<p>The statistics that I came across were more recent, but to ease your mind SCC wasn’t that low down on the list in terms of application to acceptance ratios. I am actually graduating from SCC with my Sociology AA, as well as an AA in Anthropology, though I did the majority of my work and applied for transfer at ARC. Besides Sociology is a non-impacted major at UCB still so I am sure we both have a great chance at getting in!</p>
<p>Good luck and I will come back here on Monday evening to see how you did!</p>
<p>Look, the CC you go to has very little, if any, bearing on your admissions. It has to do with your personal capabilities as an applicant… the adcoms aren’t going “oh look, XXXX college, I have to admit 50 applicants from here…” The fact that a lot of CCCT come from a certain school doesn’t indicate to me that adcoms are picking from those schools. I also think that people who are really really determined to go to UCLA will go to SMC, and there may be a little self-selection going on.</p>
<p>I’ve taken mack once, but it was for an upper division econ class (don’t ask me why i took it, i don’t even know). I did horrible and ended up with a B. I do believe that he is a good and knowledgeable professor though.</p>
<p>The fact still remains that if the statistical analysis shows that, consistently, year after year the probabilities hold true that there is something that allows a greater chance of success from one CC versus another. I agree that it is on an applicants merits, and a host of other variables, but if the probability from getting into a UC is consistently greater then there is something that is weighted in that is unique. Perhaps that CC turns out a more successful population due to classes it offers, or perhaps a greater amount of transferable programs are offered at ARC, or perhaps the average quality of student application/student at ARC has been stronger (and no, I am not cutting down any student populations at any other CCs by any means). Whatever the reason is the fact still remains that consistently the probability for acceptance from ARC has been higher then other CCs in recent years.</p>
<p>Things may change, and they often do - perhaps this year will see a significant change in the trends.</p>
<p>In fact SCC may have a greater percentage of successful sociology major transfers then ARC because they actually have a full-fledged program available there and not at ARC. And you have A. Block, easily one of the best Sociology instructors in the district. I bet your a shoe-in irregardless of trends or statistics. As diamond pointed out the most important thing is the quality of the applicant and what they offer to the campus they are applying for, and I bet you are a shoe-in. Just breath deep and enjoy the weekend. Monday will come soon enough…</p>
<p>It could be because some CCC offer more pre-req classes for specific majors than others. I know for Sociology there was a pre-req I could not find at half a dozen CCC ( ironically, I think it was only offered at ARC) but I couldn’t find it anywhere else & ended up not being able to take that class. I can see how that could have a bearing on transferability if one college offers more major pre-req classes.</p>
<p>I bet you are referring to Sociology 5, which, as far as I know, was not offered at ARC in the time I was their either. It may be in the course catalog, but it definitely never made the course schedule. If you check the sociology department website at UCB, however, you will find that they are well aware that Sociology 5 is not offered at most Junior Colleges so you have nothing to worry about.</p>
<p>I can only guess what your going through right now in terms of nerves, but don’t discredit yourself - in the end the most important thing is personal merits (well that and remembering our choice of majors is not impacted - definite plus points there…), and I bet you are well qualified for UCB. Hang in their and we will celebrate together on Monday!</p>
<p>If I don’t get in, at least I have my full scholarship to Davis and will go to school for free but I really want to go to CAL. A Bock…I never had her as a professor…is she the older woman who dresses really hip and classes are really crowded?</p>
<p>In all honesty I have only ever taken online courses from her so I cannot tell you the class sizes she pulls, but she is an older women that has a propensity to dress younger. My interactions with her, face to face, and through email and other correspondence, has given me a great impression of her as a person and as an instructor and even her online lectures are engaging, which is really unusual. She is very involved with her online classes so I am sure she is very interactive and involved with her face to face classes as well. I have absolutely nothing but good things to say about Professor Block!</p>
<p>starryqt22
we still have to email <a href=“mailto:newbruins@saonet.ucla.edu”>newbruins@saonet.ucla.edu</a> and let them know there has been a change to planned summer course work.</p>
<p>lol, the admissions person is a student at ucla and said my major (phsyiological sciences) is THE most competitive major at UCLA, she said thats why she dropped it :() I was like bring it on! I aint scared!!!</p>
<p>physiological sciences…hmm…isn’t that anatomy? so medicine…no wonder it’s competitive. seriously, people who go to medical schools for like million years to become a doctor is really must be IN LOVE WITH BLOOD AND SMELL!!! i think pharmacy is better cuz u don’t have to hear all the annoying wailing and crying… also they make good money too…</p>
<p>If you want to be in medicine, you should be doing it for the love of the profession, not the money. Doctors really don’t make as much money as people make them out to when you factor in the hours they work. Not to mention all the debt from med school and the loss of money they would’ve made if they were working instead of continuing school.</p>
<p>pharmacy, no way, I would be bored to tears.
I really do love anatomy and medicine, and I am not doing it for the money. But politix there are specialties where you don’t work hella hours and you get paid bank buddy, anesthesiology and dermatology to name two.
I am going into surgery but I am still a ways off, I love to work with my hands and any other specialty would bore the crap out of me, besides emergency medicine. But I will figure all this stuff out later.</p>
<p>If I were going into medicine, however, I don’t think I’d ever go into derm. I mean, how interesting can “if it’s dry, make it wet; if it’s wet, make it dry” be for the rest of your life?</p>