<p>What's the point if you're transferring to a UC to get a 4 year degree to strive to get a Associate's degree in the process? Does it hold any extra weight? Do people get an A.A. if they plan to transfer as a backup? Is a A.A. degree allow you to specialize in a particular subject?</p>
<p>A.A.s are worthless. The only case I can think of where it might help is if it'll get you a job for after you transfer, but even then, it doesn't mean anything in the long run</p>
<p>That's my problem. I have all the units required to transfer. I have been accepted in several UCs. I don't have one stupid PE course to get the 3 A.A.s I would normally get. I would have to take the PE course over the summer. I'm just going to transfer without an A.A. It is no big deal. A B.A. is a more important degree than an A.A. If you can get an A.A., go ahead. It doesn't hurt. If you are in a situation like me, you really don't need it.</p>
<p>In 5 years I will have an B.A. in Political Science and a J.D. What good will 3 A.A. do? :)</p>
<p>Lol, 3 AAs? That sounds like a complete waste of time.</p>
<p>is anyone attneding the AA graduation ceremony? i want to be it costs 40 bucks to attend it. sounds kinda useless to me.</p>
<p>It's actually really easy to get 3 AAs if you're an engineering major; provided you're school has "academic" AAs.</p>
<p>Yeah im in the same boat. I can get my liberal arts AA but I want it in liberal arts with an emphasis in human behavioral science so I have to take econ 2 and soc28 this quarter, and im finished with igetc.</p>
<p>im hoping that the AA will help me land a HR internship easier, than without one.</p>
<p>Imma be getting 3 AAs too lol</p>
<p>I'm gonna get an a.a. in computer technical support this fall. I plan on transferring to a uc with a major in economics. Does anyone think the a.a. in computers will help for admission? </p>
<p>GPA expected to be between 3.5-3.8
EC/Work Exp- I'm a student worker in the President's Office at my cc</p>
<p>economics is pretty easy to get in at san diego and irvine. i don't think you'll have any problems with a 3.5 or higher</p>
<p>San Diego sounds good to me but Irvine has to many math pre-reqs. They ask for all of the same math classes in the math major.</p>
<p>So proving I'm computer literate doesn't help at all?</p>
<p>All of the core upper-division courses use math frequently.</p>
<p>Good point, guess Business Economics is more my style.</p>
<p>A lot of people don't think much of an AA, but the reality is that there are quite a few people who drop out after transferring. Look at the statistics. Some people find great jobs, family members become ill, students get pregnant, some sacrifice their education for the benefit of another, and so on. If you have the units for an AA, it doesn't hurt. There are some companies that are structured so that you have to have a degree to reach a certain title or salary, and an AA does fit into the structure sometimes. Although your main goal is to get a bachelor's degree along the way, it certainly doesn't hurt to have an AA.</p>
<p>At the very least it can help to land an internship. I also want to have all my things posted up on a wall after I get an MBA, from Elementary school, to high school diploma, AA to Bachelors to MBA. BOOM that's latteral transition; i'm so symbolic like that.</p>
<p>I'm getting one simply because it's a lot better of a certificate than the high school equivalency that I currently hold. I'm a lot more comfortable saying that I've got an AA as my highest completed degree level than, well, the CHSPE, which isn't really worth much. Otherwise I probably wouldn't have bothered taking the couple of classes I needed for it and would have done some fun electives instead.</p>
<p>I like my chspe. I think it's got character.</p>
<p>My school gives AAs to those who complete a transfer sequence.</p>
<p>AA in transfer studies.
You do have to petition for it just like any other AA and I did that because my CHSPE is not sufficient lol.</p>
<p>If i took the PE + Health class i would have an AS in Math and Accounting...</p>