Salutations,
I want to apply to financial actuarial mathemetics at UCLA. However, I just learned that I cannot complete one prerequisites for the program.
(COMPTNG 10A) Introduction to Programming (C++)
I am from DVC and I already took COMSC-110: Introduction to Programming and COMSC-165: Advanced Programming with C and C++.
In assist.org its written I need to take one more class which is COMSC-200: Object Oriented Programming C++. and I am wondering is 110 and 165 enough? since the course name for COMPTNG 10A is introduction to programming.
Will this make me uncompetitive and hurts my chances?
Secondly, the gpa that is measured is it the average gpa or just the transferable ones?
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks!
I am not a California guy, and no one in my family every considered UCLA. However, I have two thoughts:
First of all, you have two programing classes including “Advanced Programming with C and C++”. To me this seems to fully meet the intent of having you take “Introduction to Programming (C++)”, with extra knowledge to spare. Thus my guess it that you will be fine.
However, you could ask the admissions folks at UCLA about this.
http://web2.assist.org/web-assist/report.do?agreement=aa&reportPath=REPORT_2&reportScript=Rep2.pl&event=19&dir=1&sia=DIABLO&ria=UCLA&ia=DIABLO&oia=UCLA&aay=16-17&ay=16-17&dora=FIN+ACT+MAT lists several math courses as those which “must” be completed, though it does not mention whether the other courses “must” be completed.
Here is the syllabus for Computing 10A at UCLA, which you can use to check whether you know all of the material: http://www.math.ucla.edu/~eryu/courses/pic10a/syllabus.html . However, whether UCLA will allow your other courses to substitute for it is a different question.