I applied to UCLA’s Linguistics and Computer Science major as a transfer student, but I didn’t actually take any language classes in college (I took several in high school, however). Does this mean that I don’t meet UCLA’s requirements for the major and will immediately be rejected?
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I looked at it and it says you need to complete a third term in a foreign language. How have you demonstrated your interest in linguistics? Lots of linguists are monolingual so it could be a thing or it could not be. They seem pretty clear that they expect transfers to have their foreign language already because it’s an elementary part of the major.
“Transfer Students
Transfer applicants to the Linguistics and Computer Science major with 90 or more units must complete as many of the following introductory courses as possible prior to admission to UCLA: one introduction to linguistics course, two calculus courses, one symbolic logic course, four computer programming courses, and two years of one foreign language or one year in each of two foreign languages. One discrete structures course is recommended.”
Have you otherwise met a lot of their transfer requirements - ie. 4 programming courses, etc.?
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Thank you for your reply. I don’t think I took any courses that demonstrated my interest in linguistics, but one of my ECs is that I was accepted into the Spanish National Honor Society, which shows my interest in Spanish. I don’t know if they care about that or not. As for the other requirements, I will have taken 2 calculus courses and 4 programming courses, but no other required classes.
Is that enough to be considered for the major? I noticed that assist.org doesn’t list any classes at my community college for Linguistics and Computer Science, which I thought may mean that I might have a chance.
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I hope so! Computational linguistics is really a fabulous field. It sounds like you’ve put in the time on the CS so maybe you have a shot? I wish you a lot of luck.