<p>Hey guys. i was just wondering how many hours the average transfer student studies to get at least a 3.5 at UCB, UCLA, and UCSD. Is there a big gap between ucb/ucla and ucsd? oh, im a philosophy major by the way</p>
<p>thanks guys :)</p>
<p>i would think it depends on the student</p>
<p>And the classes taken.</p>
<p>The only thing I’ve heard is that there is substantially more reading required at the UC vs. a CC, but that was just anecdotal and one person’s experience.</p>
<p>I’m equally curious about this. Applied UCB philosophy. UCLA psych.</p>
<p>Of course we know this question is relative to the student and their study habits. However, we’re only looking for (roughly) the average hours of study per night. I’ve heard that UCB is substantially more rigorous than the other UC’s. Is this generally true?</p>
<p>Btw I am also premed, so if anyone has any experience with that at any UC’s, it would be great to hear.</p>
<p>exactly… i know it depends on what type of student you are, but i was wondering if anyone on this forum who has already transferred can tell us about their experience in majors such as philosophy…</p>
<p>I don’t have a 3.5, I am at UCLA, have taken one class in philosophy, and am in one this quarter. UCLA Philosophy is definitely not your community college philosophy. I don’t think there is a difference between UCSD, UCLA, UCB in terms of rigor for philosophy(i might be wrong). Philosophy is not a major, I think, that has to do with “time spent studying” like I think a major like math or the sciences might benefit from. You’ll be graded based on your ability to write, think, and being able to give back what is expected by your TA or professor. </p>
<p>Read post 11 in the following link
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/113998-how-philosophy-major-ucla.html?highlight=philosophy[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/university-california-los-angeles/113998-how-philosophy-major-ucla.html?highlight=philosophy</a></p>
<p>Awesome link, liek0806. That was extremely helpful.</p>
<p>hahahaha that thread was awesome. I encourage all of the mr muffins out there to take philosophy classes with me! The more inept you are the smarter I look!</p>
<p>i’m at a UCLA, studying philosophy and got almost exactly a 3.5 last quarter.</p>
<p>in CC, i wrote all my papers and studied for any tests the day before they were due / took place. if you want A’s, you can’t do this at ‘real school’. i mean, i did… and somehow pulled off the 3.5, but i was definitely nervous, and only taking 2 phil classes. </p>
<p>as for studying, i did the reading, but i wouldn’t really say that i’d actually ‘studied’ until i sat down to write papers. keep in mind that while this approach proved doable, it was more nerve wracking than the free time in between was worth.
if you want them A’s and you want them without sacrificing your sanity and one too many all-nighters in a row, i’d suggest that, after reading, you study for 6 to 8 additional hours per week. <em>that’s with 2 phil classes and one sort of </em>***** class. with 3 phil classes, i guess you should up it to 9 to 12 hours + whatever it takes for you to get the reading done. </p>
<p>also, the reading, though not often lengthy in the traditional sense, is so dense and often so complicated that you’ll find yourself spending hours rereading and just generally attempting to understand. </p>
<p>on a positive note, it helps that this **** is really interesting, for the most part.</p>
<p>what kinds of tests did you typically have? Were they mainly multiple choice/true false on really specific things from the text or were they more essay questions? And if they were essay questions, were they like “explain philosopher x’s argument” or more open ended? </p>
<p>Also, the average philosophy GPA at UCB is around a 3.2 I think. I don’t know if that’s just philosophy majors, or all philosophy classes (which would include all of the lower division ones everyone takes for breadth requirements), but it’s pretty low compared to the other disciplines. I also don’t know if that means that everyone’s a slacker or stupid or if it’s just really tough. Something to keep in mind though.</p>
<p>thnx for the insight pinker. How many a’s and a minuses are given in each class?</p>
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<p>look through the philosophy department and classes showcased therein. they’ve got grade statistics for most of them, showing the allotments. </p>
<p>cantabilan:</p>
<p>no such thing as multiple choice / true false, so far as i (yet) know.
all but one of my mid terms / finals were take home essays, usually 5-7 pages.
the one inclass was essay format. the questions are multi-part and very specific. each one subtly implores you to give your own insight to one aspect of an argument. basically, it’s understood before hand that you should know what the argument is… the one from whatever text you’re writing about. your answer should elaborate on some sort of ambiguity or discrepancy, or agreement with or about the initial argument.
teach gave us a list of 7 multiquestion, no-right-answer-type essay prompts, then told us that 3 will be on the test. one of our choosing, two of his. this is pretty much the format that any phil class is going to take.
also, if you don’t have any experience writing philosophy papers, look into it. it’s different than your typical english essay. </p>
<p>good luck</p>
<p>thnx a lot man… is berkeley supposed to be harder than ucla in general?</p>