<p>I don’t actually find neurotic to be the appropriate word here. It’s more like “anticipatory.”</p>
<p>Well, it may not be the appropriate word for you, but I for one have been completely neurotic about this whole process.</p>
<p>I’m kidding :)</p>
<p>I need to know the name of this days until app is it in the app store?</p>
<p>^ Google’s wondrous.</p>
<p>I don’t even own an iPhone–but, heh, the app’s name is “Days Until.”</p>
<p>33 days. </p>
<p>And then theres a week for spring break (:</p>
<p>the problem with me is that i finished all of my prereqs in my first three semesters, so now this semester, all i’m taking are GE’s, and i’m bored out of my effing mind. and none of these subjects are interesting. fuuuu.</p>
<p>If the unthinkable happens and I don’t get in, I will jump from my second story window. After my sprained ankle heals I will just go to Berkeley anyways. I will show up to every class as if I was actually a registered student. I think after a couple of years there is some sort of squatters law that kicks in and they will have to admit me.</p>
<p>@ JavyUCB
Lmao! Sounds like You have a solid back up plan.</p>
<p>What’s UCB?</p>
<p>just wondering, does anyone here know how likely Berkeley is to accept someone if they don’t have all the lower-division requirements finished for a physics major?</p>
<p>@briceies stop trollin’, bro!
@Mikali i’m not sure how impacted physics is at berkeley, but i know in general at the school, you HAVE to have prereqs completed.</p>
<p>^^^ Well that’s depressing, as I have 2 that are not articulated at my school. :(</p>
<p>On assist.org, for my major, it states: “PREREQUISITES: ONE COURSE FROM EACH OF THE FOLLOWING FOUR GROUPS” and I have done that, however, the 3rd group has 5 courses listed to choose 1 course from but I’ve done 2 courses (so 2 out of 5 courses) listed even though you are required to just take 1. On the departmental website for my major, in order to declare it you must have 1 course from each of those 4 groups completed, which I have already done as well. It says nothing about taking extra courses or ALL of the courses, just 1 from each group. I get so confused as others say you MUST complete ALL prereqs on assist.org to be considered. Is this true?</p>
<p>Sorry for the wordy text post, just becoming more paranoid by the minute.</p>
<p>@Postsecret</p>
<p>As long as there are zero community colleges within reasonable distance who offer those prereqs, you shouldn’t have to worry. I’m under the impression that that’s how things work. As a Philosophy major, I have zero prereqs completed; but, again, there are only like three community colleges in the state who offer those prereqs, or so I’ve heard; and I was sure to check that no schools nearby offer the classes, either.</p>
<p>I mean, they can’t dock you for not being able to take the classes, even when you desire to, in your heart of hearts.</p>
<p>i think you guys are may be wrong. I believe that the UC expects you to take those courses. If your school does not offer them, I think it is expected for you to find another school that does offer it and complete it there. Some schools such as Irvine would tell you that if that course is not offered at your school, you can take it at Irvine. </p>
<p>Not trying to put anyone’s hopes down, but that’s my understanding from what I have read for recommended prerequisites</p>
<p>32 Dayyysss lehgoooo</p>
<p>@irvine2014 did you read my post? :P</p>
<p>What happens if there are no colleges within, say, a 2 hour drive of your house who offer the prereqs? It’d be ludicrous to be docked for something like that.</p>
<p>The prereq requirements are, mostly, as follows:</p>
<p>For average- to low-unit majors, such as any of the humanities, it is highly recommended (almost to the point of a stringent requirement) that you complete the entire GE breadth and/or IGETC in addition to all your major prereqs. If a major prereq is not offered at your school, the UC will already have this information and they will not count it against you. In most cases, the matter ends there. In certain cases, such as a community college student applying to a UC in the same county, wherein the admissions officers are aware of all the nearby community colleges, they will expect that you travel to another local school to complete an important requirement. This is low on the list of things by which they gauge your preparedness, however, and it has been explained to me that this is used primarily for local applicants who are “on the fence.”</p>
<p>For high-unit majors, however, admissions is much more lenient. For physics majors, for example, they do not necessarily expect that you complete all of your breadth or IGETC, because they find your major preparation more important. The same “proximity policy” applies here: if there is a school within reasonable proximity that offers a prereq, taking it will help you if you are a borderline applicant.</p>
<p>These are just things that I’ve learned in my conversations with various counselors and admissions reps, so by all means do your own research/questioning. I hope any of this helped!</p>
<p>^^Thats nice to hear since I am missing the history and international studies classes.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. That’s a bit of a bummer, but I guess I didn’t elaborate as much. To declare my major at Cal (if I was already an admitted student) I wouldn’t even need to take all the courses articulated on assist.org, just 1 course from each group as I had stated. Also, if I were to transfer there, I would already have the 1 lower-division course from each group completed, so I would just need to take my upper-divs to finish it off. That’s why I was asking if it would still hurt my chances if I did not complete ALL the courses listed, even if they are not required to declare the major.</p>
<p>Anyway, 31 Days… :)</p>