asking for knowledgeable folks who know the system well!

Transfer Students
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<p>Im coming from a community college, and i want to transfer to either Berkeley or UCLA for fall 2007, but im a little afraid that im behind:</p>

<p>major: mathematics with an emphasis on economics</p>

<p>First semester (classes):
-Calculus 2
-Introductory Biology
-Introductory Cognitive Science
-English 50 (not college-level, preporatory)
GPA- 3.5</p>

<p>Second semester:
-Linear algebra and Differential equations
-Psychology
-English 1A (college level)
-Public Policy
GPA- 3.1</p>

<p>im a sophomore, my schedule looks something like this for future:</p>

<p>Third Semester:
-Introductory Economics (does this count as two quarters of economics?)
-Intro Organic Chemistry
-Multivariate Calculus
-Java I
-Physics I
Predicted GPA: 3.5</p>

<p>Fourth Semester:
-Microeconomics
-Materials (engineering course, ucla major requirement)
-Analysis of data
-Java II
-Physics II
Predicted GPA:3.5</p>

<p>Summer (fifth):
-Discrete math (hopefully)
Predicted GPA:3.5</p>

<p>Unfortunately, my schedule hasnt really been economics heavy or business heavy....but i have completed the major requirements for the ucla math/economics major. Will that affect the chances of getting in? </p>

<p>I also have the major requirements done for the chemical/materials science.<br>
now i was screwing around taking random classes my freshmen year, but can some of those classes come in handy if i stay an math/econ major?</p>

<p>Given that these are my predicted classes along with the grade point averages, what is the chance i will get into either berkeley or ucla?</p>

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<p>thank you for your help, if you can help me, wow</p>

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<p>Summer courses you take will neither be counted towards your overall gpa nor will be acreditted towards your total units. </p>

<p>Also, make sure that you are taking the necessary classes that satisfies your major requirement. You can find this out @ <a href="http://www.assist.org%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.assist.org&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Now in terms of your chances, I'll give you the statistics of students admitted to both Cal and UCLA and hopefully you can gauge your chances through these. (For Cal, they don't have an Economics major w/ emphasis on Economics, but do have Applied Mathematics. I'm not sure if this is the same as what you want, however.)</p>

<p>Cal: Physical Science Department admitted 38% of total applicants. (GPA/number of total applicants not specified)</p>

<p>UCLA: Math/Econ - 39/58 admitted (67.24%) 3.66 average GPA of those admitted.</p>

<p>Links:
<a href="http://students.berkeley.edu/files/Admissions/Transfer_06.pdf%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://students.berkeley.edu/files/Admissions/Transfer_06.pdf&lt;/a> (Cal)
<a href="http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof06_mjr.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof06_mjr.htm&lt;/a> (UCLA)</p>

<p>My suggestion to you is to raise your GPA as best as you can. Don't predict that your GPA for the next few semesters are going to be 3.5; rather, stay possitive and aim for a 4.0. Also, if your CCC has a TAP program, make sure to get in it, so that you increase your chances of getting into UCLA.</p>

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<p>why are you taking physics and ochem? just for fun? :D</p>

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<p>are you seriously taking multivariable, ochem, and physics in the same quarter? with TWO other classes? i'm sorry, but you're overestimating yourself. these are all classes way, WAY beyond the difficulty level of the classes you've taken prior-other then multi, since you've already taken linear and differential. i dunno dude. predicted gpa: 2.8, 3.3ish if lucky.</p>

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<p>for math the average transfer admit GPA for Fall 2006 was 3.54</p>

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<p>looks like sparky is at a school with semester system... so he should be fine</p>

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<p>got a 5 on the ap test, so now im in organic chemistry, hm...maybe i should take off the economics and declare myself a chemistry major once and for all.</p>

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<p>the physics i am well prepared for, ive taken ap physics in high school, and helped a friend out quite a bit in physics</p>

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<p>is chem what you want to do? don't just major in something because you have credits for it already...</p>

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<p>eh...how did you take differential equation before you even finish multivariable calc?!</p>

<p>and as a math/econ major, you need to take both micro AND macro econ</p>

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<p>im surprised that math/economics major doesnt require that many economics units for the lower divison, i am going to try to get a lot of the gen ed out of the way too. i think i am double majoring in math emphasis on economics and chemistry. but i dont know if i have all the right classes done to transfer into one of the universities.</p>

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<p>Lemme clarify what I said: Summer classes taken BEFORE Fall enrollment will not be counted</p>

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<p>the class that i am worried about is java I, it is going to be a very difficult course indeed, i am no good with computer. </p>

<p>my major concern is that LA is likely to admit a student with a business heavy courseload and finished off the lower division requirements rather than someone who has the same gpa and finished off low division requirements but not business heavy schedule. </p>

<p>actually, LA doesnt require you have macro if you are applying math/econ major.</p>

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<p>it depends, ucla allowed my friends to finish up his english class during summer prior to enrollment</p>

<p>and ucla does require macro, look at assist.org</p>

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<p>yes, pellmen, you are right, that class is a requirement for i think the math/econ major.</p>

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<p>moondoggy, i meant to say that i am taking intermediate microeconomic theory next semester, and also, i think intro to economics is enough to cover two quarters of principles of micro and macro economics, if that is not the case, then i dont know what is. i think they warned me about this. help me out
thanks</p>

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<p>hm...i need to look into it again</p>

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<p>your cc offers micro theory?</p>

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<p>wow...i didn't know cc offers econ theory!</p>

<p>i wish my cc has it!...what's your cc sparky?</p>