Can I Still Get in UCB Applied Math Without Math 54?

EarlyRamen1
Thu, 04 Apr 2024 21:42:01 +0000

Hello I am a current CCC applicant to UCB for fall 2024. My primary major chosen is Applied Math in the College of Letter & Science. My alternate major is Data Science in CDSS. I graduated from High School last year and was enrolled in UMichigan Ann Arbor for Fall 2023. I withdrew from it because of my financial situation and came back to CA to attend CC. Because of the time, I was not able to get an optimal schedule for Fall 2023. I wrote this for one of my PIQ topics and in the additional comment.

My Stats:

GPA: 4.0 for Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 and expect a 4.0 for Spring 2024.

EC: National Honor Society(HS), 1 research and 1 pub, 2 software copyrights, tutor in math, science and computer science during HS and CC, 2 Kaggle Competitions(Beginners), Eligibility in the Local Context (ELC) of UC(HS), AP Scholar with Distinction twice, and UCLA CS Summer Institute(A+ in both CS30 and CS97).

PIQ: One on major, specially on courses offered at Cal, one on UCLA CS Summer Institute(taken advantage of a significant educational opportunity), one on withdrawal from UMich(challenge) and one on my tutoring(school and community).

By the end of spring, I will complete over 60 semester credits and IGETC by 12 AP Exams I took in High School(all scores of 4 or 5). For major preparation courses, I will complete MATH 1A, 1B, 53, 55. I will also complete CS 61B and PHYSICS 7A. I will miss MATH 54.

From the information I got from a Rep of UCB, Applied Math is not a highly demanded major, and it is in the College of Letter & Science. In this case, Applied Math does not consider completion of major preparation courses as a factor of admission. All that matters will be GPA, ECs and PIQ. So I guess I am fine in this case? And I will not be at a disadvantage for transferring in one year by just having one Fall semester grade reported in January 2024.

Can I Still Get in UCB Applied Math Without Math 54? Been stressted out in the past few months.