<p>Well wassup! I finally chose UCSD! (tough decision between UCLA, UCB, and Duke, but man I just couldn't give up UCSD!!!)</p>
<p>anyway so I am planning on majoring in Bioengineering and I have some questions about AP's</p>
<p>So I got into muir and it seems like I get credit for</p>
<p>U.S. History - got a 3
Micro - 5
Statistics - 4
Psychology - 4
Biology - 4</p>
<p>and this year I take 2 (Macro and Environmental) so does this mean I get exempted or something? thanks for your help!</p>
<p>if you major in b/e, only AP bio can help getting credit!</p>
<p>go to John</a> Muir College :: AP Scores Chart !</p>
<p>You still have to take one quarter of US History to clear a humanities sequence. You only get units for stats, no actual class. Psych and econ get you one quarter out of your social science sequence meaning you still need two more psych or two more econ classes to clear that sequence. If you get a 5 in macro, you'd only need one class to finish that social science sequence. Bio gets you out of two classes.</p>
<p>does ucsd accept 4's in place of the class or is it different for each course.</p>
<p>Im also a bioe major and I got a 4 on the bio ap test last year. (stupid bio teacher) </p>
<p>5 on apush and calculus ab. (<-- apush should exempt me from a social science?)</p>
<p>I just took a look at the link hershey posted and it was very helpful.
Thanks</p>
<p>a 5 in ap calc... i think you get exempt from the first calc class but you still have to take the other two.... and ap ush... gets you two quarters of history for muir....</p>
<p>hey i'm in ERC and i have the following ap tests</p>
<p>ap euro- 4
ap calc ab- 5
ap us - 5
ap bio - 5</p>
<p>and then this year i'm gonna take </p>
<p>ap calc bc
ap gov
ap chem
ap econ micro
ap econ macro</p>
<p>i should be able to get 4s and 5s on all of them. i looked on the erc website and it says i would have 52 credits. does this count towards my GE credits? Would it basically put me a year ahead? If anyone could help me i would really appriciate it. I've been accepted to both University of Washington and UCSD, but i'm out of state for both. UW costs $35,000 and UCSD $45,000. My parents have basically said that they don't want to pay the extra cost of UCSD, even though its where I really want to go. I'm hoping that if my
AP credits can put me a year ahead they might be more willing to making UCSD work. THANKS!</p>
<p>Note that some are elective units, and others can apply to your major/GEs. You're just going to have to look and see.</p>
<p>hey thanks for the help. i'm still kind of confused though. based on the chart i get credit for all my ap tests but some count to my GE/major and others count to my electives. so does it basically mean that i'm still gonna have to take a lot of GE classes, but i will have completed some elective credits which frees up my schedule so that i can finish the GE classes sooner? According to the chart I have 52 credits...if my major is computer engineering would it be possible to graduate in 3 years? I really want to go to UCSD but the main issue is the money. If i can finish in 3 years then i would save $45,000 right? thanks again for your help</p>
<p>isn't taking both AP calc AB & BC a waste of money? you should have just taken the latter...</p>
<p>yea probably... but i wanted colleges to know that i am capable of getting 5's on ap tests for admission purposes</p>
<p>im not too sure about this, but cant you establish residency somehow, and only have to pay out of state tution for 1 or 2 years??..i kno you have to show that you are a cali resident..car/voting/taxes/etc, and you cant go back home to live there all the time when school is out of session...but..its worth looking into
Residency:
Donna DeAngelis-Blaine
534-4586 </p>
<p>if you get some ge's out of the way you might be able to grad earlier if you plan it right...look at ucsd's course catalog, your requrements for university, college, and major...and see what youve already passed out of and cross those out..think about taking summer school, esp bc youre engineering it would help out..heres a sample of the classes you should be taking and around when</p>
<p>if you do well on calc you can pass out of the first two classes and start in 20c fall quarter</p>
<p>How does UCSD cost $45,000? Wow that sucks I'm from out of state too... but even with tuition + housing + extra expenses I dont' see how it could possibly add up to more than like $38 grand</p>
<p>@BlueSkyPinkCloud</p>
<p>this page explains the residency:
Current</a> Students: Criteria to Establish Residence for Tuition Purposes
most of it is easy to meet except part 3 which says
"Financial independence: Students under age 24 who did not attend the University prior to fall 1993 and are not dependent on a California resident parent who meets the University's requirements for residence for tuition purposes (one year physical presence with intent to remain in the state), also must meet the University's financial independence requirement in addition to the 366-day physical presence and intent requirements.</p>
