<p>When I started school, I went to my counselor to make a Student Education Plan (SEP) so I would know exactly what I need to do in terms of fulfilling all my IGETC requirements, and taking the classes I need for my major (Psychology) that transfer over to UCLA. She wrote it up, and I enrolled in classes accordingly. Then I had a talk with my parents, and my plans changed and I went back to my counselor to ask her if I would need to change my plan if I want to transfer to UC Berkeley instead and she kind of waved me off and said that “all the UC’s are the same”, which at the time didn’t seem untrue since all I can do is put my trust into the faculty of the school. After a while I really thought about it, and i’m about to start my final year of school before it’s time to transfer and I just realized after looking at my SEP and Assist.org, that she was totally wrong and I’ve been following the wrong plan. I re-wrote it, using the IGETC requirements, and the UC Berkeley Assist.org page, and wrote a new SEP for myself that I haven’t gone to the school to have them approve yet. </p>
<p>My question is, I’m only looking to go to UC schools (ambitious, I know, but i’m an extremely motivated and ambitious person) and the IGETC says that in Area 1 - English communication, I need 1 course from Group A, 1 from Group B, and 1 from Group C. Group C is ONLY a CSU requirement, and UC is only Group A and Group B. I have a ton of classes already and am eliminating Group C from my plan, because i’m not intending to apply to state schools. I feel like it may seem really bold, but I’m down to 3 more semesters before I move on and I don’t want to take unnecessary classes If I can avoid it. Has anyone had similar experiences with trying to fulfill their IGETC plan? My school has been completely unreliable and I have to take care of things myself most of the time, and sometimes i’m not sure if i’m making the right moves/I’m extremely stressed out. </p>
<p>I put my own plan together, since I didn’t trust the counselors at my school to be right.</p>
<p>If you don’t want to go to a CSU, don’t take a group C class. Easy.</p>
<p>Most students put together their own IGETC plan, since there are tons of classes that can fulfill requirements. I just went area by area, noted classes that I could/wanted to take, then saw what fit my schedule. </p>
<p>Also, since this is a public forum, you might not want to use a picture of yourself for privacy reasons.</p>
<p>Agree with luckie. You don’t need C. I hate to say this but you cannot rely on counselors because there are so many variables depending upon the classes you get in to, etc. My daughter did her own, with my assistance. I don’t know how it was with luckie, but trying to get classes is hard, esp first year and there were so many changes my daughter had to finagle. Also, her counselor screwed up her TAG to UCSB so she was ineligible. </p>
<p>The key is to just get the IGETC sections completed and major prep (#1). If you are applying to more than one UC make sure all prep work is done for the major at each UC, as they vary. If you are hedging bets and picking some UCs where your major req are not complete, find a related major where you have completed the requirements and apply to that.</p>
<p>Be sure to follow your TAG. UCSB and now some others want the math req completed by this fall. So check that part carefully. Read the fine print for each campus TAG as they vary. </p>
<p>Yeah, it seems the only thing the counselors at my school has ever been helpful with was clearing up unnecessary prerequisites that the school doesn’t want to delete out of their computer system, so you have to go to the counselor to clear them. I only have 3 semesters left and I just found out I need to cram into my schedule a Chemistry class, another Anthropology class, and 2 biology classes all before I finish Spring of '16. She also put in a bunch of classes that I didn’t need to do at all, like communications and multiple physics classes. ARGGG.</p>
<p>I tried to be extremely flexible, since I just needed to satisfy the category I didn’t care what I took.</p>
<p>Plus, it is important to learn how to do things for yourself. Once you transfer there will be tons of other things to do, and as lindy said, you can’t rely on counselors.</p>
<p>Edit: since I didn’t see the above post. I’m sorry you had to take extra classes and are scrambling now.</p>