<p>Or is it just UCLA?</p>
<p>depends whether or not you are taking spring courses. </p>
<p>@bomerr</p>
<p>Well, most people do take spring courses prior to transfer.</p>
<p>I assume you’ll be one of those people, sonic23. If so, every UC that admits you will have you abide by a provisional contract. I’ve been reading college confidential threads from years passed about these provisional contracts and generally, it seems that UCLA is the UC with the really strict provisional contracts that often stipulates that you must maintain at least a spring GPA of 3.75 or even 4.0 in some cases. The other UCs(including Berkeley!) generally seem to want their applicants to just have at least a 3.0 spring GPA. It varies, though.</p>
<p>@Cayton i have noticed UCLA has strict contracts. There was one thread posted that i saw where ucla still granted admission to someone who had to drop stats n took it during summer. Which amazed me. </p>
<p>@sonic23 That is pretty amazing. I didn’t think you could get away with dropping an important math class needed for GE or your major or whatever and just take it in the summer and still retain your offer of admission with UCLA. I’ve noticed that UCLA is less strict about that kind of stuff if you’re TAP certified, though. That’s certainly good news for me since I filed my TAP certification paperwork months ago! :P</p>
<p>Maybe the person who dropped that stats class and took it in the summer was TAP certified. Can’t imagine most other people getting away with that, lol.</p>
<p>@Cayton yea i couldnt believe UCLA would let something like that slide. Sounds like the person must have been. I wish i would have gone through the TAP. Thats one thing i regret well that and waiting to take math till spring. </p>
<p>@sonic23</p>
<p>Don’t feel too bad. TAP is cool and all, but far from necessary to have a good shot at getting in to UCLA. It’s mostly about <em>maximizing</em> your chances of getting in. If you have a 3.6~3.7 GPA or better, you’re golden for UCLA.</p>
<p>And there’s nothing wrong with taking math in the spring. I presume you regret putting off the class until spring because you think it might decrease your chances of being admitted to UCLA. Despite what people on college confidential think, the UCs generally don’t care whether you take that class in your last semester. UCSB is the exception, though. If UCSB is your #1 school, I’d worry a bit. Other than that, you’ll be fine.</p>
<p>To put it another way, there’s no evidence(That I know of, anyway) that anyone has ever been denied from any UC other than UCSB because they took their last math or English class in the spring.</p>
<p>There’s no evidence because they don’t tell you why they denied you. Like you said, it’s all about maximizing your chances. If UCLA was stuck between 2 identical students with similar statistics but one had their critical math and English pre-reqs done and the other had some in the spring, I am pretty damn sure admissions will choose the person who has it completed already.</p>
<p>@smltk1505h</p>
<p>No evidence? The admissions office of any UC will tell you why they deny you should you decide to call them because you’re curious enough.</p>
<p>Take what I’m about to say next with a grain of salt, but I think there’s truth to it: people on this board have called UCLA and UC Berkeley admissions offices asking about whether taking their last English or math class in spring will decrease their chances of admission. In all cases that I read about here, those people said that they were told that it didn’t decrease their chances.</p>
<p>Edit: To be fair, I do plan to notify some of the UCs I applied to about passing the math class I’m taking right now in the winter session at my CC. I’m certain I won’t need to for the reasons I mention above in this post, but I’m not one to take risks. Thankfully, I’m doing very well in my last math class. :)</p>
<p>Oh, I wasn’t aware they would actually give you their reasons for denying you. Never mind!</p>
<p>I think there are some applications you need to start right now. For example, </p>
<p><a href=“Scholarships - Cal Alumni Association”>http://alumni.berkeley.edu/community/scholarships/achievement-award-program</a></p>
<p>Deadline for that one is February 24th. </p>