<p>Welcome to pcc and its registration service lol. Yes, classes at pcc fill up really fast. Actually it depends on what class. As a science major, where many of the classes are impacted, I know what it feels like to see the classes that you want closed. Well wish you the best of luck. I guess as an architecture major, the portfolio is what matters the most when it comes getting accepted into the school or not. So if you have a strong portfolio I'm sure you'll be fine.</p>
<p>WOOOOOOO welcome.</p>
<p>Berkeley? I have a friend whos an architect major there. he got in from high school. I heard it's pretty easy to transfer as an architect major. You should be fine.</p>
<p>really? that sounds reassuring. i'd sure like to talk to him, haha. recently ive been keeping my eye out for anyone who either goes or went to berkeley that I could get information from. im trying to get as much info as i could as to what i could do to better my chances of getting in, and it seems like everywhere i go there's a berekeley graduate at every corner now! Hopefully it'll be as easy as you say it is. My hard work should pay off sometime, right?</p>
<p>While we're on the topic of berkeley, i've heard that some people graduated from there and now has a hard time finding a job, and that USC's alumni system does alot better of a job of getting its graduates a job somewhere. is this true? do any of you know much about this?</p>
<p>hey sakura, i was reading over at the old posts and noticed that you've gotten over 20 units and priority registration with AP scores? could you explain this to me? I thought 18 units is the most you can take? Plus I have a score of 3 on the English lit/comp exam, and unfortunately its not enough to replace english 1A, but i was told that I could use it for elective credit. Should I use it to waive out one of the required breadth courses for Berkeley? Or should i just use it for the sake of having 3 more elective units? I tried applying for the EOPS program, but was rejected all because I'm not a resident. Seems like they're pretty brutal to out-of-state and international students like myself. At 160 per unit, I'm gonna need all the help I can get. I may even have to fill out an emergency loan to have money for books soon.</p>
<p>kidofemerica, actually 19 units is the most you can take, but you can petition to take more. I had a friend of mine who petitioned to take 26 units last semester. The thing with the ap score is that you first have to have 12 units at pcc before they can give you credit for it. For my first semester I took 17 units, but after the semester ended, i petitioned my ap scores and they gave me another 17 units of credit for that semester. So theoretically I took 17 units but on my transcript I have 34 units for that semester.</p>
<p>You can use it to get elective credit. I used my ap scores to not only get priority in registration, but also to fulfill igetc. I didn't need to take as much ge classes as I needed to without my ap credits. I think for the ap scores you should use it to fulfill ge requirements not major requirements. It would probably look better if you took your major requirements and got a letter grade rather than credit for it.</p>
<p>About the books, if you're tight on money you can always borrow the book from the library and make copies. That's what I did for my stat class and theatre art class. For certain classes you don't need your textbook much.</p>
<p>Yeah, AP scores are great for clearing up IGETC requirements. I spoke to a counselor last week and she told me that with my AP credit I only really need two more classes to finish up IGETC so I shall be done with it by the end of next Fall which will be great because according to what others say on this forum, IGETC certification really helps in the admission process when applying to the UCs.</p>
<p>yea the IGETC isnt required for my major, but it would be a good thing to have it certified anyways. So sakura, could you mind explaining to me how they gave you 17 units for AP scores? What AP scores did you have, anyways? And how would I be able to use these AP credits for priority registration? thanks for all your help!</p>
<p>Basically i after I completed my first semester, I went in to the records office and filled out a form requesting for ap credit. These are the credits i got based on my ap test score.</p>
<p>-ap calc bc (5): math 9 and math 5a (both classes are 5 units so a total of 10 units)
-ap us history (4): history 7a (3 units)
-ap bio (5): bio 11 (4 units)
-ap us government (3): i'm still waiting for them to give me credit for this.</p>
<p>So i recieved a total of 17 units excluding the ap us government credit. They added this on to my transcript. Priority registration works like this. The more units you have at pcc the earlier you register for classes. Since I recieved an extra 17 units worth of credit, I had more units in total than someone who did not have ap credit. As a result, I could register earlier. I hope this makes sense :)</p>
<p>post ur winter semester grades lancers</p>
<p>oh i see... thanks for the explanation, made alot of sense. those Ap scores were really impressive. I took calc Ab also but didn't really want to take the AP exam, now i wish i had. I only have a score of 3 on the English Lit/Comp exam, not much, but I'll take whatever units I get. So I take it that you placed into Math 5B in your first semester at PCC right? Im in math 9 right now. I could petition to get into 5A but Im thinking re-taking pre-calc could help refreshen things up a little. So when it comes time to register for the upcoming semester, they'll automatically allow you to register before others based on your number of units? that's awesome. thanks for all the help!</p>
<p>Yes, I was placed into math 5b. I wanted to finish math as quick as possible bc i dread math :) If you haven't had any math in a while it probably will benefit you if you take math 9 and review. Yes, when it does come time to register they decide when you register based on the number of units you have in total. I was able to register on the very first day at the very first hour and I had about 74 units including ap credit in total.</p>
<p>oh alright i see how it works now. 74 units is alot. how long have you been at pcc and how long are you staying there til? I just remembered this policy regarding UC's, stating that if you have 90 or more units then you can't apply as a transfer. this is in exception to california community colleges, right?</p>
<p>Correct .</p>
<p>This is my second year at pcc and spring is my last semester here. I'm transferring this year. And 90 units is quarter units which is an equivalent of 60 semester units. It does not matter how many units you have if you attend a community college.</p>
<p>great. thanks alot everyone!</p>
<p>Selling Books!
Perrine's Literature for English 1B
Romeo and Juliet
World's Literature book thingy</p>
<p>McGraw-Hill Reader English 1A
Intro to Business Bus9
Technology in Action CIS10</p>
<p>hey everyone i need a little help. im trying to buy books for this spring semester but don't have enough money for all of the books at the moment, so im just gonna buy books that ill currently need for now, and buy the rest whenever i need them, because im almost positive that im not gonna have to read 4 books at once. problem is, i dont know which books will be used during which parts of the semester. does anyone know where or how i can get this information? im thinking about just asking the instructors during the first days of school, but does any of them require you to have your books on the first day of class? i mean, first days are all about just enrolling and getting everything together, right?</p>
<p>you're not buying books from the book store are you...that would be a horrible idea. you could make it through most of pcc's classes without ever purchasing a book by simply borrowing 'em from the library.</p>
<p>and yes, the first days are what you said</p>
<p>half.com!!!!!!!!
or amazon.com</p>