<p>Hey everyone, I’m planning on transferring to Davis Fall 2012 either as a Chemistry or Env. Science major and have a quick question. ASSIST.org strongly suggests that you finish all lower div chem before transferring as a chem major, but unless I stay at my jr college another year (which is NOT happening), then I will be 2 chem classes short (o-chem 1 and 2). My question is what do you think the chances of me being admitted as a chem major are without these two classes?</p>
<p>A quick secondary question, if I end up getting admitted as Env. Science, is it relatively easy to make a small major change as it would be to switch to chem once I’m at the UC?</p>
<p>I transferred in as a biological sciences major, switched to physics and will be transferring into the college of engineering next quarter. It’s a surprisingly very easy adjustment from what I’ve gathered. The conditions I was given by my advisor was that I needed one quarter, and no lower than a 2.0 in any math or engineering related classes (very easy to do!). There are also some stipulations about a unit cap which they didn’t seem to make much fuss over. Like you I was considering staying at a community college for another year to take more physics and engineering but decided that would have been hell. I would recommend getting in contact with an advisor, and it would probably help if you had a tentative schedule of classes in mind when you talk to them. </p>
<p>Not taking organic chemistry might not hurt you as much as you think. I think it helps if you’ve completed more classes in other pertinent areas though–for example mathematics.</p>
<p>You’ll be fine transferring as a chem major without ochem, as long as you have at least 60 transferable units. I have a friend who transferred, is a chem major “Chemistry B.S. (Applied Chemistry: Pharmaceutical Chemistry)”, and is taking ochem with me this quarter. In fact, we just had our final today. Also, he is just finishing his bio series and has to still take physics.</p>