, so grades obviously wasn’t the biggest factor. I finished all of IGETC and all the major prep courses from assist.org for my major. I had a job related to my major and wrote about it in my essay. In my opinion my job and the amount of classes I finished got me into the school. You might also want to find a community college with a transfer agreement with UCLA. If you maintain a minimum GPA (I’m not sure but I think its a 3.5), you are guarenteed admission. It’s a wonderful school. Good luck!!

They won’t look at high school usually unless you only spent 1 year at a community college. I didn’t transfer but people who I know who did have GPA’s of at least 3.9 in community college with extracurriculars like independent research, a job in the field, and volunteer work.