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<p>Hello! I am a first time poster who plans on being active within the coming months…</p>

<p>My questions may be confusing(and dumb) so please bear with me. </p>

<p>I am currently in my first year at Los Angeles Pierce College(a community college) and plan to transfer to a UC, preferably UCLA, CAL, UCSB, or UCI by fall of 2010. I know I still have a year before the whole application process, but I have a couple of questions that I would like to get off my back: </p>

<li><p>I took some classes at another CC, if I transfer that credit to Pierce(the cc i’m in right now), will it help my GPA?</p></li>
<li><p>What’s the point of getting credit from taking AP’s in highschool? Will it raise my GPA if I transfer them over to my CC? </p></li>
<li><p>If I take “easy” classes right now so I can have a solid GPA during the application process in fall of 09, will it increase my chances of getting into UC’s? Or do UC’s base acceptance on work in progress for fall of 09 or other factors? </p></li>
<li><p>Does mentioning Extra Curriculars from highschool help? </p></li>
<li><p>If I take english 101, labs and other prerequisites that i haven’t done during spring of 09, is that too late? </p></li>
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<p>I’d appreciate some help, and in addition I would also like to know where I stand in getting into the above mentioned UC’s in 2010 with these stats…i know the bar’s probably going to be raised by then…</p>

<p>Major: Undeclared as of now, possibly somewhere in the social sciences.
GPA: 3.68 - 3.701(i’m trying to maintain that by fall of 09)
TAP: Possibly, I’m planning on applying today at my CC
IGETC: I’ll be done by next spring of 2010
ECs: Volunteer at the Mid Valley YMCA, FAC(club at cc). In highschool: honors society, key club, student government, swim team, and more…
Work Experience: I work at a Burger joint(In N Out) so I don’t think it really helps…
Awards: none as of now</p>

<p>I would like to take this time to thank you for your help and to apologize if I broke any rules, if any of the questions I’ve asked have already been addressed; feel free to direct me to the thread. I’ll be sure to read the FAQ when I have time, I have class in 10 minutes.</p>

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<li>If by help you mean that those units will contribute to your GPA then yes.</li>
<li>It doesn’t affect you gpa it just means that you place out of classes and you’re given unit credit as well.</li>
<li>Yes taking easy classes to boost your gpa will help you. </li>
<li>Can’t hurt if you have nothing else
5.No you can take pre reqs in the spring. Some schools will allow you to even take them in the summer.</li>
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<p>You probably could have gotten all this from the faq though…</p>

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<p>thank you for the reply!</p>

<p>as i mentioned earlier i was short on time and was not able to read the FAQ, i’ll be sure to get to it though.</p>

<p>thank you again and to everyone else, feel free to post!</p>

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<p>hey! i go to pierce as well :slight_smile: im a second year, applied to the top 3 UCs & some privates and waiting.</p>

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<li>yes those units will help your gpa, as long as it is transferrable</li>
<li>it doenst affect your gpa. if you passed your AP exams with 3 or better, then it will help you get out of classes and you will receive credit for those units. For example, passing AP US history with scores of 3 or better will give you 4 pierce credits and you wont have to take history 11 and 12. But if you want to skip english 101, then your AP score has to be 4 or better.</li>
<li>yes taking easy classes will help your gpa. For me, I took classes that i knew I would get an A first for the first year to make my gpa solid. I saved science classes which i suck at for last lol so it wouldnt ruin my gpa when i apply.</li>
<li>yes extracurriculars from HS would be a plus on the app, better than having a blank.</li>
<li>no its not too late, as long as you have it done by the spring before you transfer is fine. So just finish your igetc, pre-reqs, etc. by spring 2010.</li>
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<p>try to get involved with clubs at school and have some more activities done during cc. It would be nice to show that you did something outside of your studies during college rather than only in HS. I would recommend taking a 1 unit class called serving learning 1 and 2 by dawson. It`s not UC transferrable, only CSU transferable, but its good to add to your activities. Basically you do community service and fulfill a certain amount of hours by the end of the semester. There’s a lot of activities that you can do. If youre in the honors program, then you can do ASO and join alpha theta kappa, and so on. Also, even working at a burger joint is a good thing, extracurriculars always help you.

Your current gpa is okay, but since you have time, you can definately raise it up! work hard and try to get good grades. I believe that it will get a bit harder the year after the next. If you have anymore questions, feel free to message me! I`ll help you out with pierce stuff and if u need professor recommendations as well! :)</p>

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<p>thank you for that informative post! you go to pierce too? awesome! well i kind of messed up this last semester, i got one C out of 4 classes(15 units) so by next fall the highest GPA i can get is somewhere in the 3.8 region, assuming i take 12 units in the spring and take the upcoming summer sessions 1 and 2 with A’s. i’m finishing 6 classes this winter session with A’s.</p>