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12-26-2007, 10:46 PM
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| it's in the engineering college | 
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12-27-2007, 11:56 AM
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#242 | | Super Moderator
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| Deuces,
Yes, there is.
jfk,
My point is that you SHOULDN'T major in ANYTHING to try to work for the federal government. JUst major in whatever you want, and then let the rest fall in place. I'm trying to tell you that you can major in whatever you want, and then NOT get the job because of the poly.
If you want to major in poli sci, major in poli sci. | |
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12-29-2007, 05:30 PM
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#243 | | Junior Member
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| wait a sec... UCLAri, don't get me wrong - i completely love you and your advice and patience with stressed out high school kids - but what do you base your assessment of fed polygraphs on? i mean, i've never heard that they were extremely effective, but how did you find out that they're so unreliable? | |
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12-30-2007, 12:08 AM
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#244 | | Super Moderator
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| k_reck,
I know tons of people who've done polys, I've read plenty of literature on the poly, and I know people who actually DO polys.
It's also pretty well-known amongst those who have clearances that polys are extremely unreliable. | |
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12-30-2007, 11:06 PM
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#245 | | Member
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| What good career opportunities are available (in terms of salary + benefits) aside from these hard-to-get-into agencies for a poli sci major that would be fairly easy to get into after I graduate? | |
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12-31-2007, 12:21 AM
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#246 | | Super Moderator
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| jfk,
Big 4 hire at UCLA quite a bit, and while the work isn't fantastic, they look great on the resume and pay alright. | |
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01-03-2008, 02:44 AM
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#247 | | New Member
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| do EAP grades get factored into your UCLA GPA? I searched and couldnt find an answer. I seem to remember reading something about a conversion process... how would that work? | |
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01-03-2008, 02:54 AM
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#248 | | Senior Member
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| Ari, for upper-division courses, it is v. difficult to get into one's courses (political science)? I have 4th year political science major friends and they just barely manage to squeeze through. The more I read about, the more I become interested. That goes with other heavily-populated social science courses - economics and sociology, for example. | |
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01-03-2008, 12:43 PM
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#249 | | Super Moderator
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| ooklah,
Yes, they do. They don't necessarily get factored in to your course requirements, however. You'll have to go to specific departments and petition them to count.
mme-lin,
I didn't find it terribly difficult. Usually, I just had to sign up the day of my enrollment appointment to get them. If not, I found that the wait list got me whatever I wanted. | |
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01-05-2008, 08:59 PM
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| so for study abroad......when you petition for courses to count for your major, do they usually let you do it? | |
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01-05-2008, 10:52 PM
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| As long as you can compare it to something at home, it's almost 100%. I had a very easy time getting credit. | |
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01-06-2008, 03:13 AM
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#252 | | Junior Member
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| how far in advance do you have to get courses approved and such? | |
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01-06-2008, 01:43 PM
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| You actually have to go through with the process AFTER you take them, which adds a layer of uncertainty. However, as long as you make sure to only take courses that you think will count, you should be able to get at least a majority of them to work out-- I did. | |
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01-06-2008, 06:29 PM
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#254 | | New Member
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| Dear UCLAri,
My HS Junior son is interested in Chinese language and International Finance. How is the fit at UCLA? He is currently studying Mandarin at Eastern Michigan University as our HS does not offer the language and will have 4 semesters by graduation. He is wondering about Econ -v- Finance along with the continued language study. He is a Nationally ranked track athlete as well, so will have that commitment to balance with his studies. Your thoughts? Thanks for your input! | |
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01-06-2008, 08:05 PM
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#255 | | Super Moderator
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| Violamom,
UCLA has an excellent East Asian Languages program, and Mandarin is of course no exception. Econ is good, and there are opportunities for finance, but they are not going to be as exceptional as you might find at, say, Marshall. The biz-econ major is there, but it's hard to get into. Nonetheless, if he's interested in doing both econ/finance and Mandarin, it's clearly the best place to do it in Los Angeles.
I must warn, however, that he would be awfully busy if he were also an athlete. Not impossibly so, but still fairly busy. | |
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