<p>I'm a prospective community college student for the fall of '11.<br>
I was told that it's best to plan out the courses I will be taking for the next two years, so that it allows me to see my options. I was able to construct a schedule that would allow me to apply to USC, UCLA, UCB, UCSD and UCD. My major is Business Administration/Economics. I am satisfied with choosing either major. I want to also open myself up to UCI. Their pre-reqs for Business/Economics courses. I am missing 2 pre-reqs in each of these programs (Business Administration, Business Economics and Economics). Would not completing these courses affect my chance of admission? What would you all suggest?</p>
<p>Thanks for all the help.</p>
<p>Of course it would be best to try to complete all of the pre req’s they require prior to transfer. The more you complete, the better chance you have on getting admitted, but I guess many of the “lower” UC’s will accept you even if you did not complete all the classes required if your GPA was good enough. I can’t say the same for, let’s say, UCLA or UCB though since they are more selective. </p>
<p>My 2 cents.</p>
<p>If you want to be competitive in the bigger UC’s you are going to need to complete your pre reqs.</p>
<p>That said you should not have a problem being able to complete all the classes in two years.</p>
<p>Im a econ/bus major myself and was able to complete the requirements for my major at all the schools in two years, i did take summer courses which is something i would recommend to you.</p>
<p>The UCI business program is almost as competitive as econ at Cal, so dont think you can just slide into it. </p>
<p>Also consider taking majors that are not as competitive. I know you want to want to major in strictly econ but major schools have econ related majors with less extensive pre reqs. For UCLA take mathematic econ, it needs more math but if far easier to get into that regular econ. UCSB has economics and accounting as a single major. Be sure to look around when considering majors.</p>
<p>Just a final bit of advice, dont kill yourself to fulfill the general breadth requirements, if it does not help your major dont take the hardest class available. Like for science requirments, dont take biology take geology etc. My opinion here, feel free to disregard.</p>