<p>I decided I am going to community college. So do I use that website or am I supposed to see a counselor? If I am supposed to use assist.org can someone tell me how to read it? so I can know which classes to take during the summer.
Major: Aerospace, University: UCLA</p>
<p>Go to assist.org. CC counselors are worthless. As far as reading it, I'll use this one as an example: ASSIST</a> Report: RCC 07-08 UCLA Articulation Agreement by Major</p>
<p>When it says &, those courses transfer as a combination, meaning you would have to take Chem 1A and 1B to satisfy the Chem 20A, 20L and 20B req at UCLA. If you scroll down to the physics series, you'll notice it says AND, which means if you just take Phy 4A, you get transfer credit for Physics 1A and 4AL at UCLA.</p>
<p>Hope that helps</p>
<p>RCC, woot! ;)</p>
<p>mattn is right, in fact when I went to see a counselor all she did is look at assist.org and tell me which classes I needed to take. When I asked her about anything she just responded "I'm not sure" :( . I would suggest only taking IGETC courses over the summer, which can be found by choosing your CC, clicking on "IGETC for UC and CSU", then choosing an IGETC area. Since RCC was already used as an example I'll stick with it: ASSIST</a> Prompt Page</p>
<p>Should I look at the Assist pages before picking my community college? Should I pick which one makes me take less classes or are they all the same?</p>
<p>Here are the two I am currently considering. Can someone help me pick one, I would like to transfer within one year? I should have AP credit for Calculus and Chemistry (who should I talk to for that to make sure?)</p>
<p>ASSIST</a> Report: FULLRTON 07-08 UCLA Articulation Agreement by Major</p>
<p>ASSIST</a> Report: SANTIAGO 07-08 UCLA Articulation Agreement by Major</p>
<p>Aerospace Engineering in one year? Forget about it, or be ready for one year of hell, at the risk of your GPA. </p>
<p>UCLA's admissions were really competitive this year, often with 4.0's getting denied because of a single pre-req they did not complete. It's common knowledge that UCLA won't penalize you if your CCC doesn't offer all of the pre-reqs, but I expect next year to be the most competitive yet. </p>
<p>Pick the CCC that offers TAP.</p>
<p>Both of those CCs offer TAP, but I thought TAP was only for CLAS majors?</p>
<p>It's impossible for you to transfer after one year at FC because they require you to take the three physics classes one after the other. At SCC it's possible, but you would need to take like 20+ units a semester with 15+ being math/science, OUCH. In general look at spending two plus years at CC for any engineering major. Have you looked into mt. sac, they offer equivalent courses for all lower division coursework: ASSIST</a> Report: MTSAC 07-08 UCLA Articulation Agreement by Major</p>
<p>TAP will give you consideration for an alternate major, which is a huge advantage. I don't really think it matters what CC you go to, but other people here disagree. I'll let them chime in.</p>
<p>it really doesn't matter, but anytime you can fulfill major requirements for $20 a unit I'd go for it.</p>
<p>How come I can't finish in one year? I know the basics of physics from AP physics (did really bad though C both semesters most likely). So I take the first Physics course in the summer, then the next one in the fall, then the next one in the spring. The math is what is really hard since there are 4 Math (2 of them are Calculus which I believe I have already taken, but have completely forgot and need advice on what to do) I need to take for Fullerton college. For Santiago Canyon College there are 5 Math classes I need to take (2 Calculus 1st level I guess). </p>
<p>I checked that both summer schedules offer the courses I need except I don't understand if Calculus 150 AC=Calculus 150 AF at Fullerton College and same thing with the BC.
I guess that means it is only possible at Fullerton College.<br>
AP classes, assuming I pass every test, won't the Physics B test cover one of my Physics requirements. Shouldn't my 4 on the Calc Ap test cover the two Calc classes? I am not very sure about this one though, but what if I got a 3 on my AP Chemistry test, I read it's only good for introductory Chemistry...</p>
<p>Would it be really bad to split my classes between these two colleges?</p>
<p>You may be able to fulfill you rmajor prereqs in one year, but you also have to complete 60 units. Even if you do 10 units the first summer (which I think is a bad idea), you're still staring at 2 25-unit semesters with sizeable math and science requirements (some of which you can probably fulfill with ap classes). It could put your gpa in jeopardy and that's not really something you can afford to risk with the competition increasing every year.</p>
<p>Honestly, I think you should take advantage of the community college as much you can. I think you can learn lot more in CCC than in any state college or university because the teacher are more direct and attention toward you and plus it's cheaper, but it's up to you. I don't think it's really worth it to do so much credit in one year because you could put yourself in jeopardy with so much amount of works and overwhelming test. Again it's up to you, just letting you know.</p>
<p>I don't exactly know where and haven't exactly looked, but how can you transfer after 3 semesters, (2 summers, 2 falls, 1 winter?, 1 spring) right after fall. I think that is probably the best way for me. </p>
<p>When do you apply?
Does this affect anything?</p>
<p>What's the rush?</p>
<p>You apply to school in the Fall.</p>
<p>You also have to consider that you do WANT to complete IGETC. It is not necessary but it helps you because you meet all your GE requirements that way.</p>
<p>Engineering is highly competative, it is stupid to limit yourself to 1 year. I would take as long as needed to get all the units and to have the highest GPA</p>
<p>Enough about how long I'll stay.... </p>
<p>Which of those two schools do you think is best for me to attend? What I should look for in the pre-requisites? </p>
<p>They are almost exactly the same in distance from my house.</p>
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<p>Remember, we need to give good advice on these boards, regardless, because so many OTHER people are reading these messages, not just the original poster. </p>
<p>So, just to reiterate, to transfer you need an extremely high GPA. You have to take some of the hardest courses offered at CC for your intended major. Therefore you need to take your time to learn the material and do well, especially since, if you DO make it to UCLA engineering, they will assume that you've already mastered all of that material in later courses.</p>
<p>I would choose the CC that tends to offer more classes. You don't want to get stuck with a bad schedule because your CC only offers two different times of the class you need (I'm looking at you, Mt. San Jacinto...)</p>
<p>By the way, most community colleges do not allow you to take that many units in one semester unless you petition it showing you have a strong enough academic record at that school to support excessive units. Seeing as how you will not have many classes under your belt, they may not allow you to do that. I have never heard of anyone taking 25 units in one semester. Suit yourself, but that sounds like torture to me.</p>
<p>I've taken both classes at both those colleges, and I would TOTALLY go with Santiago Canyon college. Parking sucks @ Fullerton, and Santiago is building a new science building also.</p>