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Hello! I’m not very familiar with UCLA online classes, but I’ve heard they’re cool, lol. I think that’s great actually, English classes aren’t as stressful as math/science classes in six weeks! Good luck during the summer! I hope you share you’re experiences as you go along because I know people will be wanting to know! </p>
<p>To 360atoms: I’m not sure if I can answer your question because I am not apart of the College but rather AAP. A simple Google search will assist you though, lol.</p>
<p>Check this out (keep in mind that this is for CAC and not AAP):</p>
<p>Hi Tiffany. I appreciate you answering all of our questions.
I was admitted earlier this week as transfer for the History Major at UCLA.</p>
<p>I have a couple quick questions regarding the major.</p>
<p>I read on the ucla History webpage that it is a “capstone major” and requires that students complete some sort of thesis. Could you provide more details on this?</p>
<p>Also, could you talk a little bit about the class sizes in the upper division courses?</p>
<p>Lastly, I was accepted as “Pre-History”. Are there any additional requirements must be completed during your first quarter at UCLA in order to be fully “admitted” into the History major?</p>
<p>I was admitted for the UCLA and UCSD Anthropology B.A. and I had a question.</p>
<p>Does anyone know how competitive this program is at UCLA? Also, I am a pre law student so honestly the major that I am in does not matter as much as the GPA I get within the major. So I was trying to decide between UCLA and UCSD for Anthropology.</p>
<p>Here are my pros and con’s for each school:</p>
<p>UCLA: Pros= Brand name, amazing anthro program, large social scene,
Cons= I heard it’s really competitive,
UCSD: Pros= more laidback community (I feel like I can study here easier), best dorms ive ever seen for transfer students, better connections
Cons= not as known as UCLA (on east coast), not much known about their anthro program</p>
<p>Like I mentioned earlier I have a very high interest in anthro, but it’s not the field im going into. Since I am going into law I’m trying to get the highest GPA possible. Any thoughts on this decision would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about History because that’s not my major but for Psychology/Psychobiology when we enroll in an 190+ course, it’s typically an faculty-mentor, research driven. To get the needed units, we need to write a “senior thesis” and submit it regarding our research. This is very nice for CVs. Sorry I can’t be much of help there!</p>
<p>History class sizes are huge. I’m taking a cross-listed History course this quarter and it’s over 300+ people. Oh, I forgot to mention that it is an upper-division. What ends up happening is that regular history upper divisions are large to begin with, but sometimes they also happen to be cross-listed with another course (for example some sort of science or perhaps a foreign language like Spanish) and they get even larger.</p>
<p>Good luck in the Fall!</p>
<p>To IndieRockNRoll: A non-enrollment section is placed in the lecture of a course that has discussion sections. So in order to enroll, you have to pick a discussion section of that course. For example, when I was taking Psychology 100A/100B, I had to pick a ‘DIS 1_’ which was at another time separate than the lecture, but I had to attend both the lecture and section (obviously). When you enroll in the discussion section, you’ll automatically be enrolled in the lecture!</p>
<p>Additionally, how important is the Regents Scholar meet and greet. I received an e-mail alerting me to the date but it unfortunately the weekend before finals. How involved are you with RSS?</p>
<p>I was wondering how the appeals work? Do they rarely let anyone in with a personal hardship? My GPA is definitely not as competitive as a lot of students, but I have had some challenging obstacles (especially in the last year). I want to know if any of these seem like grounds for a successful appeal…I did not mention any of this (besides the fact that I work 2 jobs in my application)</p>
<p>I am an older transfer student (26 years old), with no financial support from my family. My father had health problems last year and could not return to work immediately. The medical bills he has received have been outrageous. Since he could not return back to work and is self-employed, my parents have really been struggling financially. They are on the verge of losing their home and are in the midst of declaring bankruptcy. I have been working 50-70 hours a week (One full time job and another part time, on top of full load of classes) in order to help support my parents and also support myself. Obviously this financial stress and the long hours I have had to work have had a negative impact on my schoolwork.</p>
<p>Also, in Fall 2010 I had my own medical problems too. I was diagnosed with kidney stones and had to take short term disability from work, and fell behind in my classes. I have not failed any classes or anything, but I did get 2 C’s.</p>
<p>Lastly, the most important reason I really need to find a way to stay in the area is due to finances. My boyfriend and I have been together for 5 years and we live only 10 minutes away from UCLA. We are stuck in a rental lease for another 6 months, (which we don’t have money to break the lease) and my boyfriend’s job is located in West Hollywood only a few miles from UCLA. We decided we are going to cut any extra expenses so that I can focus on school and really excel at it. I can not dedicate the time needed for my classes if I have to work that much. He doesn’t make very much money, but we will be able to scrape by if we get rid of some expenses. We are getting rid of a car so we can share a car and not have that expense. It would be so convenient if he could just drop me off at school, since his job is so close.</p>
