Missing 2 Pre-reqs for Cal Psychology

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<p>How detrimental would it be if I'm missing 2 pre-reqs for Cal's Psych? The pre-reqs for Cal's Psych are:

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PSYCHOLOGY: Psychology 1
BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE: Two courses<br>
EVOLUTION: One course<br>
SOCIAL SCIENCE: Two courses<br>
QUANTITATIVE: One course

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I would be missing 1 Biological Science course and the Evolution course.</p>

<p>I have the opportunity to only miss 1 pre-req, but the idea of taking 21 units next semester is kind of scaring me. I'm a bit burnt out from taking 18 units this Fall semester, and next semester I have Physical Anthro, Survey of Bio, and Stats >_<! Idk if I could handle all that lol.</p>

<p>My alternative for missing 2 pre-reqs is to take online courses in the Winter and accelerated online courses in the Spring. Btw, I'm trying to transfer after only a year at my CC thus my heavy course loads. Opinions?</p>

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<p>You’re not going to get into UC Berkeley as a psych major after only one year of CC and missing 2 out of 7 of the pre-reqs. Furthermore, the fact that you’re completing 3 of the pre-reqs already in spring, which they’re not going to see your grades for when they evaluate your application already puts you at a huge disadvantage. </p>

<p>If I understand your situation correctly, you’ve only been full time in CC for one semester in which you’ll complete 18 units by the end of fall. I’m guessing you’ve completed some AP courses or have taken CC classes during summer/in HS? And you plan to take another 18 units in spring and want to transfer having only 2 pre reqs completed by fall (the other 3 in spring). It just isn’t realistic in any way, shape, or form unless you have some tremendous situation on your PS justifying why you’re transferring with just having started CC and the prerequisite classes.</p>

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<p>TIP for competitive major.
Always get ur prereq done to be competitive.</p>

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<p>@dilapidatedmind: Impossible? I don’t think so. (<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/820968-official-thread-one-year-transfers-7.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/820968-official-thread-one-year-transfers-7.html&lt;/a&gt;) Difficult? Hell yes.</p>

<p>Some of the posters in the thread I’ve linked to were accepted to Cal, UCLA, and UCSD with only 7 units on their transcript when they applied. I also talked to a Cal representative when they came down to my CC, and he said that you don’t have to spend 2 years at a CC if you can get everything done in 1. I will have 60 units completed and my IGETC by the end of Spring. Of course, I wouldn’t be done with “everything” because I’d be missing 2 pre-reqs. That would be my downfall; I just don’t know how bad missing 2 pre-reqs would be on my application.</p>

<p>Still, ([ASSIST</a> Report: SJDELTA 11-12 UCB Articulation Agreement by Major](<a href=“http://web1.assist.org/web-assist/report.do?agreement=aa&reportPath=REPORT_2&reportScript=Rep2.pl&event=19&dir=2&sia=SJDELTA&ria=UCB&ia=UCB&oia=SJDELTA&aay=11-12&ay=11-12&dora=PSYCH]ASSIST”>http://web1.assist.org/web-assist/report.do?agreement=aa&reportPath=REPORT_2&reportScript=Rep2.pl&event=19&dir=2&sia=SJDELTA&ria=UCB&ia=UCB&oia=SJDELTA&aay=11-12&ay=11-12&dora=PSYCH))

I could finish my prereqs during the summer according to this. Or, as stated in the second bullet, my first semester at Cal (unless I’m interpreting that wrong)? Can someone confirm this?</li>
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<p>@Ferrari4XD: So, I should take 1 pre-req in the Spring and the other 1 in Summer? I can’t take both in the Spring, because (1) I already have 21 units and can’t add anymore classes (max. is 18 btw, had to file a petition to get 21) and (2) I’d go insane if I take Stats, Physical Anthro, Survey of Bio, AND another Bio course with 2 more classes in one semester lol.</p>

<p>Other opinions?</p>

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<p>You can try, but I would not make any plans on going to Cal over that plan. </p>

<p>I am a transfer at Berkeley right now, and Psych is a incredibly impacted major.</p>

<p>The #1 reason people get rejected from here is missing pre-reqs, even if you have a 4.0. Finishing pre-reqs the summer before starting at Cal is generally not acceptable. You might be able to pull that plan off for a non-impacted major, but when they are doing admissions, anyone who has not completed all the pre-reqs goes right to the bottom of the pile.</p>

<p>Also, you want to be as prepared as possible if you want to come to Cal. The classes are not “harder” per se, but they are much more rigorous and intense. </p>

<p>I do not know your specific situation, where you went to school, or your reasons for wanting to get into Cal so fast, but my recommendation is to take the time at your CC and really prepare for transfer. Make sure you have all your pre-reqs, take honors classes if possible, and develop your reading and writing skills to the best they can possibly be. The level of reading and writing you are expected to be at here is leaps and bounds different than CC.</p>

<p>If you are really that bummed about staying longer at CC, take advantage of that time by doing an internship or exploring your intended major more. Like I said, the more prepared you are when you get to Cal the much better off you will be.</p>