<p>okay so im an a 2nd year student at pierce college as a bio major (goin for pharmacy)
have a few C's cuz staying here at home is really killing me, i cant stand all the fighting and its jus not goin well for me here, and also i been lazy</p>
<p>as of now i have a 2.7 GPA w/o these Fall classes added
i know i have to complete 60 transferable units and the IGETC classes, trying to get into the UC's, probably Irvine, Riverside, or SB</p>
<p>1st question: do i have to complete all the assist.org classes?
2nd: is it all that bad if i have to spent 3 years at the CC
3rd: will the colleges even look at me if i have below a 3.0?
4th: would it be bad if i go to a cal state?
5th: after transfering to my UC (if i can -.-) i complete the upper division major classes then apply to pharmacy school? (just wondering if thats how it works)</p>
<p>thanx for your time guys, cuz im really freaking out</p>
<p>2nd: i don’t think they care how many years you’ve spent at CC
3rd: yes. i have below a 3.0 right now & i got into a UC somehow. (currently transferring from a CC)</p>
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<li><p>Yes. Those classes are the majority of your lower division courses. Keep in mind you still have to take the lower div’s that your CC doesn’t offer at a UC and you still would like to finish the IGETC (preferably at your CC).</p></li>
<li><p>No. Stay 4 years if you need to (just get your GPA up).</p></li>
<li><p>None of the respectable UC’s will bother looking at you if you have below a 3.0 (unless you have an extremely legitimate reason as to why you’re GPA is that low such as you had cancer or some gnarly illness/disease while in school). Below a 3.0 you have a shot at UCR and UCM (maybe UCSC).</p></li>
<li><p>No. If you wanted to do graduate school (or school after undergrad including pharmacy school) and/or research, you should really try to get into a UC though.</p></li>
<li><p>No. Once you finish your upper div’s, you need to make sure you clear the prereqs for pharmacy school (organic chemistry, physics, etc…) either at your CC or at a UC or even once you graduate. After that you’ll most likely need to take some standardized testing and then apply for pharmacy schools. Majority of the students apply the beginning of their senior year of undergrad study.</p></li>
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<p>Another thing: pharmacy school is super competitive and you’ll need the highest GPA you can get (a safe bet for pharmacy school is a 3.5-3.6 GPA - undergraduate degree). There’s still time but you really need to get on top of your grades if you want to consider your self competitive for pharmacy school.</p>
<p>im applying with around the same GPA as you but im a little higher.2.98 GPA by the end of this Fall semester i presume.will have half of the pre-reqs done by spring 2011.have UC Davis and Santa Cruz TAG approved with a 3.01 GPA so they must have seen most of my work.also applying for SB and SD.Im a chem major so I hope there is not that much of applicant pool when they admit people.(fingers-crossed).</p>
<p>ray: You probably won’t get into UCSB since there college of letters and science is pretty competitive. However if there are less than expected applicants in the chemistry dept at UCSD, there’s a chance you might get in there. G’luck dude!</p>
<p>skyline: Why would that be a waste of time? Have you completed one year of general chem, one year of organic chem, one year of physics, one year of calculus, your IGETC, and all prereqs? If you can get all this done in three years with a solid GPA than go for it but if not there is no shame in getting better grades and staying another year. I knew many, many people who spend an extra year or two and get really good grades (and almost all of them are premed)</p>
<p>1st question: No, but more are better. And for each school check what it says, it may say “required courses” or it may say something like “recommended”
2nd: Academically, no. It might just personally suck, but most people stay for three years.
3rd: some schools have requirements where you need a certain gpa to even be considered. I think you are fine with UCR, not sure with UCI and UCSB. Do some research and find out the minimum, most of the time you can find it if there even is one.
4th: Not at all. Its all personal preference. A UC school may have a stronger name, but ultimately your life is dependent on your abilities (yes I know, it sunds cliche)
5th: You apply to Pharm school during your senior year of college or any time after that. If you do not get in to Pharm school, then you can go do some internships and other things to better your application and apply again. They are pretty competitive. </p>
<p>I have a friend who had like a 3.9gpa in CC, then went to Cal (MCB major) and had an even higher gpa (nearly 4.0) and still had it pretty rough when applying to Pharm school. After being rejected from several big schools, he barely made it through the last wave of acceptances at USC. Just to give you an understanding of how competitive it is.</p>
<p>If you have the determination you can do it. Just get your gpa over a 3.0 and get into a UC. Then make a big change in your habits, start off fresh in the UC, apply to internships, and start getting good grades. Your first challenge is just getting a good enough gpa to transfer to a UC. Take it one step at a time.</p>
<p>^Those are generally special cases, I’d stay the 4th year, I’ve had to and due to a technicality I’d probably have to stay a 5th year if I want UCLA (unless my school can cut me a solid for screwing me over). Stay the 4th year, FINISH YOUR PREREQs, that should be priority 1, with IGETC being priority 2. When you know they’ll be done, then focus on your personal statement for the Fall 2012 year, get started early (they probably won’t be changing it this year so it’s probably safe to use the 2011 prompt) knock that sucker out, make it a 10 and go from there. </p>
<p>I’m gonna just say out of the starting gate from what I’ve heard, don’t goto Riverside, Riverside is terrible. Irvine is great for Psychology at least so I imagine it won’t be lousy for Pharmacology. Santa Barbara isn’t as good as Irvine (again, from a Psych POV, Pharm might be a different story) but I’d rank them Irvine > SB. </p>
<p>You might want to try and get to a 3.0 and do your school’s TAP program. It’d help if I knew what school you were at so we could “target” your plan of attack, so to speak</p>
<p>I was in a similar situation as you. I was a pre-pharm major at the University of the Pacific but couldn’t handle it anymore during the 2nd year and decided to come back to my CC. Make sure you do NOT exceed 90 units with your current college and CC combined or you will NOT be qualified to transfer to UC.
Once you transfer to a UC then your GPA starts over.</p>
<p>^ Yeah you’re GPA starts all over for that respective school only. Graduate schools and pharm schools will want to see both your UC GPA and over all cumulative GPA from your CC (so there’s no escape from the past)</p>
<p>And the only EC worth doing is an internship imo.</p>
& i got into a UC somehow. (currently transferring from a CC)</p>