*Official* 2011 transfer chance!

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<p>Hey guys…</p>

<p>My Stats:</p>

<p>Transfer to: UCLA, UCSD, UCB or UCI
-UCLA, however, is by far my first choice</p>

<p>Cumulative GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Major GPA: 4.0</p>

<p>Major: Psychobiology (UCLA), Human Biology (UCSD), Integrative Biology (UCB) or Biology (UCI)</p>

<p>Pre-Requisites: Will complete all pre-requisite classes for all of the majors listed above by Spring 2011 except one physics class</p>

<p>IGETC: Will be completed by Spring 2011</p>

<p>ECs: Decent, but nothing over the top</p>

<p>**Essays: **8/10 (IMO)</p>

<p>-Despite the 4.0 I was not invited to compete for the Regents Scholarship at UCLA </p>

<p>My Question:</p>

<p>-Is it a guarantee or lock that I will get into UCLA for Psychobiology? If not, chance me.</p>

<p>Thank you all in advance for your input and please let me know if you need more information or details in regards to any of the topics above.</p>

522

<p>@tonypremed2013, youre in. Did you take calculus based physics for ucla and ucb?</p>

523

<p>@tonypremed2013, what CCC do you go to?</p>

524

<p>@ Tony: As much as I’d love to say that nobody is ever a lock/guarantee and all that, to be perfectly honest, you’re a lock. </p>

<p>@ regent: I think you’re in at Berkeley. Peace & Conflict Studies isn’t super hard to get into, and as long as your essays are good, I’d say you definitely have a good chance.</p>

<p>@taylorj: You’re in at all of them as long as you have all your prereqs done.</p>

525

<p>@emilsinclair9, do psychology majors in berkeley do research in medical centers like UCSF, SF general or any other teaching medical centers?</p>

<p>Is psychology considered a pre-health science major like MCB or integrative biology?</p>

<p>thanks!</p>

526

<p>why would you think that psychology is a pre-health major? psychology is a social science.</p>

527

<p>@Pinoiako916: I went to SMC and I completed the first semester of a two semester calc based physics sequence. I contacted UCLA and they said this is absolutely okay as most science majors don’t take physics until junior year at ucla anyways.</p>

<p>Sooo, since I am only taking the first half, I have to take two more physics classes at UCLA. I don’t have to take Physics 6A, but I do have to take 6B and 6C at UCLA.</p>

528

<p>nero103 is correct, for the most part psych is a social science. However, some schools, such as UCSD, offer a B.A. in Psych AND a B.S. in Psych. If you go for the B.S. Psych program then you have to take bio, chem, physics and calc</p>

529

<p>Chance please?</p>

<p>Schools
UCLA, Berkeley, UCI (TAG/GUARANTEE)</p>

<p>Major
Economics</p>

<p>Current School
Mt. SAC</p>

<p>GPA/Academic History
Cumulative - 3.83 (2 B’s)</p>

<p>Prerequisites
All Completed - A’s in both econ classes and English class, B in calc classes (my only B )</p>

<p>TAP CERTIFIED</p>

<p>IGETC completed by end of Fall 2010. Will be TAP-certified.</p>

<p>EC/Soft factors
Intern at a small financial firm(i now work there), started my own basketball camp for kids, wrote an application for cell phones, Honors program, Tutoring in Econ and Math, Summer volunteer for kids reading program, Earned money doing Affiliate marketing(online marketing for different companies).</p>

530

<p>@AAW000: Do you have an alternate major by any chance? Econ is damned competitive at UCLA, but I would think you have a running chance. If you’ve got a non-impacted alternate major that you’ve finished the prereqs for, I would say you’re in.</p>

531

<p>@nero103, i understand now that psych is a social science. However, isnt clinical psych or neuro psych a career in the medical field?</p>

532

<p>@Pinoiako916: Yes, in fact my major at UCLA, Psychobiology, is considered part of the “Life Sciences” and a popular pre-med major. </p>

<p>That said, Psychologists are not M.D.s, they are pH.Ds. Psychiatrists, however, are M.D.s who graduate from medical school just like any other Doctor of Medicene.</p>

<p>You can absolutely have a career in the health sciences with a psychology degree but there will almost certainly be other science related pre-reqs.</p>

533

<p>@tonypremed2013 science pre-reqs for health science majors like one year gen chem, one year o chem, one year physics, and one year calc and one year biology majors</p>

534

<p>Yes, exactly. If, however, you are interested in both Psychology and a career in health sciences I would highly recommend trying to find a school that offers either a Psychology B.S. or a Psychobiology B.S.</p>

<p>This way you can study Psych while simultaneously knocking out your health science pre-reqs.</p>

535

<p>@tonypremed2013 i am just interested in social psych or clinical psych. I am just going for a BA psych</p>

536

<p>But thanks for the advice though tonypremed2013</p>

537

<p>No problem, hopefully this will help you to avoid Psych B.S. programs then ;)</p>

538

<p>Do you have to take research methods for a psychobiology major?</p>

539

<p>Yes, in fact, if I am admitted to UCLA one of the first classes I have to take is a research methods class.</p>

540

<p>oh ic, but doesnt your CC offer it as a lower division class?</p>