<p>@sonic23 not so sure all is lost. UCLA has a two-pass system, plus ways to get into closed classes. Plus, transfers are higher up the food chain than I thought. </p>
<p>See this:
<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/soc/enroll.htm”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/soc/enroll.htm</a>
And this:
<a href=“http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/soc/impact.htm”>http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/soc/impact.htm</a></p>
<p>@lindyk8 good info especially the impacted list! I knew History was somewhat impacted but I wasn’t sure which classes specifically </p>
<p>@sonic23 Were yours on the impacted class list? </p>
<p>@lindyk8 thankfully only two courses that Ill just stay away from anyway. My major is History so its pretty easy going on the classes I need. There are about 2-3 required classes the rest are just electives. 
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<p>Great, now I am having a midlife crisis. I don’t know if I should go to UCLA for geology, or UCSD for computer science. </p>
<p>@sonic23 </p>
<p>What exactly does impacted mean, I keep hearing this term, I have googled it, also saw Yahoo Answers. Just in layman’s terms, from my understanding it means, something in the sense of not a great major to have unless you are getting a Ph.D or graduate school work in it? I saw that list that lindy posted, I saw those 2 history courses, were those the 2 you stated that you wanted to stay away from? </p>
<p>I have gone onto UCLA’s history for undergrad’s page a few times, I have seen what I need to take before I petition to be a full-time major.</p>
<p>Required for the pre-major: Three courses including two Western Civilization (History 1A, 1B, 1C) or two in World History (History 20, 21, 22); and History 97 (or 96W).</p>
<p>Gotta think about electives that I am going to take… What to take what to take… </p>
<p>Looks like I’m in the clear, got a B in Linear Algebra. He bumped me up. Now for Calc 3, although I don’t think it matters what grade I get (don’t think I’m going to grad school for math lol). </p>
<p>@Tik1127 just means theres very few classess compared to people who need them. It doesnt mean its impossible to get classes. U just might not get it with a certain teachrr or time you want. </p>
<p>@Collegedropout1 i had the same problem i was having secondthoughts about ucsd up to the last sec but stuck with ucla</p>
<p>Just applied for my first loan. RIP my credit.</p>
<p>@RamonaFalls i heard student loans are “good” for your credit score</p>
<p>Summer school? </p>
<p>Federal Student loans don’t hurt your credit. Once you start paying them back, it helps build your credit.</p>
<p>When do you believe is a good time to apply for student loans? I applied for FA, I applied after the deadline, so it was no Cal Grant, but the Pell Grant was somewhere in the neighborhood of 5,700 for the year. I will be living at home and whatnot. So no expense for rent and etc.</p>
<p>As for applying for a loans, I was in the mortgage business for 5 years, these loans do not hurt you at all. The % rate is low, and they do frown down on you when you try to apply to lease a car, rent an apartment or whatever you plan to do. </p>
<p>While on the student loan subject, has anyone ever been turned down a student loan due to bad credit? I don’t foresee me needing to apply for a student loan, but in the chance I do, I’m a little concerned. I don’t have the best credit. Wondering if usual credit checks and standards apply.</p>
<p>No credit checks for Stafford loans. You can get them regardless of credit or income. You can’t owe in back federal taxes or if you do, must be in a payment plan with the IRS. You also can’t be in default on any student loans.</p>
<p>@Collegedropout1, didn’t you already SIR to ucla?</p>
<p>Thanks, candles, looks like i’ll be fine then. I don’t owe any back taxes at all. just a few small credit debts i’m paying off, nothing big.</p>
<p>@randombookie I already SIR’D to UCLA, but that was before I got accepted to UCSD off the waitlist.</p>
<p>So i signed up for 2 summer classes for session one and 1 class for session two at my cc. Mainly because I only have 61 units done and don’t want to have to take 4 classes a quarter just to finish in two years. (Blue and GOld doesn’t cover summers). </p>
<p>But now I’m lazy and don’t want to take summer school</p>
<p>do you think 4 classes is a lot to handle every quarter?? Ive had students say no but I had a professor advise me against it. Says to try to maintain a high GPA and keep it at three classes. </p>
<p>idk if I should be lazy or just go to summer school. </p>
<p>@collegedropout1, oh congrats!
I feel like compsci is better for employment these days. It’s a really great field to be a part of, moneywise. However, if geology is your passion then stay at ucla</p>