<p>Okay so I recently found out that I can’t apply to UCLA under history major because i was fulfilling most of my work through AP credit, and found out that UCLA does not take AP credit for major requirement for History (idk if it is for all major). But I still wanna apply to UCLA regardless, but don’t know which major to settle for. This is my schedule and classes, I’ve taken so far:</p>
<p>Stats - A
English Composition - A
Trig - A
Pre-cal - B
Chem 1st year: B
Econ Macro: A</p>
<p>Taking this Fall:
English 2nd year: In prog
Physical Anthropology: In Prog
Accounting Financial: In prog
Calculus II: For Social Science, Business and Econ Majors (watered down calc)
Econ Micro</p>
<p>Planned for Spring:
Intro to Biz
Intro to Compter informatics
Intro to Philosphy
Intro to Western Civilizations
Calculus II: For Social Science, Business and Econ Major (watered down calc) </p>
<p>I also have my language requirement done (through HS), and I also am proficient in a foreign language (Somali), but I don’t know if they have the test for that in UCLA so i can take the equivalency test.</p>
<p>I know I can’t apply as undeclared, but whats the next best thing I can get into that is a decent major?? I got to San Diego City College in San Diego. Any help would be terrific.</p>
<p>Your courses are all over the place… I hope you don’t mind I say this, but in your case, I think it would be much better to stay at CC, retake your history classes (you can disregard AP credit if you want to) so you can apply as a history major for Fall 2013 . Even if you get in, with the current 216 quarter units cap, most likely you won’t be able to graduate in time in any major AND have your butt kicked out of UCLA when you go over the cap. No offense, but think wisely :)</p>
<p>@sparkboy: First of all… LMAO. I will have over 75 units I think that translate to roughly 100+ units in quarter system, which is more than half way, so graduation won’t be a problem about my classes, I’m going into econ (ucsd), biz admin (ucr) and legal studies (ucb) and with those courses I’ll have all my requirements done for those school, so that basically debunks your “classes all over the place remark” And finally, I was asking for advice guess you don’t know of any other major? I think your looking for a way to have me not apply so you can increase you chance ehhh? lol jk. But in all seriousness, I was thinking Linguistics/Anthropology the GPA seems pretty low and do-able what do you think?</p>
<p>Well that’s a bummer. The History department website does say that AP credit hasn’t been accepted since 2002 though. Maybe you should have checked. Are there two classes you can drop in Spring and replace with your two missing History pre-reqs (I’m assuming you will already satisfy the Western Civilization course)? If that’s not an option, I would say Anthro too…I don’t think you’ve satisfied the language req. for linguistics?</p>
<p>Why History anyway? Why didn’t you just do the Econ pre-reqs for UCLA too? I’m kind of wondering what you’ll write for the personal statement dealing with major. It’ll be like writing three different statements.</p>
<p>@ocean: I’ve already satisfied the American History requirement with a 5 in AP US history. Since UCLA won’t take those classes, I have to take them at my CC. But as you see, my world load is really heavy as it is, so it was a bummer when i found out they didn’t take AP test scores. Now I would have to take 3 more classes instead of just 1, which I can’t do :(. About the personal statement part, for UCSD and UCR, I’m pretty much guaranteed acceptance due to tag, the way I see it is, I can write a song for all they care since because my acceptance is on the provision of TAG not my personal statement. My person statement is gonna be geared towards UCLA (hopefully I find a major to apply under) and UCB (Legal studies) which I can tie together, claiming Law school was a goal, since you basically any major can go down that path. Finally about the Econ part… you know I really wanted to do the Econ, but I really didn’t like the theory and stuff behind the engineering calc class, I’m definately loving my applied calc class. I mean it more watered down, by removing theories and focusing on the practical approach ie economic problems dealing with profit, marginal analysis, elasticity of demand, and ect which i really love. Also I think I can get into linguistics because I’m proficient in a foreign language (Somali). but I doubt UCLA has a proficiency test for that language. I plan on writing it on my UC app, if in the case I apply for lingustics and anthro. I’m also 70 percent sure I can pass the arabic test, if I just practice so that can help list the pre-req aswell.</p>
<p>Are you sure you completed the pre-reqs for Ling-Anthro?</p>
<p>one course in introduction to linguistics</p>
<p>two years of one foreign language
Note: Applicants must complete a minimum of one year (two semesters/three quarters) of college-level courses in one of the selected language to be considered for admission. Completion of intermediate/advanced courses is strongly preferred. Completion of at least one year of high school in which the primary language of instruction was the selected language may be substituted for lower division language preparation.</p>
<p>and…</p>
<p>one year of a second language
(At least one year must be in a language other than those in the Romance, Slavic, or Germanic families.)
strongly recommended: one course in anthropology (culture and communication)</p>
<p>PS the History dept does allow students to switch into the major dispite it being impacted.</p>
<p>This comment and others alike… They’re why I don’t even wanna apply to UCLA anymore. The humanities are full of intrepid students who are so badass, any major would serve them well.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t have dismissed sparkyboy’s comment so quickly. You should understand that if you transfer without finishing the prerequisites for your major, you will have to complete them your first semester. It’s possible you won’t get the courses you want and sometimes you need the lower division courses before you can take the upper divisions ones. UCLA won’t let you stay forever. One of my friends withdrew from UCLA right after the orientation because she learned that she would have to take classes at CC simultaneously to finish classes while staying under the unit cap which bars you from taking more than a certain amount of units. I hope this helps.</p>
<p>Use Assist.org and see your options. If I were you, I would stay another year at the CC and review my options for my major. Getting into UCLA is worthless if you’re just going to go in with a major you don’t enjoy.</p>
<p>For Linguistics/Anthro, you’re going to need a good amount of foreign language. I’m not sure if Somali actually counts for anything. </p>
<p>Basically, you need 2 years of 1 language (4 Semesters, EX: Spanish 101, 102, 103, 104) AND 1 year of a ANOTHER language not from Romance, Slavic, or Germanic families. So languages like Chinese, Korean, Japanese etc. (2 Semesters, EX: Chinese 101, Chinese 102). You have to see if you even have enough time in the rest of your time at a CC to finish these language classes because they all require a prereq for the upper level classes so you can’t really take them all in the same semester. </p>
<p>If you’re proficient in Spanish lets say, then you can see if you can get some prereqs waived and start with Spanish 104. Then you’d be done with the 2 year requirement.</p>
<p>Plus you need cultural anthro and an intro to linguistics course.</p>
<p>I’m a linguistics major and it is such a pain in the ass to take all the foreign language classes even though I don’t plan on doing anything with translation for my career. >.></p>
<p>If you do apply though, we can be linguistic buds!</p>
. Even if you get in, with the current 216 quarter units cap, most likely you won’t be able to graduate in time in any major AND have your butt kicked out of UCLA when you go over the cap. No offense, but think wisely :)</p>
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