School wrote me the wrong Student Education Plan/IGETC question

owlgray84
Sat, 20 Dec 2014 21:24:55 +0000

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.

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.