<p>Note: This requirement makes it extremely difficult for most undergraduates who do not have a parent living in California to qualify for classification as a resident at a UC campus. This includes transfer students from community colleges and other post-secondary schools in California.</p>
<p>You are considered "financially independent" if you meet all of the following criteria. You:</p>
<pre><code>* Are unmarried, and
* Were not claimed as a dependent for tax purposes by either parent or any other individual for the current and two tax years immediately preceding the quarter for which classification as a resident is requested, and
* Can demonstrate self-sufficiency for the current and two preceding tax or calendar years"
</code></pre>
<p>so basically i think it means I need to be financially independent for 3 years before I can become a resident for tuition purposes.</p>
<p>@cheerchick012
how are u getting $38 grand? on myapplication.ucsd.edu my financial aid says:
"<br>
UCSD Costs
Direct Costs (Fees and Health Insurance) $29,742<br>
+ Books and Supplies $1,523
+ Living Expenses (Housing/Meals, Transportation, Personal) $13,359
= Total UCSD Cost (Estimated Cost of Attendance) $44,624</p>
<pre><code> - Gift Aid (Scholarships and/or Grants) $0
</code></pre>
<p>UCSD Net Cost $44,624</p>
<pre><code>Meeting My Net Cost
Parent's Share $41,124
Student's Share $3,500
</code></pre>
<p>Total Resources to Meet Net Cost $44,624"</p>
<p>My major is computer engineering so would that make my direct cost higher than a non engineering major?</p>
<p>Qwerty, </p>
<p>Looking at it roughly, it breaks down like this.
Your major requires 39 classes. ERC requires 19 GE courses. That totals to 54 total courses.
Of the 39 for your major, 2 overlap with the GE requirements bringing the real total to 52.
In addition, AP Bio will get you out of 2 courses of GE. Now the total is 50.
Finally, AP Euro will get you 1 class for your regional specialization. Now you have 49 classes you need to take.</p>
<p>Typically, we take 4 classes a quarter. So, 49 divided by 4 is 12.25, meaning you'll need about 13 quarters to graduate. That's more than 4 years. Summer school should help with that but I'd say it's pretty impossible for you to graduate in 3 years. </p>
<p>Hopefully this wasn't too confusing.</p>
<p>according to this don't I get GE credit for AP Chem and AP Calc too?
<a href="http://roosevelt.ucsd.edu/academics/documents/APIBchart.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://roosevelt.ucsd.edu/academics/documents/APIBchart.pdf</a></p>
<p>also according to that sheet I get credits for all my AP classes, but just some of them cover the GE requirements meaning I would still have to take the GE classes. therefore the AP classes that don't cover GE or major requirements just mean that I will graduate with extra credits? or I'm I understanding this totally wrong...</p>
<p>dude, calm down.</p>
<p>assuming you passed the said AP tests, you're getting credit. not every AP score will transfer into a class, but you'll get due credit. you've got to expect things like that when you take so many APs ... or take overlapping APs like calc ab/bc just for the sake of showing off. extra credits are never a bad thing (see old posts re: scheduling priority). you'll be in college soon, and will be taking classes no matter how well you do on APs. just be thankful you have so many APs in the first place and have room to take classes that actually interest you (because honestly, zooming through UCSD in 3 years without developing a passion for anything is a waste of time)</p>
<p>and if you're truly lost, let technology do the work for you. they'll take everything from your AP score report, convert it to a class equivalent, and stick that on your academic history (the degree audit) for you. the audit keeps track of which classes you have left and which classes you need to graduate.</p>
<p>Dude, just look at my previous post. I've worked it out for you with the information you gave. </p>
<p>No APs will get you out of SIX quarters of MMW. You picked your poison there. You have no APs dealing with fine arts so obviously you'll still have to take Fine Art GEs. You also do not have APs dealing with a foreign language so you'll have to take that too, unless you can show proficiency. Do you speak another language? After that, you still have 2 other area requirements, one of which will be mitigated by AP Euro. When you take APs in the same subject area (like natural science or social science) you'll overlap. You'll get the units for the tests stil but it won't exempt you from more GEs. They're just redundant. But like Astrina said, the extra units will get you a better enrollment time.</p>
<p>Sorry by the way! didn't realize the cost was so high for oos.</p>