Help me determine which classes to take to help me get into USC

Transfer Students
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<p>First off my name is Andrew and I will be applying for Fall `09. I currently have a 3.71</p>

<p>There are a number of questions I have below regarding some specific classes please make any comments or observations you see. Anything to better my chances. USC is my dream school, otherwise I will be attending a UC. Also I am not a California resident, i dont think. I currently live in Tampa Bay, FL. However, my father does live in California and that is where I spent my entire life. I will be declaring myself a Psychology Major (unless you see other good options that I have) however it is my intention to follow up on premed courses and take my MCAT.</p>

<p>Classes I have taken:
Comp I - B
Comp II- B
Western Humanities - A [General Education Category I]
Speech - A
General Psychology - A
Biological Science - A - I think this class is different than Biology 1 so I may be taking that as well
Ethics -A [Diversity Requirement]</p>

<p>Classes I am taking right now (summer)
Spanish 1 - Didn't realize we needed 3 semesters worth
Developmental Psychology
Statistics
College Algebra</p>

<p>Classes I plan on taking (please shoot out all your opinions here about what should be taken during fall vs spring):
Chemistry I
Biology I - not sure if this is different than my other class
Psychics I - one or more of these science classes will have a lab, does it make a difference?
Spanish II
Spanish III
Cultural Anthropology [GEC2]
Philosophy [GEC5]
American Government - This is not a pre req at USC is it? It is as my school. Do I need to take it?
Calculus I - ??? What is the difference between Applied Calculus and Calculus with Analytic Geometry? Which one is concurrent with USC's Calc?
anything else?</p>

<p>Thanks everyone! I have been a USC season ticket holder for 6 years now. My older brother graduated from Viterbi in 2006.</p>

<p>EDIT* I have very good sources, IMO for letters of recommendation. My pyshcology professor, PhD, and speech professor, PhD. I am also very involved with student government right now and will most likely be elected unopposed for a legislative representative position at the beginning of fall. As well I am the president of PAAC on campus, Peer Academic Advisory Council.</p>

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<p>Andrew,
Whats going on man? I saw your post in the other thread.
Your classes look fine for the most part with the exception of taking bio, chem and physics. Take one of them, not all three. There is a list of classes which are transferable to USC, which should be available online on their website somewhere. Focus on taking these classes once you're done with all your GE's (which shouldn't take long) and getting your GPA as high as possible. Your EC's are solid (though I'll tell you, as a transfer student EC's dont really matter much) but you are on the right track for sure.</p>

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<p>I still have a year to go before I am in your shoes! and I am already nervous. Maybe I will wait till I get to USC to do some more science classes. Instead do a few more psych classes here to show a good interest in my major?</p>

<p>anyone have any idea about those calc classes? I tried comparing the course descriptions to USCs calc and they both seemed very similar. I'll email my counselor if no one knows.</p>

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<p>Calculus is pretty universal, I know mine fulfills the requirement exactly as I am at Santa Monica College, as long as your Calc I class covers everything up until limits of intregation on discs, washers, cylindrical shells and planar area (these are all different ways of finding area of three dimensional objects and will be in the same chapter). If it does, it lines up nicely with USC's. Your GPA is good, and Psychology is not heavily impacted like Annenberg or Marshall.</p>