<p>Of course I want to go to UCLA for the many reasons everyone else does, but I really need to stay in the area more than anything due to financial reasons. Do you think I have a shot at a successful appeal?</p>
<p>Hi again, and thanks for answering my last question~</p>
<p>I wanted to ask you about taking classes along with unfinished pre-reqs…I’m confused on what classes you would have to take if you still have not finished all of the pre-reqs. For instance, I got admitted as a Psych major but I want to switch to CogSci. However, my community college does not offer Program in Computing 10B, 15/20A/40A (My CC has Program in Computing 10A but I was missing one more class to take it and it is not offered during the summer), so that means I would have to take these three classes along with Psych85 and eventually Psych100A & 100B right? So my question is that if I take Program In Computing 10A, then what classes would I take aside from that? Can I not take any of the three core classes for CogSci major for a grade while still trying to finish Program in Computing classes?</p>
<p>It says that: “Students will not receive any Cognitive Science elective credit unless all three classes have been completed. Petition the Undergraduate Advising Office upon completion of the series,” but unless I’m blind (lol) I don’t see where it says that we cannot take one of the core classes before declaring CogSci major and having it count towards the requisites. Is there a list of classes that I would be allowed to take?</p>
<p>I also have another question about a summer course change. Originally in my UC Application, I stated that I would be taking a Graphic Design and a Psych class (which are neither pre-reqs for my major) but I couldn’t get into the Psych class because of high enrollment. Instead I plan on taking a Philosophy course (which is actually a pre-req for CogSci) in replacement of the Psych class (I got in the graphic design class). I emailed UCLA but I still haven’t gotten a response (I’m kind of anxious and worried now) so I was wondering if this will jeopardize my chances of still being admitted. </p>
<p>Thanks so much for your help! Big props to you! :]</p>
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No joke, I had to read your questions over five times (haha). So basically…let me see if I understand this right…you’re asking if you have to take those three pre-reqs before you get to complete the core courses of the major? If this is your question, then the answer is YES. Keep in mind that you’ll also have to take 100A&B before then too. I wish you luck! </p>
<p>For your second set of questions regarding summer, I think you will be fine. As long as you completed your IGETC/pre-reqs for Psychology (the major you were initially admitted under) you’re good. Taking summer courses is also a plus, not a negative.</p>
<p>To angie37: My experience and understanding of appeals is like this: unless you have something NEW and COMPELLING to add to your application, don’t appeal. What you’ve been through may shed light upon your application, but I’m not entirely sure how it will affect the appeals admission committee. For example, I had a high school friend who went to CC two years and wanted to get to Berkeley, her dream school. She had a mediocre GPA with an impacted major and didn’t get in. She realized that her GPA probably was the cause of the rejection, and decided to write an appeal about what was going on with her family/person problems…Berkeley still didn’t accept her. She ended up going to UCSD but she always tells me how she feels better reassuring herself that she tried her hardest to get in. If you want, go for it girl! What do you lose? I really wish you the best of luck!!!</p>
<p>To eyethink: I apologize for not seeing your question! Anyways, the event isn’t “crucial” in the way that you’ll be casted aside, lol. I was not able to attend last year either because of a family situation that needed urgent attention. As far as how active I am, I’m actually not very…lol. I email her every quarter and meet with her but as far as being super involved with RSS…nope. I have a job, GRE/MCAT test prep, full-time student, and now I JUST received news of getting a hospital internship…it’s hard to make time. Although, she understands, definitely try to be as active as you can with your schedule permitting. Good luck to you in the Fall and if you have more questions, just let me know, I apologize again for not being so informative!</p>
<p>I have a few questions concerning staying an addition 3rd year and unit caps. I understand the maximum units provided to a student is 216 (right?) so if I still have units left over after my 2nd year and still have classes I need to take, can I stay a 3rd year without my financial aid running out? I heard from a friend that universities base your financial aid on not how many years you stay, but the amount of units you take. For instance, I first thought that financial aid will stop giving you money if you stay at your university for a specific number of years but my friend told me that as long as you don’t exceed your unit cap, it doesn’t matter how many years you stay and financial aid will still be given to you? Am I making sense? lol. I’m also broke but I’m planning on minoring in either neuroscience or cognitive science because I want to go to grad school for neuropsychology or behavioral neuroscience so I think picking up a minor in one of those fields would be beneficial to me. That being said, I defiantly need to stay a 3rd year to finish everything up without cramming all my classes together but if my financial aid stops after my 2nd year then staying a 3rd isn’t an option for me anymore since my parents wouldn’t be able to afford it. Thanks! (again :))</p>
