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05-08-2006, 07:04 PM
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| Do honors students in CL&S really get priority enrollment, and since HSSEAS students cannot be "honors sudents", do they enroll after these students for GE classes?
Can HSSEAS students take "Honors Collegium" GE classes?
Does getting a 4 or 5 on the AP English tests exclude students from taking only the Writing I class, or the Writing II class also?
The sample curriculum for CS shows only 3 classes the first quarter. Since CS is pushed for time, probably over 4 years, should students take only 3, or 4?
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05-09-2006, 01:40 AM
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| Hey Flopsy, If i get a 5 on calculus BC this year. I might be able to skip 31a and 31b is that a good idea? is 32A hard for a incoming freshmen? and I heard for grad school we can't AP out of classes we have to take all classes at the college. is that true? | |
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05-09-2006, 03:42 AM
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Originally Posted by Citan ^^ ah thanks...yea CS 32 scares me...I think I need to brush up on my C++. Anyway along with CS 32 and a GE what other course should I take? which is easier EE 2 or EEM16?
of course I have...would I get "Citan" out of thin air? | EE 2 is definitely easier than EE M16A.  | |
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05-09-2006, 03:55 AM
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Originally Posted by GrassPuppet Flopsy,
I would like to know how good the counseling is at UCLA, because the academic counseling at my JC was not really helpful.
Thanks | I wish I knew... Although I've spoken to some HSSEAS counselors, I've never actually sought out real counseling from my departmental counselor. You're definitely going to get better counseling here than at a JC; that's a given. | |
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05-09-2006, 03:56 AM
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Originally Posted by jam3rz hey flopsy, thanks for your previous help. i've got another question i hope you can entertain
i'm currently enrolled in calculus at a local community college (but i am a high school student). does this allow me to skip the math diagnostic?
thanks in advance for your help | Nope, sorry... I'm pretty sure that only AP Calculus AB/BC credit is recognized for skipping the Mathematics Diagnostic Test. | |
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05-09-2006, 03:58 AM
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Originally Posted by j0b0sapi3n | Arrrgh. I don't know what's going on here with these new AP credit policies, sorry. | |
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05-09-2006, 04:05 AM
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Originally Posted by ucsd_ucla_dad Do honors students in CL&S really get priority enrollment, and since HSSEAS students cannot be "honors sudents", do they enroll after these students for GE classes?
Can HSSEAS students take "Honors Collegium" GE classes?
Does getting a 4 or 5 on the AP English tests exclude students from taking only the Writing I class, or the Writing II class also?
The sample curriculum for CS shows only 3 classes the first quarter. Since CS is pushed for time, probably over 4 years, should students take only 3, or 4?
Thanks!! | Yes, College Honors students get earlier enrollment appointments than non-College Honors students. Yes, HSSEAS students usually enroll after College Honors students for GE classes. Some HSSEAS students can take "Honors Collegium" classes, but I think you usually need to ask the professor to make an exception. I know that Math 31AH is available for Engineering students to enroll in, for example. I thought AP English 4/5 scores excluded students from taking Eng Comp 3; maybe things have changed this year. Students should take three classes during their first quarter regardless of major for the sake of starting with a strong GPA. Besides, one more class during freshman year has little effect on the upper-division courseload due to the bottleneck effect at the end of sophomore year. | |
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05-09-2006, 04:08 AM
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Originally Posted by yuilife Hey Flopsy, If i get a 5 on calculus BC this year. I might be able to skip 31a and 31b is that a good idea? is 32A hard for a incoming freshmen? and I heard for grad school we can't AP out of classes we have to take all classes at the college. is that true? | I don't know how smart you are. If you think you've mastered single-variable calculus and don't want to pad your GPA that badly, then by all means skip Math 31A and Math 31B. No, Math 32A is not hard for an incoming freshman, and most engineers take it as their first math course. That last question is a Medical School question, I believe (confirm?)... Engineering graduate school adcoms, however, couldn't care less whether you've tested out of lower-division math classes. | |
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05-09-2006, 02:00 PM
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| whats the difference between 31B and 32A? Is it the same material but harder or totally new stuff? | |
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05-09-2006, 04:33 PM
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| flopsy: recommend some good engineering counselors to go to....and what's your major? | |
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05-09-2006, 05:44 PM
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| hey flopsy,
does the school of engineering at UCLA have any admission guaranteed agreements with community colleges in california? if not how hard is it really to get into UCLA from a community college school? do u know the average gpa of accepted engineering transfer students form CCC?
my goal is to transfer to UCLA in one year. my major is aerospace engineering and if i dont get accepted to UCLA, ill go to UCSD as they do have a TAG (transfer admission guaranteed) agreement with my school, west valley college | |
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05-09-2006, 06:11 PM
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| bruneli: the TAP thing UCLA has is only for Letters & Science...UCLA doesn't have any guaranteed admission for Engineering...if you want to transfer from CCC, try to keep your GPA above 3.7 and finish as many pre-reqs as you can...
I got in UCLA EE with 3.78 from CCC....good luck.
forgot to mention. here is the admission profiles http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prosp...tr/Tr_Prof.htm
for Engineering average GPA for almost every major is around 3.7-3.8 | |
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05-09-2006, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by yuilife whats the difference between 31B and 32A? Is it the same material but harder or totally new stuff? | Math 31B: integrating single-variable functions
Math 32A: differentiating multi-variable functions
That's all there is to it. | |
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05-09-2006, 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Citan flopsy: recommend some good engineering counselors to go to....and what's your major? | Can't recommend any counselors, since I've never gone in for counseling and don't remember any of the counselors' names... I'm Computer Science. | |
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