<p>AP Calc AB, I expect a 4 or 5, im taking it this May.
Chem a 4
No AP Physics
AP Bio - 5
AP Eng, APUSH, AP Euro Hist - 5 5 4</p>
<p>1) Is there a train from San Diego to the Union Station in LA?
2) Is it hard to switch major in UCSD? (Like from science to business, not within the engineering/business area)
3) What is the difference between CSE Computer Engineering and ECE Computer Engineering? On the portal, they did not mention if I was admitted as CSE Computer Engineering or ECE Computer Engineering, they only told me that I was admitted as a Computer Engineering major.
4) From what I heard in the forum Marshall is not a college that offers GEs that are designed for computer science/engineering students. Is it true, and if it’s true, do I need to do anything to compensate the lack of some of the GE classes that UCSD requires an engineering student need to complete?</p>
<p>@New2UCSD</p>
<p>Alright. Assuming you get a 3,4, or 5 on the Calc AB test, I would take Math 10B and either Chem 6B or Physics 1A with Physics 1AL (lab class).</p>
<p>@highskoolgrad10</p>
<p>I don’t know the answers to your other questions but it will be very easy to switch your major to business.</p>
<p>@highskoolgrad10 - We don’t have a business major. We have management science, which is similar to economics. Economics =/= business</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/current-students/academics/majors-minors/undergraduate-majors.html[/url]”>http://www.ucsd.edu/current-students/academics/majors-minors/undergraduate-majors.html</a></p>
<p>@ucsandiego915</p>
<p>Oh yeah. Ha ha. Totally forgot about that. Switching to an non-impacted major is still easy though, for the record.</p>
<ol>
<li>Can someone explain the whole units system to me?</li>
<li>If I’m in Sixth College with human biology major, does my AP English score count for anything?</li>
<li>Lastly, is there a bus or something that can take me from UCSD to LA or UCI?</li>
</ol>
<p>^I can explain to the unit system to you. You need 90 units to be consider upper-division and 180 units to graduate. The more units you have the better sign-up times you have (except for the fall quarter for freshman which is a lottery). Most classes are 4 units each. Freshman seminars are 1 unit. I don’t know if your AP English will exempt you from anything, but you get 8 units for it regardless. This will help your sign-up times if anything.</p>
<p>$king, are you saying that you get more preference in classes that are going to be full if the number of units that you have taken is higher?</p>
<p>^Yes, but not for your first quarter registering. Fall quarter freshmen registration times are chosen randomly.</p>
<p>@rawrrawr:
- By the unit system, I’m guessing you mean the unit system of classes. You can take classes for however many units, from 1 units to 6 units. It basically determines what grade level you are in. I believe it’s 36 units to be a considered a sophomore, 90 units to be considered a upper-division grade. In most majors, you need 180 units to graduate.
- Nope, you still have to take CAT classes. You can apply your AP credit to get exempted from the English writing language university Requirement.
- A lot of people take the greyhound or the train to LA, but the fastest way is always driving there or finding people to carpool with.</p>
<p>If you are a regents scholar/athlete/in OASIS programs, you can get priority enrollment for registration.</p>
<p>@clarkfobes</p>
<p>It’s 45 units for sophomore standing. Come on clarkfobes, that was easy math. Step it up bro. :)</p>
<p>I hope clarkfobes doesn’t feel bad about making the mistakes though haha. I appreciate how he answers a lot of our questions so quickly and I’m sure most of us in this thread are too.</p>
<p>^Yeah, I’ve made plenty of mistakes trying to help other people (and myself) figure stuff out with college. No worries.</p>
<p>Wow… sorry, spring break has really gotten to me. </p>
<p>Your class level (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) is determined by the total number of units you have completed, not by the requirements you have satisfied or the length of time you have been at the university. The minimum number of units required for all B.A. and B.S. degrees is 184.0.</p>
<p>UNITS CLASS LEVEL</p>
<p>0.0 - 44.9 Freshman</p>
<p>45.0 - 89.9 Sophomore</p>
<p>90.0 - 134.9 Junior</p>
<p>135.0 Senior</p>
<p>Yeah, I feel pretty bad for making mistakes… because that means I’m giving everyone the wrong information :'(</p>
<p>@highskoolgrad10
- Yes. The amtrak gets there. The station most people take is solana beach (you take the 101 bus in front of muir to get to the station) & it’ll arrive at union station.
- Switching into any non-impacted major is simply a mouse click.
- I don’t know too much about this but CSE is computer science engineering and ECE is electrical and computer science engineering.
- You have DOC (writing classes) that you can’t get out of. Then 2 classes of humanities, 1 fine arts, and 4 non-major classes. That’s not too bad. APs could probably knock some of those down/out. The rest will most likely be covered by your major. You could also take community college classes over the summer to rid yourself of the GEs (however, most GEs are GPA boosters). Go to assist.org to find out what classes in a community college are the equivalent of a UCSD class (&vice versa).</p>
<p>@xpenguin
Thank you. You’re very knowledgeable 
But I think you’ve mistaken question no.4. My point was, I was accepted to Marshall, which is not a college that has GEs that are designed for engineering students, would I still be able to take the GE classes that UCSD requires a engineering student to complete?</p>
<p>Highskoolgrad10:
Your question is confusing, to say the least. I’ll try to address it the best I can.</p>
<p>
That doesn’t make any sense. No college has GEs specially “designed” for engineering or non-engineering majors. It’ll just be easier to major in engineering in… say John Muir than in Revelle. </p>
<p>
Er… of course you can. You HAVE to the GE classes that UCSD requires.</p>
<p>I think you’re confused about the college system and the different GEs.</p>
<p>Each college has a different set of GEs. EVERYONE has to complete those in order to graduate. </p>
<p>Your major has its own requirements. You have to complete those in order to graduate with a degree in that major.</p>
<p>Highskoolgrad10:
I think you’re confused by the college system. Being in X college instead of X college simply means you live in a different place for your freshman/sophomore years and that you have different GEs. You can still take any classes that you want at UCSD. Colleges do not limit what classes you can get into.</p>