Questions regarding berkeley and ucla

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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Hi, so I applied to transfer during Fall 2014 and have gotten super anxious now that decision dates are creeping closer.

I was looking over assist.org the other day, and noticed a few things on the UCLA and Berkeley major course pages that concerned me.

So for Berkeley (I applied Haas), I noticed it said this:

ADMISSION PROCESS

Step 1: Speak with a Haas advisor to confirm that you have met the minimum
eligibility requirements outlined in this articulation agreement.

Step 2: Submit the UC Application using the PATHWAYS online application at:
http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/apply.
… etc.

What concerned me was Step 1, speaking to a Haas advisor. I never visited or called Haas, but I’ve spoken to counselors who said I should be eligible. I have finished all my major prerequisites by Fall 2014 semester (I have no more major prereqs to take). I have also taken an SAT foreign language exam with a score of 700+, and I will have over 60 semester units by the end of Spring semester. So I should be at least eligible for admission.

Will the fact that I have not spoken to a Haas advisor hurt me in any way? I never put much thought into it, but for them to have put it in the “Admissions Process” of assist must mean it’s pretty important.

For UCLA, I applied Econ and noticed it said this on assist:
“The calculus course requirements should be met as early as possible.”
I finished both my calculus requirements, but I took the 2nd class during Fall 2014. Will the fact that I did not actually take the calculus courses as early as possible affect my chances of admission in any way? I received an A on both.

I realize some of these questions may have been caused by my anxiety so I apologize for that.

2

You should be fine on both accounts.

  1. They just mean work with a haas specialist to assure you meet transfer eligibility. It’s more of a fail safe thing. You can do it anyway you want. It’s just that over two-thirds don’t meet eligibility.
  1. When they say take as early as possible, it just means they really want to see the grades, if possible. And you want to make sure you cover yourself, so you can take additional courses that may have the earlier ones as pre-requisites.
3

You’re fine with not talking to somebody actually at Haas. Your college counselor is enough.

Also, when transferring, it is always preferable to take all the major prerequisites by the time you apply. For Haas, your grades in your economics, principles of business, mathematics, and statistics courses are weighted more heavily than the other classes. If two people have the same GPA (and ECs, and essays, etc.), the one who has taken all the prerequisites by the time they transfer would be chosen over somebody else who still has a few more prerequisites to take. In reality, it wouldn’t really make or break your application.