Justinxpx109

I got into Revelle but from what I heard it is the worst college out of the six. So I was wondering is it possible to change to another college?

Slorg

It's possible, but hard. I know no one who has changed colleges.

jasonlee576

Revelle is all right as long as you have some AP credit up your sleeves.

userpa6581

I got into revelle as well and am having doubts but does taking AP really help?
Because i got a 4 for art history and 5 for us. and im going to take the calc ab and govt this year.

astrina

my classmate got into warren as a chem major with less than 10 units transferred in, took 5 years to graduate, but took time to study abroad and is now at one of the top MD-PhD programs in the country.

just because your plans don't adhere to the "4 years, get out of here" mindset doesn't mean they're wrong. looking back, i would have gladly tacked on extra quarters if it meant being able to study abroad. it didn't mean so much to me back then, but now that i'm committed to a 6-year PhD program and vacation time is effectively none, i really wish i could have changed things.

jasonlee576

so deciding to study abroad means that graduation will be in 5 years instead of 4?

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Not Necessarily.

ADiTaMi

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it depends on how many required classes your major has.

TTN

userpa6581:
This will tell you exactly if it will help or not

http://revelle.ucsd.edu/aa/ur/chart/ap.pdf

If I were any of you, and I did this last year when I was getting ready to come here, I would look extensively through the course catalog, your college's website(mostly parts about res life and GEs), and the website of your department. Although you really can't judge anything before you actually experience it, you should at least have an idea of what your getting into.

By the way, you CAN change your college(I know at least one person who has), BUT from what I understand you have to be able to save an entire quarter(which they define as 4-4unit classes) of GEs ONLY, AND that only applies if your current college will require you to take more than a total of 12 quarters during your studies(i.e. +4years), else another special circumstance must apply like location or convience. Further, above all else these changes are rarely given to freshman.

lovelynight

and you have to finish the writing program of your college to change your college.
APs personally helped me a lot. With US history 5..i passed out of two GE, calc ab san a perfect score =1 class.
Credits will always help you boost enrollment times. do a search for ap credits at ucsd or something like the sort should give you the conversions.

MrBobbleHead

@TNN

Hey, I was wondering how did your friend or the person you knew was able to change colleges? Like his situation I suppose because I'm in an iffy situation myself trying to change colleges and I'm not sure if I should even bother trying to just go to UC Davis instead. I'm also a transfer student from a Community College.

With my situation I'm going to have to take 3 chem, 3 calculus, 1 physics, 1 foreign language, 3? area of focus on top of my major+minor classes (major is communications, minor is sociology). By any chance do you think I have a chance at changing schools where they'll accept my IGETC/Community College GEs?

PS. I got into Revelle and trying to go anywhere but Roosevelt since they do not accept IGETCs too.

flyingsquirrel

I'm in a similar situation

Except I went in without IGETC certification and I'm currently trying to figure if I could finish IGETC in the summer.

if I they do accept the IGETC, I would still have to take 4 quarters of foreign language (I got 2 years of high school to complete the IGETC but that doesn't mean anything to Revelle)

If they don't accept IGETC I would have to do 2 GE courses in the summer as well as 4 quarters of foreign language when I reach fall. Also I will have to do the area of focus which there is no articulation agreement for in my college.

I guess its not as bad as in your situation.

Also I believe that a minor will fulfill your area of focus requirements.
Revelle College - UCSD

h1gher

Good thing my private school doesn't offer AP classes... sigh

astrina

@h1gher: how is that even possible? most private schools operate on the principle that they provide a level of academic achievement above and beyond what's offered through public schools.

h1gher

They do, they're honors classes, but most of the private schools I know of in the Seattle area, including mine, don't offer AP classes because teachers would rather teach their own curriculum, rather than follow a strict AP curriculum. Of course, calculus and physics are basically the same all around, but biology for example, my honors class, was just learning how to use stella models, and was ecology based, rather than molecularly based.

When I had to take the Biology SAT II for the UC's, I read a college biology textbook over the summer, since I hadn't taken an AP biology class or anything even close to that degree.