<p>If your AP covers the material mathwise, you are forced to skip. Your only option if you want to relearn the material, sadly, is to sit in on the 31A class for a quarter without being enrolled, and take notes/purchase the book and do hw (for no credit), but otherwise, you’re forced to take the next class.</p>
<p>Chemistry on the otherhand, you cannot skip unless you petition and got a 4/5 on the exam. If you need one, UCLA offers a chem refresher course over the summer that supposedly covers the basics which you can enroll in prior to your fall enrollment.</p>
<p>Engineers are not given priority for being an engineer alone.</p>
<p>Engineers do not get any priority for registering classes. Class registration is done by assigning every student a “first pass” time-window in which to log onto URSA and select the next quarter’s classes, and my time-window is usually late relative to the majority of people I compare with. This lack of priority and the impacted classes only aggravate the trend of engineers taking five years to graduate instead of four.</p>
<p>Yeah, I hear what u’re saying. That’s pretty bad for engineers. I mean, first, they have higher standards just to enroll in the major, and next, they gotta take more classes. Moreover, they can’t qualify for “honors.” It seems to me that engineers are being punished to be an engineer…</p>
<p>If what kfc4u says is true about people with higher standings getting first choice, then if I pass all my APs this year, I would have a grand total of 64 points. I just regret not doing the regents or alumni thing because I didn’t know about these additional perks. =( </p>
<p>o well I don’t have any regrets cuz its a waste of time thinking about what u can do to change the past…</p>
<p>Guess I gotta build a time-machine first.</p>
<p>Edit: wow seriously flopsy, wut r u doing up so late? its like 3 am in the morning. shouldnt u be asleep ?</p>
<p>^ I hear that… 6:10 right now - about 2 hours til my O-chem final beats me to death with a blunt object.
But at least it will be over; thats my only solace.</p>
<p>So…if I’m taking Calc BC right now as a senior in high school…and let’s say I get a 4 on it. I will be forced to take the next level math class? I can’t take Calc BC again?</p>
<p>StanfordHopeful05: for my community colelge, their schedule of classes booklet has info about which courses are UC/CSU transferable. i dunno about ur community college. And it tells u how much each course is worth in terms of units. I don’t think 10 semester units is EXACTLY 15 or whatever. Different courses are worth different units. Maybe UCLA will even “recalibrate” transferable courses in terms of unit worth.</p>
<p>Oh sorry, bad wording. What I meant was, let’s say I get the 4 or 5 on the calc BC exam, I don’t have to take the Math 31A and 31B. But let’s say I choose to waive my placement, can I take 31A and B or will I be forced to take higher level math?</p>
<p>If you receive a 4 or 5 you CANNOT take 31A or 31B. You cannot waive your placement. The only way you can get out of it that I know of is if you completely do not report all of your senior AP results (since even reporting one will let UCLA know all your scores)- which is against their policy but I know students who’ve gotten away with it. I’m not sure what would happen restrospectively if they found out later- my guess is that at worse they’ll take away your 31A and 31B credit. So if you’re an engineer or your major requires a year of math, you’ll be looking at 32A, 32B, and 33A.</p>
<p>Hey stanfordhopeful, there is a website that tells you exactly how much credit you will get for a CC class at the various UCs. It lists courses at all CA community colleges and their respective unit transfers.</p>
<p>yes, as long as you reach 180 units, then you can graduate. however, not all majors are compatible with a 3-year plan. despite the AP credit you have, some majors still require so many courses (plus you’ll need to finish your GE’s and other requirements) that your AP’s won’t really help you out because you can’t graduate in 3 years anyway. </p>
<p>AP credit is meant to help those who finish their major in 3 years but haven’t reached 180 units yet, so instead of taking extra electives, they’ll just fill in those electives with your AP units.</p>
<p>The GE requirements were posted already. A link is on the first page.</p>
<p>Refer to my post on the previous page.</p>
<p>Westow: Sure you don’t need to take the Math 31A or B but unless you have a rockin calculus teacher, have fun playing catch up in higher math classes without the solid foundation.</p>
<p>Just because you pass the test doens’t mean you’re ready for multivariable calculus. I had a friend who got a 5 on AB and failed Math 31B (because he was forced to go on).</p>