Unable to complete one prerequisite due to a schedule conflict

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<p>I will not be able to complete one of my prerequisites by the end of spring due to a conflict with my other class. But then the course (circuit analysis) is not fully transferable to UC, which means that I will have to retake the course even if I have taken it. Given that my major is highly competitive (EECS) and I have a GPA greater than 3.9, how much would it affect my chances of admission if my aim is UCB or UCLA? Do they take into account the difficulty of students for having conflicts with courses that are rarely offered?</p>

<p>Thank you in advance!</p>

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<p>If a particular pre-req is not offered by your school, or is not UC-transferable, then it won’t affect your chances for admission</p>

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<p>I would like to reiterate what a UCB rep told me during my CC’s transfer fair:</p>

<p>With regard to my chances at entering UCB as a BIO major:</p>

<p>“If you don’t have the one year required Organic Chem, your chances of being accepted are very slim.”</p>

<p>My CC does not have a transferable O-Chem course so sucks to be me.</p>

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<p>Thanks for alansda’s and anchor’s advices.</p>

<p>Perhaps it is more correct to say that ENGR 37 is not “fully articulated”. The following is what assist.org says about the course:</p>

<p>EL ENG 40 Introduction to (4)|NO COURSE ARTICULATED
Microelectronic Circuits |<br>
If no articulation, students are strongly encouraged to take an introductory
course in electronics or circuits. Once admitted, students are required to
complete EL ENG 40 to meet graduation requirements.</p>

<p>Actually there is a way for me to be able to complete all the prerequisites, but that requires me to go to another college (Foothill college) to finish the last physics course in the series (PHYS 4D). Though I am now a De Anza student and Foothill is a sister college, I heard that one must complete the whole series at the same college to receive credit. Does anyone know more about it?</p>

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<p>Hmm, that thing about taking a complete course series in one CCC may be true (ask a counselor).
If you only have one more class to take for Berkeley, and no other UC requires it, then I would put in the UC Update that I’ll take it during the summer, since Berk allows major pre-reqs to be done during the summer. Worse case scenario, you get rejected by UCB, and don’t even have to bother enrolling in EL ENG 40 :D</p>

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<p>Thank you alansda.</p>

<p>The problem is that UCB doesn’t allow engineering majors to use the summer term to fulfill major requirements. That is announced explicitly on the Berkeley form page. Even if I can do so, I am not positive that such course will be offered in summer. So there’s pretty much nothing I can do except that they allow me to take physics at another college, or they make an exception that I can finish prere’s during summer.</p>