Missing One Prereq For CS Or Maybe Not?

Hey ya’ll,

I applied as a CCC transfer for CS. I’ve completed all of the prerequisites with classes that articulate, except for CMPSC 16. I go to a smaller community college, and I decided to take online CS classes at a bay area CC so I could complete a advanced data structures course. I’m completing that this quarter, which fulfills CMPSC 24 which is basically the course directly in sequence after CMPSC 16.

I took two semesters of programming courses which articulate to some but not all of the other UC’s, usually both semesters count towards completing one introductory programming course at those UC’s. I started on the second out of three programming courses at my bay area CC, skipping the first in the sequence since I was pretty sure it would just be review. I got an A- in that second course and should at least get a B+ in the third course. Found out my original two courses don’t transfer to UCSB, so basiclly I have courses 2 and 3 but not 1 as articulated.

I’m wondering if this course prerequisite might be overlooked because I’ve already covered that material with my two semesters of unarticulated programming. I was sort of considering taking the part 1 course this next quarter, but generally speaking I don’t think I would learn much new and it wouldn’t really make a difference for the other UC’s I applied to. It’s probably wishful thinking, but I’m not sure how strict UCSB is on what coursework they use for their requirements. Has anyone gotten into transfered missing 1 prereq? I wasn’t planning to contact admissions, but idk I should have some of the strongly recommended courses completed as well.

Thanks for your time and advice in advance!