This year will be my last at Irvine Valley College (IVC). By the time I transfer, I will have completed all lower-division EEC coursework required for transfers EXCEPT Phys 9D (Modern Physics) and Engin 6 (Engineering Problem Solving). Furthermore, I will have completed two of the three required technical electives. The remaining elective, EEC 190, is required for my track (Communications and Controls) anyways.
A couple questions remain:
- According to plan, I will enter UC Davis Fall 2017. Given the above, will I be able to graduate in exactly six quarters, without summer session? Will I be able to graduate Spring 2019, and be able to attend graduate school Fall 2019?
- Is summer session more expensive than regular quarters? Would it actually make more financial sense to NOT attend any summer sessions, work internships instead, and graduate a quarter (or two) later?
- How hard is the English Composition Exam that places you out of upper-division writing? I got a '5' on the AP English Lit Exam and trained in high school to be an English major.
- Is registration tight for upper-division electrical engineering classes? What about registration for Engineering Problem Solving and Modern Physics? At IVC there can be as many as 50 petitioners for a single session of Engineering Physics; does that happen at Davis? What should I do to improve my registration priority?