Woman.Of.Troy

So for my major [communications] there's 7 pre-reqs, 2 of which are not offered at my school.

Unless I take 6 classes Spring semester, I will only have 5 done by the end of spring. is it worth the extra trouble? I just don't want to lose my chance for admission bc the major is highly competitive, but then again, I don't want to even possibly lower my GPA.

Stressing out!

dbguy4eva

I'm like missing 2 or 3 prereqs and im taking 22 units... I dont think they will count your Spring semester grades. You will be able to get your decision before your grades are out. So just enroll in the class, and state that you're taking the class in your update. That's what I'm doing. I'm taking extremely hard classes this semester hoping that I can survive.

Woman.Of.Troy

But wuth the whole transfer update and my grade trend, I was assuming they DO care which classes you're taking ultimately. I'm just wondering if the one class will really make the big difference? 5-6 classes is a big deal when one has to work too.

KGZotU

Woman.Of.Troy,

I would look at it this way. Your Spring semester grades will not affect your admissions decision. Your choice of classes will. So, pros and cons for taking the rest of the pre-reqs offered:

Pros:
Increased admission chance. (But you don't know how much)
Fewer pre-reqs to clear at UCLA.

Cons:
Might lower your GPA. (Won't affect UCLA admissions but might have an affect on grad school admissions)
Might result in a lower understanding in those classes.
Might result in more stress in general.

Now you just have to guess how much it will help you to take the classes, and guess how much it will cost you. (;

--Joe

alansda

Hmm, well, assuming you're accepted to UCLA, you need a 3.0 GPA as minimum or else admission is rescinded. So that's straight-B's for all of your classes, which isn't bad.

Assuming you get rejected, I think you would hear the decision with enough time to drop a class with a W.

KGZotU

Right, I should have included that 3.0 caveat. (;

Malishka31

wait, if you only have 5 of the classes in your school, because two are not offered, why are you taking 6?

Preqs are VERY important for an impacted major, VERY VERY important.

Woman.Of.Troy

thanks guys, it's starting to look like i can only do 5 at most. i also need a job asap just to scrape by living on my own [potentially & ideally] next year.