Didn’t get into UCLA the first time around? How hard is it to transfer after completely 2 years at a community college? In Engineering, somewhere around 20% of the students are transfers. The GPAs of transfer students vary by major, but in engineering the average GPA of transfer students is about 3.8. Other majors in the college of letters and science have average GPA’s ranging from 3.5 to 3.7. If you live in LA, the best bet is to go to Santa Monica College which has special relations with UCLA and an honors program that just about gaurantees you admission if you do all the coursework and have above a certain GPA.