<p>Major: Political Science
UC GPA: 3.6 (by end of fall)
Pre Reqs: done by end of fall
IGETC: done by end of spring
TAP certified: yes, by spring
ECs: lots, don't think it's that important though
Work: 20-30 hours a week</p>
<p>so summer session is coming to an end and there's a good chance i'm going to end up with a C in my Statistics 1 class and a B in my English 102 class which explains why my gpa will end up in the 3.6 range come fall. i also have a B in sociology & english 102 from last spring and a C in another sociology class from last fall</p>
<p>since stats is a pre req for ucla, how much will this hurt me? what do you guys think my chances are of getting in?</p>
<p>Are you sure it’s the transferable version of statistics? Keep in mind, UCLA has it’s own version of Statistics for poli sci majors. And besides, most people don’t take that class until they get into UCLA. So no worries…</p>
<p>Either way, you shouldn’t be screwed. You have TAP and you have the average GPA to get in. Don’t worry about it! Just try to get an higher GPA in the Fall and you should be guaranteed.</p>
<p>I had a 3.47 an got in polisci with a C in my stats class. You DO need to take stats to get into UCLA but there’s a chance depending on what CC you took it at that the PoliSci dept wont take it as meeting the major requirement. </p>
<p>You should be fine with your gpa but getting it up will only help you.</p>
<p>Uhh…no. Not true. Like I said, only a few ccs (majority of them being in SoCal) offer the transferable political science statistics class for UCLA. If your community college doesnt offer it, you don’t have to take any statistics class. In fact, there is no point to doing so since those statistics classes are different from the one at UCLA which means it doesnt prepare you for it and it doesnt transfer over. in other words, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO TAKE A STATISTICS COURSE IF YOUR CC DOESNT OFFER A TRANSFERABLE ONE TO UCLA. YOU WILL NOT BE REJECTED.</p>
<p>example? me. one of the myths that i was afraid of in regards to my admissions to ucla. ended getting accepted with them telling me how there was nothing to be scared of.</p>
<p>the acceptance rate to UCLA for poli sci is around 40% - 45% every year for transfer students. It’s probably the easiest major to get into at LA. With a 3.6 gpa you can get in.</p>
<p>^wrong? its one of the most impacted majors at LA. Personally I’m ok with more transfers though, because it that much easier for me to hit the higher curve. Seriously though, there are real dumb@$$ES in this major already. If you can’t get a 4.0 at a CC or speak competently in public, please feel free to join, I’ll vouch for ya!</p>
<p>impacted only refers to total applications received, so basically 800 or so people apply for poli sci with an acceptance rate of around 40%, this is not the definition of impacted. 40%…is like the acceptance rate into cal states. Impacted is Business Economics, 1700 applicants, avg gpa 3.87 and a 14% acceptance rate, that’s impacted. Poli Sci majors aren’t that good with numbers.</p>
<p>You must not be that good with numbers either. Poli Sci definitely isn’t the easiest major to get into. Here is a list of a bunch of majors (looking at 2008 numbers, 2009 are preliminary) who have higher acceptance rates and lower avg GPA admits.</p>
<p>**College of Letters and Science: A-I ** 13. All the majors starting with the letter A (excluding those majors that no1 applied to). 14. Biophysics 20. Chemistry through Cog Sci. 21. Comparative Literature 22. Computational and Systems Biology, Pre 23. East Asian Studies 26. English through European Studies 35. French through German 42. Hebrew through Italian and Special Fields</p>
<p>That’s 42 majors which, according to your logic, would be easier to get into than Poli Sci. Some of these majors, like Art History had a 90+% acceptance rate with 40/44 people being admitted. Also I simply stopped listing majors after getting to the I’s. </p>
<p>Poli Sci is definitely one of the more difficult majors to get into. In terms of GPA and admit rate, Poli Sci beats out a ton of majors, from A-I only 8 majors (as opposed to 42 who did not) in 2008 had lower acceptance rates. Nonetheless, there are some like Biz Econ which beat out like everyone. Regardless, your claim that Poli Sci is the easiest major to get into at UCLA is ludicrous. Nor is it “one of the easiest” either. You fail at numbers, and subsequently, statistics as well.</p>
<p>Actually your GPA seems fine…mine was about 3.6-3.7 when I applied and I’m attending UCLA!
It is impacted, this year, many of my friensd got rejected from UCLA Poli Sci department…</p>
<p>There are a substanial number of majors easier to get into than poli sci. However, the percent of all applicants for poli sci (7.97%) is lower than percent of all admitted (9.64%). This would lead one to conclude that poli sci is a relatively easy major to get accepted into.</p>
<p>Out of majors that had more than 200 applicants, poli sci ranked 9 out of 13 for difficulty. (I know your argument was more about # of majors that are easier to get into, but Poli Sci is one of the easier “popular majors” to get into. These “popular majors” account for a large percentage of overall applicants.)</p>
<p>You just posted all of the stats of majors that receive less than 100 admission requests. The reason their acceptance rates are higher than political science is due to their very specific titles, such as Chemistry through Cog. Science. Relative to its size political science is the easiest major to get into at UCLA. Biophysics and so forth have an unreal amount of competition, due to the high achieving INTELLIGENT students. For political science, as long as your gpa is around 3.5 and your community college has TAP you will get into UCLA, USC and UC Berkeley given that you have a pulse and can come up with an essay in English. Political Science is one of those pathetic majors filled with a group of people who all think they are going to law school. yeaa right…</p>
<p>Hi, I planning to apply to UCLA this Nov. My GPA is 3.55 and I am part of PTK. I did not participate in the honors program, and I do not belong to any school clubs. however, I do work part time at student activities at my college. I was wondering what my chances will be getting in UCLA’s Political Science major? Also, how is the stats course at UCLA? Is it social science stats, or math stats?</p>