<p>I'm a student attending SMC, will be my 2nd year attending this coming fall. I plan on applying next fall and entering either UCLA or UCB in the Fall of 08'.</p>
<p>Major: Communications
GPA: 3.65
TAP Certified: No</p>
<p>Can anyone realistically tell me my chances of getting into the communication department at either of those institutions? Are the difficulty of the courses factored into your chances at admissions?</p>
<p>I've taken the following courses:
-Pre-Calculus
-International Politics
-US Politics
-History of East Asia
-Calculus
-Macroeconomics
-Microeconomics
-Critical Analysis and Composition (English Course)
-Communications 1</p>
<p>This fall I'm finishing up my pre-reqs for UCLA and UCB.</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me my REALISTIC chances at admissions into the two institutions and possible a way to make it to those institutions?</p>
<p>Also, I was very involved in EC's while I was in high school, does this factor in anyway?</p>
<p>Thanks so much for your help!</p>
<p>P.S. I'm an in-state applicant. US Citizen. Korean-American.</p>
<p>This coming fall I plan to take the following courses.
-Statistics
-Fundamentals of Biology
-Public Speaking
-Interpersonal Communication
-General Physics</p>
<p>i took the majority of those classes, and i was a communications major but now i am a soc. major. i think u have a good chance at ucb, for ucla, its quite uncertain since the avg acceptance gpa is a 3.9 for that major.</p>
<p>btw, u need statistics.</p>
<p>A 3.65 won't get you into any of those schools for your major, sorry. Especially since you don't have TAP for UCLA.</p>
<p>Hi there, the average GPA of UCLA admits to Comm Studies this year was 3.89. My GPA was 4.0, and I got into both UCB and UCLA's Comm Program. I know that UCLA's program is <em>fiercely</em> competitive--you'll need to boost your GPA in order to get into UCLA's. I think you'll have a pretty good shot at UCB if you do well next fall--strive for an upward trend in your GPA!</p>
<p>I also recommend doing media-related work on the side--it doesn't have to be anything extravagant (like a major internship), but participating in the school paper, being a radio DJ, volunteering at a TV station, even helping out in advertising something, et cetera. All of these little things will help you.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Hi guys, It's me again. I was browsing through UCLA's Communication Studies site and I saw that UCLA students have to apply to this program in April. Is it possible to transfer to UCLA as a Sociology major or a less competitive major and apply to the Communications program in April?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>i was thinking about doing that as well, not because my gpa is not competitive (because it is...i have a 3.95 and i have all the classes required for that major), but because i was DUMB as hell and i should have picked comm in the first place. Im over it... but anyways, to help you out lol...if u do that, u have to wait a year @ ucla (meaning, acquiring 35-45 units at ucla), and your gpa needs to be about the same as mine 3.8-4.0. Its just as competitive, and thats why it says that you need to apply by april, thats for people ALREADY IN ucla, then they tell u in september if u got in or not.</p>