Question about pre-reqs for Winter Quarter, UCI

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<p>Im planning on applying to the UC's during July for the Winter Quarter. My main choice is UCI (bio major), im currently at Irvine Valley College. After this semester i will have Both my Bio classes done(bio93+94), and i allready completed 1 of the chem classes (chem1a). I'm planning on taking chem1b and my second writing class over summer, but i still need to take my Bio lab (94L), there is no way to take the lab over summer as only 1 class is being offered and it conflicts with the chem/writing2 classes im taking, so i would have to take that lab during the Fall (not a big deal), but i heard that all pre-reqs need to be done by summer. Will this hurt me bad?</p>

<h2>By the end summer i will have these done for my major prep ( for bio majors at UCI i need Chem1a/b, bio 93/94/94L, done as prereqs for the major)</h2>

<p>Bio 1 + Bio1L
Bio93
Bio94
Chem 1a
Chem 1b
psych 10 (stats)</p>

<h2>Plans for fall</h2>

<p>Chem 12a (ochem)
Bio 97 (genetics)
math 3a (calc)</p>

<p>So when i transfer for winter quarter i can take biochem, and the rest of my ochem, and physics that year, i will probably not graduate on time regardless, im thinking about applying for pharmaceutical sciences once im in as a biomajor, if i dont get into uci, i would plan on majoring in biochem/molecular bio.</p>

<p>The main thing is my GPA is low, right around 3.0, it could be up to 3.2 depending on the grades i get this semester. I plan on doing the TAG for UCI, as long as i have a 3.0 before summer. The other thing is iv'e been doing undergrad research at uci medical school since last summer, i contacted a professor last summer and got involved with her lab's research, iv'e been spending 3-10+ hours there per week, iv'e been mostly doing western blots and learning a lot, if i talk about that in my essays and list it in my app, how much weight would that hold on admissions decisions, i also volunteered at UCI medical center over the summer when i was a junior in HS. I would really like to get accepted into other UC's as well but my gpa is pretty low (currently 2.95), again after this semester it will be over 3.0.</p>

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<p>you should have most done, and ucs want you to have most done because they don’t want students to fall behind and stay for 3-5 more years, so get most of them done as soon as possible and work for that gpa and since you did work at UCI you can mention that in extracurriculars and the essay just to add more preference for them to accept you</p>