<p>buddy:</p>
<p>For the most part, every biosci student takes chem and bio their first quarter. Their last course can be either math, humanities core, or the writing series. The way you distribute the last course is up to how you want to plan out your four years. They'll help you out at orientation to figure out what classes you should take.</p>
<p>hey jason</p>
<p>am thinking of taking a summer class at a local jc -- Calculus with Analytical Geometry. I am trying to find out if this class is of higher level than the Calculus AB class I have alrdy taken at High school. WHo should I contact?</p>
<p>and I am probably repeating this....but do you know the address I should send my transcripts to?</p>
<p>thxx</p>
<p>mj300:</p>
<p>You can take my word for it. Calculus with Analytical Geometry II would be equivalent to high school AP calculus BC. The class you are considering is the equivalent of calc AB. However, I'm not entirely sure how you will get special authorization to enroll in Calc with Analytical Geometry II at your CC since just taking it in high school doesn't really count. After you take the course at the CC, send your transcript to the admissions office at UCI with a small letter explaining its importance.</p>
<p>ight thxx. i will see what i can do. i enjoy doing math so i won't mind taking it at irvine. its the writing classes i kind of wanted to rush thru but those classes r alrdy full at CC near me...
do u know anything about the address i send my transcripts to? because in order to send my high school transcript, i have to provide my high school officials with the address.</p>
<p>mj300:</p>
<p>it is risky taking writing classes at a CC, in case they dont transfer all the way. as well a little tricky, since UCI says that you can only take writing classes at uci, and not at a CC. they are really specific about that esp once you are in uci.</p>
<p>~Kadya</p>
<p>Jason, </p>
<ol>
<li><p>meal plans
which meal plan did u choose? what is a meal block? if i am a person who rarely eats breakfast, would it be wise to choose the 100 block meal? from your experience, do u eat most of your meal block meals? or do you generally hope u had more points to eat in the other restaurants? </p></li>
<li><p>housing options
having read the housing options, which to me seems extremely vague and ambiguous, i would like to ask - which hall do u live in? can u briefly explain to me the process in which i am to select my dorm? (is it that i first choose mesa vs middle, and then i go on to select which cluster? or is it somehow assigned according to my selections online?) i mean, is there actually such a big difference in which dorm you live in? can u outline some ACTUAL differences - (newness of dorms? wireless internet? partying? size of dorms? toilets?)</p></li>
</ol>
<p>also, is UROP worth going for? </p>
<p>my current preferences are -
Middle Earth
i. Academic and Career Options<br>
ii. Undergraduate Research Opportunities (UROP) Essay Required<br>
iii. Intellectual Competence</p>
<p>Mesa
i. Technology
ii. Music for non music majors
iii. Leadership</p>
<ol>
<li>is there a deadline for which i have to enroll in my classes? i checked out the ME and EE engineering sample schedules, but i still dont really understand -
a. what are breath classes?
b. how exactly do i know whether i am enrolling in enough courses?
c. if it is not too much hassle, could u tell me what YOUR OWN schedule was like in freshman year? and what did u think of it. </li>
</ol>
<p>i know this is a lot, so THANKS for your time!</p>
<p>I'm also interested in the UROP so when I was filling out my personal form for housing, a problem came up to me. In the "Middle Earth theme preference", there's a theme based on UROP but I have to wonder its worth. Right now, I prefer Mesa Court which doesn't have that theme and my mind wonders what I will do there, Middle Earth UROP, if I am not able to participate in UROP; as in regretting of being placed in that hall from my initially preferred choice (Mesa Court). </p>
<p>Basically, will I have the same opportunity in UROP as those who chose to live in the UROP theme based Middle Earth? Naturally, I won't get as much peer support for UROP, but is there anything else I could miss?</p>
<p>The way housing works in You pick which community you want to live in(ME or MS), and then pick the theme and pick the room(single, double or triple). That's it.</p>
<p>There are some newer phase dorms that have bigger rooms/toilets, but you can't choose those.</p>
<p>It doesn't really matter which theme you're in, and yes for UROP theme, you can still do UROP even if you don't live in UROP-themed housing. In fact, I think the UROP-theme is new because they don't have it when I was a freshman, and I'm still doing UROP</p>
<p>Freshman usually don't do UROP anyway since you need at least 1 year of research experience</p>
<p>has anyone gotten a full tuition scholarship on merit? chancellors? what were their stats?</p>
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<p>And how would I get this experience?</p>
<p>The bio sci website has a list of professors and description of what their research is about. You just start emailing professors saying that you're interested in their research.</p>
<p>But professors usually don't take freshman because a lot of them requires certain class(such as completion of intro bio and gchem), and most of them also requires certain GPA.</p>
