Work In Progress & admissions

sstory · 05-07-2008, 10:57 PM

I'm going to be applying this upcoming year to ucsd as a transfer from a ccc, and to be eligible for admission to an engineering major(structural) there are several pre-req's that MUST be completed for admissions. On the engineering department's website it says...
"In accordance with UCSD Admissions policy, coursework completed in Winter/Spring by fall applicants will be considered Work-In-Progress. in the Jacobs School major preparation requirements review process, we will only evaluate student grades through Fall".
---Does this mean I have to have ALL the pre-req's completed by by the fall PRIOR to transfer?? I will still be taking my last math and physics classes in the winter/spring prior to transfer. I know a lot of people say it takes a lot of engineering majors three years to transfer but I can't see staying a entire year more if I've already finished all my lower division coursework.
Thanks for any input.

aibarr · 05-07-2008, 11:16 PM

Call the Jacobs School and ask them. We could guess, but I'm pretty sure they'd *know*...

seesys · 05-08-2008, 01:04 AM

The quote means that when they review the classes that you've taken to meet major requirements, the only grades they will be based off will be your Fall grades. So if you did really bad in those classes, it is going to hurt your chances to get in, even if your winter/spring grades end up a lot better. They won't know about that because they'll have already made their decision.

If your grades are fine, and you've been completing lower div math courses and such this past winter and this spring, then don't worry about it. Either you get in or you don't. This really only affects those who didn't have too good of a fall quarter, as they might not get a chance to show adcoms what kind of student they really are.

Besides, I see lots of transfers come in, and ALL of them have to take Se 1,2, and 9, regardless of whatever you took at CC, plus sometime they might need a math or two.

sstory · 05-08-2008, 01:30 AM

Thanks. I was also wondering how i would fare having to catch up with the SE classes themselves... I've seen from what the 'traditional' 4-year plan they outline that I'm going to have to take around 10 of them just to be considered at a junior-level. Oh yea btw I'm assuming my grades are fine my gpa's hovered a little above a 3.5