<p>Hi guys, I feel like crap today because I was unable to get required classes this semester. This will be my third semester at community college (Applying this November or whenever it is for UCS), I will have TAP, IGETC, and a 3.9 GPA. My problem is I'm a biology major and I have been trying to get a general Biology 1 class for 3 semesters (Took general Bio 2 and was rank #1 in class), but everytime they end up being full/waitlist full before it's even my registration. I think I may be able to crash it at another college (I've already gone through 3 colleges with all my units) but I also did not get my general chem 1 class. Pretty much assist.org says I need 1 year of calc, 1 year gen chem, 1 year of bio, and 1 semester of organic chem. </p>
<p>It looks like by the end of Spring I will have 1 year of bio, 1 semester of chem, and 1 semester of calc completed, however I will have IGETC,TAP, and a 3.9ish GPA. What are my chances for any of these 3 schools, Note: I will also TAG to UCSD but Biology is impacted and I wont have the pre-reqs. I'm so frustrated right now. </p>
<p>My extracurriculars are a Gold Medal in San Fernando Youth Olympics 100 meter dash, (did this in High School, 2 years ago), Phi Thetta Kappa (probably going to be an officer), Honors Club, possibley Student Government, and I was secretary of a Biology Club, I also volunteer at the VA (Veterans Affairs) Hospital.</p>
<p>for a science major, you really need those courses ESPECIALLY THE CALCULUS… If you had them all and a 3.3 you’d probably be in at UCSD… my advice, online courses. Take the class out of state if you must.</p>
<p>The problem is online Science courses usually don’t ttransfer as they dont have a lab, + I need the lab for med school. Its just ■■■■■■■■ that I’m stuck, not because of carelessness or laziness, but because of ■■■■■■■■ california budget cuts.</p>
<p>i’m not sure if they do this at all Community colleges, but talk to your counselor before your last semester in order to get priority registration.</p>
<p>If its ur last semester, they sign you up for priority registration.</p>
<p>It pretty much sucks now to be a CC student. It is impacted as ever, plus classes are being cut, and also you have those super senior’s who are taking up those general bio/chem classes which are suppose to be for freshman.</p>
<p>If you want to my advice, I would tell you not to major in bio. Just major in something else and take your pre-health pre-reqs after you transfer. </p>
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<p>1 year of bio, 1 semester of chem, and 1 semester of calc will put you behind a whole lot. It would probably take you 3 years to finish a bio major after you transfer.</p>
<p>I took Biology I and II out of state at East Mississippi Community College and it was online. Both those classes offered a virtual lab as well (4 Credits). Something you might want to check out. It’s accredited as well. It will cost you about $1,500 out of state though…</p>
<p>I ccompletely agree with @iTransfer. If you truly want to transfer for fall 2011 then transfer as a different major and complete the rest of your pre-reqs after transferring. For instance I know a few people at my CCC that are transferring as Anthropology majors to UCLA just because they can not complete their pre-reqs for a Bio major in time but they are able to complete the Anthro pre-reqs. As others have mentioned in the past, pre-reqs are a HUGE part of an admission decision! Lacking several key pre-req classes is setting yourself up for denial from UC’s (even with a 3.9 or 4.0 gpa).</p>
<p>The other option is stay at your CCC for one for year and complete all of the bio pre-reqs. If you plan to go onto medical, dental or pharmacy school I would highly recommend staying the extra year and applying for fall 2012 admission.</p>
<p>My CCC offers priority registration for students who are going into their last semester before transferring. It GUARANTEES that you will get all of the classes that you want for that one semester.
In my opinion, this is the problem with all of this financial aid. A lot of students will enroll in these classes just for the heck of it (especially the ones with minimal pre-reqs) and when they realize that it’s actually a hard class they drop it, because it didn’t cost them anything in the first place. Just my 2¢. I say that the more classes you have dropped, the lower priority you get when registration time comes around.</p>
<p>Just keep showing up to class no matter how many times the professor says “I am not adding anyone else.”</p>
<p>Eventually, you will get added to the class.</p>
<p>Even if the professor straight up tells you to go home, just keep going to class. Eventually a spot will open up and if you kept up with the work, the teacher should let you in.</p>
<p>UCLA is super strict about completing prereqs. A friend of mine was missing a chem prereq listed in ASSIST and got rejected even with a 3.9 and extracurriculars. Follow smith415’s advice and stick with the class no matter what. Or better yet move to a CC that’s less impacted.</p>
<p>UCSD is not as strict with the prereqs but this might not be the case for life science majors which are really impacted over there. You might get in the school with IGETC but getting your desired major might be more difficult without the necessary prereqs.</p>
<p>AARGH!!! I cant keep showing up because we have an organized waitlist so people are ahead of me even if people drop, plus we’re not allowed to add to classes after the first 2 weeks.</p>
<p>I cant! BUT!! I went to UCLA extention and found a Chem 14A class which is a Chem series for lifescience majors, and it counts as a premed prereq as well. My only concern is General Chem 1 at my school articulates over to Chem 20A (Chemistry for Physical science sequence), I’m hoping they will allow me to register for Gen Chem 2 at my community college during Spring</p>
<p>How did you take Bio 2 without having taken Bio 1 and how do plan to take Gen Chem 2 in the Spring if you are not able to Gen Chem I this Fall. My experience with science sequences is that they usually have to be taken in order?</p>
<p>I would strongly advise against taking Organic Chemistry until you have completed both Gen Chem1 and Gen Chem2. Organic Chemistry is really hard compared to General Chemistry. I had to take two semesters of it as a requirement for medical school. I barely got a C in Ochem2. I was just lucky that Drexel University’s School of Medicine had already sent me an acceptance letter before I finished the class or I doubt I would be a doctor today.</p>
<p>I am usually very good at sciences to. My undergraduate major was astronomy and I got all As and Bs in my advanced Physics and Astronomy courses but Organic Chemistry just made no sense to me and was unlike any science course I had taken before. I honestly found it harder than Quantum Mechanics and Relativity.</p>