<p>I emailed my professor in the spring quarter of my freshman year, and got into research fall quarter of my sophomore year.</p>
<p>GAclassof2008:</p>
<p>I got chancellors. I think i posted on your other thread.</p>
<p>my sat was 2240 and school gpa (on a 5 scale where 5 is ap / ib / honors) almost 4.5.</p>
<p>i dont know the ucgpa.</p>
<p>and then extracurriculars were a few volunteering things and some competition stuff (math, chess, compsci).</p>
<p>Haha there have been so many of you with questions on housing. It's killing me xD. Thanks Sir. Loinsteak for contributing to the thread.</p>
<p>Eyebee:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>Meal Plans
120 meals means 2 swipes per day. Since you don’t eat breakfast 120 would be good. However 100 meals will let you eat out once in awhile. I was on the 100 meal plan, but if you think you’ll be eating twice a day at commons then go for the 120 and downgrade when necessary.</p></li>
<li><p>Housing
Sir. Loinsteak covered most of this. Newness, size, and toilets vary within both MC and ME. Also, partying/social factor is completely random. It all depends on who our higher beings (i.e. God, w/e applies) decide to put into one dorm at one place in time. In terms of the difference of themes, there’s not much of a difference. However, imagine a person sitting at their computer making the same decision. Who would you think they would be? Your answer is the answer.</p></li>
</ol>
<p>UROP? What Sir. Loinsteak said.</p>
<ol>
<li> Your enrollment windows will be given to you later. It will be around mid-August.<br>
a)Breadth classes are general education requirements to make students more well rounded. It includes learning something in humanities, writing, and multicultural stuff.
b)For a freshman, most recommend a 12-ish unit course load which means 3 courses. If you can handle it, go ahead and upgrade yourself to a 16+ course load.
c)Since you’re going to be ME or EE, the schedule is going to be similar first year. My freshman year was pretty much based off of the sample schedule. Look in the UCI catalogue online for more course information. For physics look under the school of physical sciences…for EECS look under the Henry Samueli school of engineering. I recommend starting chemistry 2nd quarter. My first quarter was fun. I enjoyed physics and especially EECS 10. However, I’m a little bored since I want to start my EECS courses. This coming fall I start with introduction to digital systems.</li>
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<p>Do you recommend parent(s) attending the orientation?</p>
<p>confident:</p>
<p>Parents would always love to see what they're kids are going to be doing in college so you might as well bring them. Appease them now; you might miss them a lot! I do recommend it for full SPOP too.</p>
<p>jason...or anyone else who knows</p>
<p>i just got my analytical writing placement evaluation and apparently i didn't satisfy the level needed for UCs.
im trying to meet that requirement over the summer by taking a course at CC. do you know how to get to one of the UCI counselors so i can discuss with them which course i need to take.</p>
<p>by the way, i looked up on assist.org and cudn't find anything about this. </p>
<p>the message we send through our message center on myadmissions....does it go to the counselor or the admissions office?</p>
<p>thxx</p>
<p>First off, the messages go to your personal counselor for admissions. They take care of counseling during the admissions process.</p>
<p>What community college are you going to attend? I'm pretty sure it's on assist.org and I can show you. You need to look at the GE section for your CC and UCI to see what transfers over. You need to basically take english composition level 1 at your CC.</p>
<p>hey jason </p>
<p>i was gonna go to Ohlone but all the english courses at ohlone are already full.
so now im looking at de anza </p>
<p>heres the link to general ed requirement:</p>
<p>should i be going for composition and reading class ( call # 0405)?
or Prep reading/writing skills 9 call # 0456)?</p>
<p>thxx a lot man</p>
<p>just got a message saying that i did not pass AWPE.</p>
<p>how many quarters of english do i have to take at UCI?</p>
<p>i'm planning to be a bio major</p>
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<p>if i were to take an english class at cc..how long would it take to finish the class? can it be done over the summer?</p>
<p>EDIT: (important) Both of you are now enrolled in UCI..kinda. There is a very slight possibility they will not allow you to transfer the writing over because all writing must be done at UCI if you are enrolled. However, you have never registered and such so I think you guys will be OK.</p>
<p>mj300: </p>
<p>I'm also going to De Anza this summer. You need EWRT 1A to fulfill your university writing requirement. The class section under call number 0405 has some spots open, but it's really early! Anyway, that's the class you should be shooting for. </p>
<p>corporateflea:</p>
<p>Each student is required to take 3 quarters of writing. If you did not pass the AWPE, you will be required to do an extra quarter making it 4. You can take an english composition course over the summer and fulfill the university requirement and go down to only 3 writing courses at UCI.</p>