<p>I wasn’t planning on coming back online (I had turned off my laptop) but I just wanted to let you all know the Financial Aid office has emailed returning students about Summer Aid and to confirm the number of units we are going to take during Summer. I guess they were pretty serious about contacting you in “early” May, haha. Anyways, this is crucial to get your award letter for summer! Just an FYI!</p>
<p>If you happen to see this, do you know how long it usually takes for us to find out our actual financial aid award offer from the confirmation process onward?</p>
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No idea, but I DO know that the sooner you turn in the confirmation, the quicker you are likely to get it because I asked FA the same question a couple of weeks ago, lol. Anyways, I’m glad you checked your webmail and got it! Good luck to you in the summer! </p>
<p>To jaynami: I think you should be good. The only “scholarship/grant” I can think of that “runs out” is the Cal Grant, I think that’s only limited to four years of any undergraduate study. I received the Cal Grant when I was in CC, but when I transferred over to UCLA, it was long gone. <em>sad face</em> Luckily, UCLA covered it with a University scholarship so I wouldn’t worry, as long as you’re still going to school, there will be financial aid.</p>
<p>I’m off to study for my last two midterms and read for my Graduate course, so if I’m not on later tonight, I’ll be on tomorrow (hopefully)!</p>
<p>you may have answered this already- but how many units did you take your first quarter? i know 12 is considered full time. would you recommend doing only the minimum 12 and go up from there in following quarters? just to get used to it all & fit in the social side of things? thx =)</p>
<p>Is the confirmation supposed to look very similar too when we first applied? I received the same confirmation page as when I first did the application I believe.</p>
<p>Also, usually, with the efc that you have and being full time, do you usually get enough to cover housing and your classes? I chose the residence halls just to try and do the cheapest in case I don’t get a lot to cover or is this your first summer session?</p>
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Yes it is, it basically just was clicking two boxes, lol. Again, summer aid is based on the number of units AND the EFC, but not solely dependent on EFC. Actually the cheapest are the studios (no meal plans) which I will be in! </p>
<p>To mytime09:
Grr, I was just about to leave too! Just kidding, I’ll answer this one real quick! For my first quarter, I took 13 units (which is recommended) from then on out, I’m taking 16, I’m also taking 16 during summer. Counselors will recommend 13 for the first year of transfers, but I think if you develop your time management skills/study skills ASAP/or already have them then you should be fine with taking a fourth course. </p>
<p>P.S.-I somewhat have a social life…(lol). It’s difficult because as a transfer who wants to go on to graduate/professional school, I feel you’re rushed to do this and this. This isn’t to say you’re a complete shut-in, lol. As in, compared to my freshman counterpart, we don’t have spare time. Well, take me for example. I have a work-study job, now an internship at the UCLA hospital, go to school full time (16 units, including a Graduate course) and still have time to come onto CC! Hahaha! You should be fine!</p>
<p>Okay! Off to being productive! I’ll answer more questions when I come back online!</p>
<p>So do we not get less financial aid if we opt for the university apartments then? Isn’t that the only place where studios are offered? My friend and I would much rather live in the university apartments this next year, but we are afraid about how off campus housing might affect our financial aid.</p>
<p>I’m surprised you’re still answering questions, lol. Hope you can answer mine as well, heh: </p>
<p>After doing more research I’m divided still between Cal/LA. I was learning more towards UCLA again because it seems like there’s more to do outside of the classroom (fun activities) than at Berkeley but Berkeley seems to have better resources for internships from what I could tell. I can’t login to BruinView to see anything since I haven’t SIRed yet. </p>
<p>Not sure if you can answer this but, does UCLA have good resources for governmental internships? Like interning for local government or in Sacramento? Berkeley has programs for that which I think is really awesome. The only things I’ve seen on LA’s site through myUCLA is internships for senators (which I’ve seen everywhere).</p>
<p>Because if UCLA has resources for both pr/entertainment related stuff as well as public policy related that would be great since I don’t have to really choose right now what field I’d want to go into!</p>
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