<p>I am doing a program in Washington state that allows me to take classes at a community college for high school credit during Jr and Sr year. The community college runs on quarter system, unlike semester for HS.</p>
<p>I had reported on my UCLA app that I was going to take Biology, Chemisty, and Chinese (occupational-ed to graduate) for my Spring quarter at the CC. My question is, will UCLA care if I decide not to take these classes, and instead only take Business (for oc ed credit) and maybe PE or music? The reason I want to do this is because I would like to take it easy for the rest of my senior year and perhaps get a job to save some money up. Plus, the reason I was going to take Biology and Chemistry was because I could have transfered those classes for credit at UWashington, but if I go to UCLA they will not transfer so there's not much point in taking them unless I want to be really prepared for those classes at UCLA.</p>
<p>I take 3 classes at CC each quarter, and they are equivalent to one year of high school credit each. So 5 quarters * 3 classes = 15 credits of high school so far for my junior and senior year.</p>
<p>I've already taken 3 years of science at my first two years of high school, and at CC I've taken equivalent to 4 years after this quarter ends, so I'll have already taken 7 years of science in high school. </p>
<p>I've taken 2 years of Spanish at high school, and 2 years equivalent at CC, so that makes 4 years of foreign language.</p>
<p>Anybody know if UCLA will care if I don't take the classes I told them I would?</p>
<p>Well, for one if you decide not to take those classes then you need to tell them that you aren't. They aren't going to be very happy if they get your transcript in June and they unexpectantly don't find Chemistry, Biology, and Chinese. My guess is that they could possibly rescind your admission if you drop these classes. It will be fairly obvious that you want to take it easy now that you're in, and it isn't going to sit well with them. My GC told me that the worst thing you could do is run and drop classes right after you get into a school. Add that to the fact that you only want to take two classes and it looks even worse. I think that you should just stick with what you are taking. You only have a few months to go then you're done.</p>
<p>clearly, your first mistake was signing up for all those classes in the FIRST place. [:P] but now that you've done it, i'd say you're stuck with them for the next two months. UCLA won't be very happy if you decide to drop three full classes, and there's a chance you might get rescinded. i wouldn't take the chance, if i were you. and don't worry...there's always the summer for being lazy. or getting a job.</p>
<p>Well the thing is that I haven't signed up for these classes yet. It was just what I had written on my app. I'm in the process of choosing my classes for Spring Qtr right now at CC. But I guess its better to be safe and go with what I wrote down, even though I have taken many more classes than most high schoolers. Will UCLA care if I take business instead of chinese, or do i have to notify them?</p>
<p>notify them, but that one shouldn't be so much of a problem. </p>
<p>and maybe you could drop ONE of the other two, but probably not both. i'm just saying, if you're up for a little bit of a gamble, then go for it. otherwise you're better off sticking with what you told UCLA you'd take.</p>