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12-03-2007, 01:07 PM
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#1 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 95
| Chances for UCLA / UCI
Hi guys. I'm a community college transfer, please advise on my chances.
My stats:
3.65 GPA.
IGETC certified by the end of spring.
Sociology Major.
2 Clubs, Phi Kappa, 1 volunteer.
Just one W. | 
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12-03-2007, 01:33 PM
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#2 | | Member
Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Rowland Heights
Posts: 534
| UCLA - If you have tap its a match, without it reach-match
UCI- Match | |
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12-03-2007, 04:06 PM
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#3 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Torrance
Posts: 2,040
| is your pre-req going to be done for UCLA? (3classes) | |
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12-03-2007, 04:40 PM
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#4 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Cal
Posts: 1,219
| UCI is a match and if you have completed major prerequisites for UCLA then that would also be a match to. | |
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12-03-2007, 06:09 PM
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#5 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 95
| Yes, the prereqs for sociology majors is a sociology class, calc, and statistics. I will have all three of them done by the end of spring. | |
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12-03-2007, 06:58 PM
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#6 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 95
| actually i wanted to add that, i will finish the calculus course in summer 2008. not in spring. i have applied to transfer for fall 2008, so do you think that taking a prereq course in the summer might affect my admission? | |
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12-03-2007, 07:05 PM
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#7 | | New Member
Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 19
| It's better to get prereqs done before applying - certainly would help, but if it is a non-impacted major, which I think sociology is - then I see no problem with taking calculus in the summer of '08.
Keep in mind, unless you're great at math I wouldn't take calculus in the summer, as for any hard class. It goes much faster, and you need to be able to grab concepts faster - which is hard for a lot of people in Calculus. | |
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12-03-2007, 08:36 PM
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#8 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 95
| well i already am taking 7 classes in the spring semester, so i have no choice but to take it in summer cuz i dont think i can handle 8 classes. | |
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12-03-2007, 10:17 PM
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#9 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 209
| ^^ maybe from those 7 other classes take 2 of those in summer instead and take calc in the spring. for sure i know ucla wants you to finish your prereq by spring instead of summer | |
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12-04-2007, 12:10 AM
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#10 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Torrance
Posts: 2,040
| subzero- if you don't finish the pre-req by spring your 100% going to get rejected from UCLA.. ( I know because I was soc major last yr and applied) | |
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12-04-2007, 12:31 AM
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#11 | | Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: SD, CA
Posts: 69
| sociology @ ucla is most definitely impacted.
torrance did you apply again this year? is there a rule where you have to apply to a different major the second time you apply? | |
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12-04-2007, 12:40 AM
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#12 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Torrance
Posts: 2,040
| yah! i applied for fall 07 and now fall08...
I got rejected by UCLA and Cal and accepted as SD,Irvine..
The main reason that I got rejected was because I didn't finish my pre-req and I was an international student...
Fortunately, I recently got my greencard(permenent resident). Therefore, I am pretty confident! Also, there is no rule for switching majors! I just thought anthro suits me better! | |
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12-06-2007, 05:00 AM
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#13 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 95
| well. i decided that i am going to change to geography major. because i will not be able to finish calculus by spring. i think they'll let me change right? ive heard of others doing it, so im gonna try calling them tomorrow. also change my first personal statement since it was a lot about the sociology major. | |
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12-06-2007, 05:17 AM
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#14 | | Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Torrance
Posts: 2,040
| I know that you could change your major within certain period(I don't know the exact date) But I don't know if you could change your essay.... | |
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12-06-2007, 05:21 AM
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#15 | | Junior Member
Join Date: May 2006
Posts: 95
| Well, the first question on the personal statement was, what is your intended major. And so my essay was mainly about that, and I am pretty sure many other people's were too. So then how can they not allow personal statements changes too if they allow major changes? | |
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