<p>I’m an Orange Coast College student, and I’m currently majoring in cardiovascular technology (so I can get a job at a hospital as a cardiac sonographer while I’m earning my degree). I hope to transfer to UCSD or UCR to earn my BS in molecular biology. </p>
<p>Here are my concerns:</p>
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<li>My GE GPA is not too good, 2.8-2.95. I really had no idea what I was going to end up doing when I first began</li>
<li>My waitlist for the CVT program is only two years, will that be enough to get most of my lower division reqs in?</li>
<li>I need to get my GPA up to >=3.4 to transfer…how should I do this?</li>
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<p>My plans after graduation is to go overseas to either Germany or the UK to earn a one-year MSc in a related field, and then get employed as a RA at the Department of Antisense Drug Discovery of Isis Pharmaceuticals in San Diego. Hopefully I can eventually register for an external PhD at University College London. </p>
<p>Please advise me. I need it.</p>