<p>how hard is it to get a good gpa in biological sciences? like a 3.5 + ? does it entail studying 24/7? and is neuroscience a lot different than just bio sci?</p>
<p>Average Biological Science GPA is at 3.02+</p>
<p>From what I heard, it's one of the most difficult majors in this university. One student commented that the initial courses are meant to weed out lacking students with biological majors. However, this may be simply be a side-effect from the fact that this major has initially the most students and so more students will drop out, more students will get lacking grades, but at the same time, more students will excel than any other majors.</p>
<p>Getting a 3.5 GPA is not impossible. It all depends on your motivation and ability to manage time. I know many who are volunteering at HOAG, researching, and participating in fraternities while maintaining a 3.7+ GPA in biological sciences. Although I'm in EE instead of biosci, I've been able to maintain a GPA of above 3.5 while participating in 5 different organizations on campus. It's easy imo. All you have to do is try...in an efficient manner.</p>
<p>Is changing a major to Computer science or CSE difficult if one started out in mechanical engineering? How long would it take to change?</p>
<p>I read the prerequisites but I'm still thinking about what the process is really like for a UCI student.</p>
<p>im also in biological sciences and need the highest possible gpa for medical school, would it be smarter to switch to an easier major to get that high gpa, or do they want me in a premed major, because i heard, your major doesnt matter.</p>
<p>does anyone know if business economics or business management is are impacted majors?
i applied as undeclared, and i was wondering if i'd be able to change it to either business economics or business management.
also, if i did this, would i be able to get into the business administration major in my junior year?</p>
<p>Lee121: For me, requesting to add another major within the same school took me less than a hour. Basically I picked up a form to change/add/drop majors and visited the academic counselor for my first major/school (in my case, physical sciences) who directed me to the person I needed to talk to for my second major. After I got signatures from authorities of both majors (in your case, schools), I sent in my signed form to UCI's registrar which updated my major in less than a hour.</p>
<p>Mil_ana: That's more of a general question that should be asked here:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/pre-med-topics/</a></p>
<p>Mikage: The prospect of business administration, since it's somewhat new here, is quite unpredictable.</p>
<p>Business administration is impacted and will be nearly impossible to transfer into. Business economics should be easy to get into provided you complete the prereqs.</p>
<p>Is there a way to check for impacted majors at UCI? Is Computer science an impacted major?</p>
<p>how is the premed advising at uci? are they helpful and understanding of your goals or are they pretty much useless and impersonal?</p>
<p>Lee121:
Changing to CS/CSE from MechE could be a little challenging if you were to start the transition after your first year. I’m still a bit fuzzy on this so I apologize in advance for any wrong information. CS/CSE majors take programming classes starting from their first year. This means if classes are full, you’ll be struggling to take the major classes (possible 5 year track afterward). If you change early enough though (during first year), you may be able to officially switch right away as long as your GPA is doing well. </p>
<p>Computer science IS impacted.</p>
<p>Mil_ana:
It’s true that majors do not particularly matter when applying to med school, but, from statistics, those who can handle biosci to begin with are more likely to get into medical school. Don’t switch to an easier major just for the GPA. If you can’t handle biosci, your motivation is not high enough to go to med school.</p>
<p>Ihatehighschool:
Premed advising is useful. However, it’s college, and you are not expected to be held by the hand. There are a LOT of resources from counselors though, especially with ones from the career center. You have a lot of resources, but you need to get to it yourself.</p>
<p>hey. I'm deciding between sb and i. I'm planning to get into med school if possible and if not, pharmacy school. i just wanted to know what are the advantages of going to i as opposed to sb. those are my two choices for college. At the moment, I've been told alot about sb but i don't know alot about uci except that ,if i'm wrong sorry but it's what i was told, alot of people commute so that might be a downside? i heard also that social life is supposed to be alot worse than sb. the campus is nicer at sb. yet, you learn more at uci in terms of med sciences but you have a harder time getting a better gpa than going to sb. thanks</p>
<p>I duno if this has been answered, but How is living at Mesa Court? I took a tour of both ME and Mesa and at first liked ME mostly cuz of the food...you know thats important. But then I took one of Mesa and the rooms and surrounding area just blew me away. It was much more "open" than ME where everything was like squished. I think its better for me to like "live" on campus, but slightly further away, so its not so noticeable. haha.. </p>
<p>If it matters, Im a Bio major...so i guess its a little closer too. =)</p>
<p>Go with Mesa. Yes, the food is better over in ME but you can eat there whenever you want.</p>
<p>@ youngyoungc: Well, honestly, there's always going to be a lot of people commuting. I'm not sure about UCSB, but I know UCSD and UCI both have a lot of commuters. If you've got a great university close by, isn't cheaper and more convenient? Yes, which is why a lot of people choose to commute. It shouldn't affect your decision too much though because like they say, "college is what you make of it." If you seriously want a party everyday and stuff like that though, UCSB is definitely known for that.</p>
<p>@ Melodified: Personally, I liked ME because of the fact that it's right in the middle of campus :P But everyone has different tastes. I just wanted to point out that for the first maybe two years it doesn't matter which is "closer" because we're going to take general ed which is all over campus. BTW, I think bio is closer to ME though. But yeah, it shouldn't matter.</p>
<p>I"ve noticed that there are only placement tests for certain classes like physics, chem, language, english, and math. I was just wondering, do i have to take the test for japanese if i have never taken it before at all and for math, what if i don't remember anything and i do bad on the test? And one more question, if i am majoring in business then do i need to take chem or physics or there are some other classes that will fulfill the graduation requirements for physical sciences. Thanks!</p>
<p>I think everyone who wants to take foreign language classes needs to take the respective placement tests, even if one took such course(s) during high school. </p>
<p>As for the placement test for physical sciences, I'll ask that question when I meet with the physical sciences counselor within this week. Most likely yes, but don't be surprised if they literally mean "placement" only with no credit for the course.</p>
<p>candace9930: All foreign language classes require you take a respective placement test. If you have some background in the language, take it. You will do well enough to be placed into the first level of the language, but in a track where everyone else has had some background. If you have no background in the language, you need to go to the respective office and tell them. After you tell them, you will be able to enroll in a first level no-background language course.</p>
<p>so if i've already taken the chinese sat2 test would that exempt me from foreign language breadth classes and placememnt tests. i scored 790 by the way</p>
<p>If you want to take Chinese courses at UC Irvine, you will have to take Chinese placement test. That SAT score will fulfill the Foreign Language breadth courses.</p>
<p>If you do really well in the placement test such that you are placed in Chinese 2B or higher, then you're on your way on completing the part II of Multicultural Studies and International/Global Issues breath courses.</p>