@zeppelinlover
I’m a current UCLA Sociology student- I transferred last fall. Unfortunately statistics is 99.99% required prior to transferring. The only pre-req that you can not complete is sociology 20 which is the research course. Everything else has to be completed. Because they’re only three pre-reqs, they’re pretty strict about it.
You can try to call the sociology undergraduate counseling office. The person you would want to speak to is named Simbi. She is not part of admissions, but she is the person who could tell you if there’s ever been a situation where someone has been admitted without that course.
I know it’s not The new you want to hear, but it is definitely my experience. Hopefully I’m wrong.
Does anyone know if I can take a pass/no pass class for this spring quarter prior to transfer? It is a non-major course. Also I am an intercampus transfer as well. Thanks!
@81Mamba Im not sure UC-UC so you should ask on your campus, but it should be OK, assuming it doesn’t conflict with general UC course requirements.
@fullload hi fullload, I see you mentioned how serious UCLA is with the spring completion of igetc! that same for science major? cannot finish igetc by so planned it and told will complete summer. do think this jeopardize my chance? honestly maxed out unit every semester as a biochem major hope they understand. When I email them that I will be taking summer course since I’m not doing any summer program, they extended my TAU and asked me to update it and input my message in the TAU. Is this a good sign? Thanks
@npham95 Let me clarify, I didn’t say all IGETC must be 100% completed. I said they take the math portion of IGETC seriously. Especially if you are not in a “math” major. As an English major, the only math course I needed was Stats, so you can see how they would take it seriously. It shows my ability to handle a wide range of subjects, not just English.
If you are a science major, I can assume you have a few math requirements in your major, and have taken them? The highest of that level of math will be the most important. If it is higher than the IGETC required math section then you might be ok. I would email admissions to get some feedback.
I’m a little out of my pay grade here though so Lindy and others will give you more clarity I’m sure.
@lindyk8
I’m confused about only five additional courses. I would need 180 units for my main major and an additional 7 units for the minor, correct? I’m looking at their Applied Developmental Psychology minor since I want to work in a field with children.
I’m transferring out with 70 units, which makes it 105 UC units. So i’ll need 75 units (82 units with minor) to complete at UCLA.
An additional 50 units of upper division psychology courses (for my main psychology major) would put me at 155 units. That means I need 32 units more for my major and minor.
The ADP minor requires five “core” courses totalling 18 units. Additionally Psychology 130 is needed but that could be the class I overlap (i’ll only be able to overlap one because Psychology 10 counts as the first even if it’s taken at a community college, which is how I completed mine).
It also requires three electives, which would total to 12 units. This would mean the minor requires eight additional classes worth 30 units. That would put me at 180 units, which means i’m short 2 units. So maybe I should take another class this summer at my CC to put me over that 187 units minimum? I wish I would have known this earlier and I would have taken more classes during my spring semester.
In conclusion, this would mean I would need a total of 20 courses at UCLA (12 Psychology major courses and 8 ADP minor courses)? Please correct me if I’m wrong. I am definitely going to ask the department when I go for a tour but it’d be nice to get information in the meantime.
Thanks Lindyk8! You’ve been such a great help!
oh i see what you meant @fullload !There isn’t much i can do about the IGETC since I can only finish it during summer after all. I guess i will just put my luck on it. 
I really hope UCLA releases admission decisions on the 17th! Since last year they released it a week before Berkeley on the 18th.
Yeah, I’ve seen some denied because they did not fulfill IGETC and others who got in just fine when missing more than one IGETC requirement. You have to remember, IGETC is a suggested path to fulfill your general ed. It’s not necessarily a “requirement”. It all comes down to your major and how your major reqs balance out your IGETC needs.
With that said, colleges like UCLA and Cal are saturated with applicants who excel and have fulfilled both major and IGETC requirements, so not having IGETC completed just makes it that much harder for you, if that makes sense.
@luckyname, I’m out and about so I apologize because I didn’t read your whole post. You need seven extra COURSES for a minor, not 7 units. Two can overlap, so you can get it down to five. There are some variations, depending on minor, but that’s usually what you’re looking at.
Looking at your last line, without looking at your above middle sections, 20 total sounds about right. My daughter had 19 total (or something like) that with her major and minor, as I recall.
Haha, you fell into a maelstrom @fullload! I saw that coming!! 
@npham95 we’ve gone over this a whole lot of times. None of us really knows, as your advisor told you to take three IGETC during the summer, which usually does not qualify you for partial, let alone not finishing by spring. However your major says IGETC is recommended, not required (although it also said you could do less intensive breadth). At this point in time all you can do is wait. Personally, I’m not sure why your advisor put you on a IGETC track with biochemistry when the easier breadth would have sufficed.
Depending on how selective the major, who can say? If a bunch of applicants have completed breadth or IGETC by spring that may or may not affect you. No one can give you an answer. You’ll have your answer in a couple of weeks.
Stay strong.
@lindyk8 you just need an additional 7 classes on top of your required major classes? so you can graduate with both a minor and major even if just at 180 units? i thought there would ALSO be an additional unit requirement on top of those 180 units.
All you need is to fulfill those courses. There are no additional units needed to graduate. Look at the minor courses as your electives.
He guysy, I want to make sure I’m checking the right page for the big day in a couple weeks. It’s the Application Status page, right? The one with this at the top of our page: “Application Status: Application Received”.
Is that the page that will change?
Sorry i kept wandering over the subject! the only reason i didn’t do breadth was because i think my community college doesn’t even recognize whether or not that is appropriate for students. All students have to go through IGETC lol!
Thanks for you guys’ responses. Highly appreciate it.
Thank you 2106candles, LindyK8, and fullload for your input. I appreciate you telling me about Simbi, 2016candles. I sent her an email right away. My daughter is in tears and I would like to throw up! I will hate this if she can’t get into UCLA based on the fact that her UC campus doesn’t offer near enough stats classes. UGH!
@zeppelinlover, while talking to the soc dept will give you a good heads up, all L&S decisions are made in the general admissions office, with no department input at all, so you really need to get on the phone with admissions and grovel. As a fellow parent, that’s what I would do.
It’s only select colleges (e.g., engineering, nursing, architecture) or the majors that have portfolio requirements (film, the arts) that have any hand in the actual selection process.
It’s an odd process in my mind, but that’s how it’s run.
The math course you need to take to complete IGETC doesn’t HAVE to be statistics right? I just took college algebra, which was one of the options on the IGETC paper.
It doesn’t have to just be stats. There is a list. If it says it on IGETC as fulfilling, then you’re fine.
Thanks @lindyk8!
Just one last question, in order to apply for a minor do you have to be accepted for your major first? The deadline for the ADP minor is April 10th but I haven’t received the admission letter. So I’m wondering if I’m able to do it or if I would have to wait until my senior year.