Can I transfer to UC by missing one pre-requisite major class?!

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<p>I'm currently studying in a california community college.</p>

<p>I have applied to all the UC schools last fall. so this fall Im planning to transfer.</p>

<p>My major is Physics, there are more or less 10 classes required for physics major to transfer to UC on assist.org, but i only finished 9 out of 10 classes. I won't be able to take chemistry101 by spring 2013 (which is the pre-requisite in lower division for physics major).</p>

<p>I have finished all the maths and physics classes they are asking me to take.
and I will finish my IGETC before I transfer.</p>

<p>But now i'm really worried, because all of the UC schools are asking me to take chemistry 101.
Will the UC schools reject me because I am missing one of my major class?</p>

<p>BTW, I am not an international student. I'm a native student with federal financial aid. I heard for international student, it's easier to get accepted by missing some of the major classes because the universities want money from the international students. What about for local student with financial aid? That means I can't afford my tuition fees if FAFSA doesn't support me. Will UC be more strict with the students like me on the pre-requistes issues?</p>

<p>Thank you!</p>

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<p>It depends on whether it’s just a normal pre-requiste or a “required” pre-requisite. If it’s required, then it means what the word implies and you’ll have to have it finished. If it’s just a recommended pre-requisite listed on ASSIST.org, which are a list of lower division classes they encourage you to take, then you should be fine if you’re missing only one out of ten. For Biology, similar to Physics, there are a lot of interdisciplinary pre-reqs as well and many applicants are accepted, myself included, to the UC’s missing a few of the recommended ones. For Biology transfers, it’s not that uncommon to have not finished the physics series even though they recommend it at nearly all the UCs. </p>

<p>In terms of international students having a better chance or more lenient admission process because of the fiscal issues, that’s actually not true. While it is true that the UC’s are hoping to enroll more international students and some have even set quotas to enroll more international and out of state students for the reason you stated, there’s still an overwhelming majority of CCC students that are admitted as compared to those students. It’s also mandated that UC’s have to give priority admission consideration to CCC students, so even if the UC’s increase the admittance of those international / OOS students, there’s still going to be priority for and a huge majority of CCC students being accepted.</p>

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<p>@dilapidatedmind thank you for replying me.</p>

<p>I’m saying that I won’t finish one chemistry class that is required for my major on asist.org, not the classes they recommended. Actually for physics, there are not too many major classes (like 10) required to take so i think it’ll look bad for me if i didnt finish the only 10 classes on the list “for admission required”… BTW i didnt take any recommended classes on assist.org</p>

<p>however there are not too many classes of “RECOMMENDED” on assist.org, for example, UCLA doesn’t have any “recommended” class for physics major, it only lists 10 classes which I have mentioned are physics, maths and chemistry. only some of the schools have only 1 or 2 “recommended” classes.</p>

<p>so Anyone know if i will get rejected by UC for not finishing 1 major required reprequisite in lower division??</p>

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<p>Berkeley physics major does not list chemistry as a requirement (though it is recommended if you did not have a “substantial high school chemistry course”).</p>

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<p>You will be considered for admission to ALL of the UC’s except UCLA where one course in general chemistry is a REQUIRED pre-requisite to be considered for admission. The classes listed on Assist.org are the equivalent of your lower division requirements at the UC’s and most of the articulation agreements say that they “advise” you to complete the series of courses. Unless it explicitly says “required” for admission then you don’t have to complete every last pre-req to have a chance at being admitted. There are many people that get admitted to the UC’s every year that don’t complete every last pre-req class on Assist.org, just look through the old admission threads. In those cases, you just complete what’s left of your lower division requirements at the UC. </p>

<p>For your major, it appears that only UCLA lists “required” pre-reqs. For the other UC’s if you have strong stats, you will more than likely be admitted despite missing one pre-req and you’ll just have to complete it when you enroll.</p>

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<p>The notation in UCLA physics ASSIST pages seems a bit self-contradictory.</p>

<p>[ASSIST</a> Report](<a href=“Welcome to ASSIST”>Welcome to ASSIST)</p>

<p>Note the following (compare the 2nd and 3rd sentences for the apparent contradiction):</p>

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<p>@ucbalumnus thanks for your reply.</p>

<p>Actually some schools dont require for chemistry 101. Instead, they require me to take a computer programming class, like computer science. I won’t finish any of the computer programming class, either. I didn’t mention this earlier, for the reason I will be missing one of my major classes, so it doesn’t matter for me to mention the class i’m missing is chemistry or computer science class.</p>

<p>I checked each UC’s requirement on assist.org</p>

<p>UCD wrote like this, </p>

<p>“Transfer students must also meet UC transfer admission requirements. UC Davis requires that students complete UC transfer admission requirements by the end of spring term prior to fall enrollment.”</p>

<p>----so the thing is, Chemistry (or computer science) is listed on the classes as “transfer admission requirements” that are required to be finished by spring, according to UCD.
Then does it mean that if i dont finish chemistry (or computer science), i will have no chance to get admitted to UCD?</p>

<p>For UCSD, it wrote like this,
“Students who take courses
equivalent to the Physics 2 series before transferring should also take a
programming course, either MatLab or C++, before transferring (in addition to
Chem 6A which is listed below).”</p>

<p>For UCR, UCM, UCSC, I didn’t meet their GPA requirement. My overall GPA is 3.7. But for physics, I got Bs and Cs, so i didn’t meet their specific requirement the GPA above 2.7 on physics classes.</p>

<p>Berkeley has only major in physics B.A. on assist.org but for me I applied as physics BS, even though I dont really know the difference between physics BA and BS. anyone knows the difference?? I want to go to a graduate school to continue studying in biophysics or medical physics. So should I choose BA OR BS?</p>

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<p>At Berkeley, all bachelor’s degrees in the College of Letters and Science are Bachelor of Arts degrees, including those in math and physics. However, B and C grades in physics courses mean that the chance of admission is low.</p>

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<p>What is your GPA and/or do you have TAG? I think you’re fine if physics isn’t impacted for the school you wanna go to, but that’s just from my own issue since i will be missing a pre-req (o-chem 2nd semester) as well. I have TAG though.</p>

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<p>I am non tag student and my overall gpa is 3.7</p>

<p>I wanna know whats the difference between physics BS and physics BA</p>

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<p>BA vs BS depends on the school, if the school offers two different degree programs in the same major.</p>