<p>When i was a junior in high school I took ALOT of college classes and got most of IGETC (probably around 80% of it completed except for science and math) done before i graduated. I graduated from HS in 2009 I took classes at a college named Oxnard College. My college GPA was looking good around 3.6gpa.</p>
<p>When it was my freshman year in college the fall right after my graduation I decided that i wanted to Transfer to UCLA with Physiology Science as my intended major. Things were looking good. The problem is that the only classes I have left are my chemistry/calculus/ and physics classes. I'm not very math savvy. i dislike math to the max. I failed General Chemistry I twice and I also failed the prereqs required to get into calculus. This is all in the span of 1 year. I was so discouraged I stopped taking classes during the summer of 2010.</p>
<p>Ok this is where things get interesting. I decided to go to a new college around the LA area. I decided to go to a new school called Pierce college. I sent them my transcript from my old college and im set. Of course I had to live with my relatives there. I failed a prealgebra classe here and I have 1 W from the fall semester 2010. I was so stubborn back then because I wanted to impress my family with my major thats why i kept taking classes that involved way too much math. Due to unfortunate circumstances I was kicked out where i lived and I had to find an apartment. I found an apartment. </p>
<p>Now that its spring 2011 I recently changed my major to Psychology like a week ago LOL. I still want a masters and PHD though. well its because ive noticed that I have completed almost all of my psychology prerequisites except for statistics. I took a physics class that could replace General Chemistry I and got a B on it. I plan to take Statistics and General Chemistry I again Fall 2011. I spent a whole year prepping to take General Chemistry I again. I dont have to take general chemistry 1 again but I intend to because of a personal grudge I have with it. yea personal grudge I want that A in Chem. </p>
<p>Actually if i take chemistry again I think it'll show the admissions I went above and beyond what they asked for prereqs for psychology? </p>
<p>what are your thoughts? well i was suppose to transfer fall of 2011 but i got held back because of my stupid choices. Now im MAD and ill go above and beyond what UCLA asked for a psychology major. </p>
<p>You think i have a shot of getting accepted for when apply this fall?
even though i had obstacles I AM NOT GIVING UP ON MYSELF!</p>
<p>IM SORRY BIG WALL OF TEXT :( any answers will be appreciated</p>
<p>My thoughts… retake every class you’ve failed or gotten a W in and then a lot of the time at community colleges you can do a grade lineout or whatever your school calls it that will take the Fs out of your GPA. You’re going to need to give a reason for these grades in your application also or how the Physiology path wasn’t right for you. Also, if you ever encounter a class that you just don’t get, all community colleges have free tutoring! It sounds lame but you need to make sure from this point on that you’re taking initiative with your academics. This year, even though you said you have your IGETC mostly done, take more recommended pre-reqs for your major and also look at the pre-reqs for your major at some other schools you might be interested in. Some schools also require you to take random extra classes in addition to the IGETC (the American Ideals requirement/language/ethnic studies). Go sit on Assist.org for an hour.</p>
<p>My opinion, but: if you don’t like math, I wouldn’t pursue the Psychology route either. Psychology at UCLA is heavily based on science+math whereas Psychology at Cal is more “social”, if that makes sense. Looking ahead to graduate school, there’s more Psychology Statistics courses you’re required to take. </p>
<p>Statistics is one of those subjects that if you don’t get right away, you’ll struggle. It’s actually very simple, and the hardest thing you do in there is multiply and divide, but you have to have a completely different mindset than with other math classes.</p>
<p>Regardless, if you end up going to the Psychology route, I would suggest retaking your classes like the previous poster has noted. Also there’s a process, I’m not sure what it’s called where you petition for the school to remove all of your grades/or give you W’s, not sure, for a specific semester, check it out!</p>
<p>Quote by rheel 3-Psychology at UCLA is heavily based on science+math whereas Psychology at Cal is more “social”, if that makes sense. Looking ahead to graduate school, there’s more Psychology Statistics courses you’re required to take. </p>
<p>Rheel3-they treat psychology at UCLA more as a medical discipline as well as a health science? is this due to the fact that ucla has a med center on campus?</p>
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It has nothing to do with the fact that UCLA also has the RR Hospital, lol. Psychology is one of those “social sciences” where they also consider “science-y”. For example, to apply to the Neurobiology Graduate Program in the School of Medicine, they want you to have a BS/BA in a science major: Chemistry, BioChem, Biology, ETC. but they are also willing to accept applicants with a Psychology undergraduate degree. So technically, they treat it as a social science but they accept the fact that it has enough science to it.</p>