<p>I am currently a community college student, and I want to transfer to UCLA as Math/Econ or Biz/Econ. The problem is for math econ, I will be applying this fall, and I will only have Calc 1 and 2 done by the time I am done at community college. Even if I get around a 3.95-4.0, will I be able to get into Math/Econ major? For math/ econ, there are 4 math courses after Calc 2. The second thing is if I apply Biz-Econ, I will have all of the pre-reqs completed, but it is highly competitive, and I won't have TAP completed.
What would be my best option?</p>
<p>Unfortunately, chances of you getting accepted as a Math/Econ will be slim. </p>
<p><a href=“Undergraduate Program | UCLA Department of Mathematics”>Undergraduate Program | UCLA Department of Mathematics;
<p>Notice you are missing alot of pre-requisites (I counted 6 classes). So even if you do get accepted, you will be spending at least 2 quarters just making up those classes. </p>
<p>In addition, have you already taken Calc 1 or Calc 2? If not, how do you know if Math/Econ is right for you when you haven’t experienced the rigors of basic calculus. </p>
<p>Remember, Math/Econ is part of the math department, that means you will have to take hard math upper-division classes like Math 115A and Math131A, which are proof-heavy and nothing like the plug-and-chug math classes from lower divisions. </p>
<p>Do not think of Math/Econ as a back-up for Biz/Econ or Econ, because Math/Econ is not an Econ degree w/Math, it’s the other way around.</p>
<p>I do agree that you should probably take some math besides calc to see if you like it enough, but your chances of getting into UCLA as a math/econ is so much higher than Biz-econ. </p>
<p>Just go look at the numbers; i was in this same position (except for i wanted to apply straight econ), and math/econ has a ~65% acceptance rate, while bizecon is somewhere around 8% i think. I applied math/econ and got in with a 3.68 gpa coming out of a UC.</p>
<p>It also depends on what you want to do, are you planning on grad school? If so, math/econ will do you better because grad schools love a math major, and you’ll be more prepared come grad school. I see math/econ as more of a training rather than what i really want to learn, for real economics jobs you go to grad school and thats where the fun is. </p>
<p>I disagree with WhoisJohnGalt because math/econ is pretty evenly split between math and econ. You have to take 1 more UD math class than econ classes (i think it may even be even for UDs).</p>
<p>Inkoso, So by the time you transferred you only had Calc 1 and 2 completed? The chances are still the same even if that’ll be the only math I’ll have completed. Also, were you TAP certified?</p>