<p>I called the Admissions Office at UCLA today, and I was told that I was rejected from UCLA due to not completing all my prerequisites. I told them that I was told by several other admissions officers, UCLA representatives, and counselors that I would not be penalized if the prerequisites were not offered at my local community college. They asked me to show them the page that says that.</p>
<p>Does anyone have the page? I would really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Thank you.</p>
<p>There is no page. If were to say it anywhere it would be on your articulation agreement. As far as I know, this is largely implicit and for only certain majors; e.g. EECS at Cal because there are literally no CC’s that carry all the major prereqs, and probably <10 that carry just 1 more than the core prereqs. </p>
<p>However, you are expected to complete the CORE prereqs regardless of which CC you attend. Competitive schools auto-reject you if haven’t completed them.</p>
<p>On the below page, they say
“An asterisk [li] next to a major name below indicates that the number of applications to this major greatly exceeds the space available. In most cases, this means that both the GPAs and completion of preparatory coursework from successful applicants tend to exceed the overall average.”</p>[/li]
<p>Political science happens to be one of the *'d majors.
[Profile</a> of Admitted Transfer Students by Major, Fall 2009 - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof09_mjr.htm]Profile”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/Adm_tr/Tr_Prof09_mjr.htm)</p>
<p>What number did you call them? Can anyone tell me?</p>
<p>I was told by several admissions officer that I would not be penalized for it. Are there any pages on UC websites that state this?</p>
<p>1-310-825-3101</p>
<p>UCLA undergrad admissions #.</p>
<p>Btw they didn’t tell me anything except that, “competition for psych was very stiff this year, and we had an increase in applicants.”</p>
<p>I have 1 prereq in progress, and the rest done with A’s.
3.74 UC GPA</p>
<p>I’m still appealing with or without their reason for rejecting me.</p>
<p>This is what I found on: [Transfer</a> Admission Guide - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/tradms.htm]Transfer”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/tradms.htm)</p>
<p>“There may be additional lower division requirements that students may complete–either at their current institutions or at UCLA. Should a major not have specific prerequisites, we expect students to demonstrate interest in academic study by completing coursework related to the major.”</p>
<p>If anything, that disproves what you were told.</p>
<p>Listing your major and CC might help.</p>
<p>I’m seriously beginning to think most CC counselors have absolutely no idea what they are talking about.</p>
<p>and on a side note : ***** the budget cut.</p>
<p>all this seems a bit random to me. I got into political science (pretty impacted) without taking the political theory prerequisite even though it was offered at my CC. Other than that, my GPA was just a bit above the average accepted for that major and my EC/essays were nothing spectacular.</p>
<p>My major is Political Science and I am currently attending Evergreen Valley College.</p>
<p>Any other pages? I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>How do you think Cal would be toward this?</p>
<p>Cal is exactly the same way. I stayed another year at CCC because I couldn’t complete my Biology pre-reqs for Psychology, even though they were not offered at the nearby CCC where I used to live. So my parents moved back to San Diego and I headed to City to take those courses. The admission officer clearly told me that if I applied I was more than likely to be rejected, even though I had a strong everything…it wasn’t enough.</p>
<p>You see, the way the Admissions Committee looks at a student who didn’t go out of their way to try and get the class at another college who does have the course articulated as someone who will be delaying their graduation date because of it, and since the budget cuts and such, they want students in and out as soon as possible, sad but true. </p>
<p>Hope this helps, that’s why I told my cousin if she wanted to be competitive within Psychology, she needed to take her Biology classes one way or another.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>This is really unfortunate and disappointing to me. I worked extremely hard during my time at the community college I currently attend by maintaining a 4.0 with exeptional ECs. Admission officers, representatives, and counselors, and other people told me that I would not be penalized in any way. I was skeptical at first, which was why I asked this question when I started as a student at my college. From the responses I received, I was ensured that I would not have to take it. </p>
<p>Due to other colleges nearby me not offering prerequisites, I was unable to do so. I was planning to hopefully take some in the summer from another college by possibly living in a different city. At this point, I am really disappointed. I was hoping to enter Cal; however, considering that Cal would like to see prerequisites completed despite them not being offered at nearby colleges, simply disappoints me. </p>
<p>I also applied to Stanford, and I am not sure whether they would look into this.</p>
<p>Based on my stats, I was hoping to be accepted.</p>
<p>Major: Political Science
GPA: 4.0
IGETC: Complete
Prerequisites: One complete. The other prerequisites were not offered at the community college I currently attend.
**ECs: **- Associated Student Government President
<p>I’m truly sorry, I can’t imagine how you feel. I just looked at all those courses that are needed for the Political Science major…and wow! I didn’t think there would be so many but now that I do look at them…well, as I have already said. You would have to complete all of those courses before you can take an upper division course and that might take a while considering all those classes! </p>
<p>From my personal experience, I only had to take two Biology courses, but I was assured by the admission officers (I called several times just to make sure) that I would be rejected, since Psychology is such an impacted major and what I have heard around the office, even more this year. </p>
<p>Again, keep in mind that this is simply my opinion from what I have learned from working here. There might be something that the admission officers see from you, so don’t lose hope just yet! Wait until April 30th! I wish you the best of luck, really! You seem very hardworking!</p>
<p>Thank you very much, sakurax. I really do appreciate your comment of me being hardworking. At this point in time, learning that it was due to my prerequisites, it does not necessarily look too good for me when it comes to Cal.</p>
<p>Thank you for responding, sakurax. I really do appreciate it.</p>
<p>External,</p>
<p>I recommend you appeal on the basis of not having the pre-reqs offered at your local CCs. Try to mail copies from the catalogs of every local CC where the course would be for spring and fall of this year. For example, if your major was Math/Econ and you could not complete the prereq for Discrete Math because it wasn’t offered, you should go to every CC in a 20 mile radius, go to their library, find the archives, photocopy the Spring 2010 and Fall 2009 math portions of the course listings.</p>
<p>I’ve noticed that this “missing-a-few-pre-reqs” rejection trend seems to only affect the highly impacted social science and liberal arts majors (poli-sci, psych, english etc) while other majors (biology, engineering, etc) tend to be more lenient and forgiving. The application pool for these majors are around 1000+ applicants each with few spots so it’s not surprising for adcoms to be very selective with who they accept.</p>
<p>I’m really sorry to hear about your rejection, hopefully you get in via appeal because your extracurriculars/volunteering clearly beats many other poli-sci transfer applicants.</p>
<p>You’re very welcome, it’s the least I could do. I hope everything works out for you! If you have any more questions, don’t hesitate in sending me a PM!</p>
<p>I go to EVC too. and I’m getting a C in polisci, my one and only C.</p>