<p>so what do u do if u dont get into biz econ</p>
<p>for me if i dont get into biz econ then my major changes from “pre-business economics” to simply “economics”</p>
<p>here are the econ majors ranked from hardest to get into to easiest</p>
<ol>
<li>biz econ</li>
<li>international econ</li>
<li>econ</li>
</ol>
<p>^^smith,</p>
<p>is it confirmed that regular econ applicants can go into bus econ?</p>
<p>also, how was that calc based statistics prereq? did you take it at LA? i’m curious as to how difficult it is.</p>
<p>i didnt do econ 41 (stats) yet. gotta do it here, im takign it next quarter. also, i beleive anyone can apply for biz econ if they have the gpa, but its not confirmed.</p>
<p>wow…seems like evryone is going for bizecon here…</p>
<p>well im going towards theater directing as major
so i dont think tap is gonna help me
currently trying 2 complete igetc
then mayb join some related clubs
not a school priority person(working)
gpa maintain around 3.3 or something like dat</p>
<p>really wanna get into ucla >< (guilty)
but i’ll b lucky 2 get accepted into UC rite?</p>
<p>There is no clear list of what they want.</p>
<p>I am transferring from UCI and was accepted to UCLA after one year. I will not have completed my GEs, nor did I meet the 90units minimum they request to transfer. They look at GPA, and at least for transfers, why UCLA over any other school, or why your current school(for non CCC students) is not meeting your needs.</p>
<p>And they may say they don’t look at it, but ethnicity is important to their decision for candidates</p>
<p>Hey, what do you think is the cutoff for OOS applicant to UCLA engineering?
I have 4.0 after 1yr, but since the 2nd year is much tougher, I’m expecting somewhere around 3.85 by the time I apply the upcoming semester.
Do you think that is competitive enough?
I know UCLA admits like 10% for OOS…</p>
<p>i’m trying to apply after spending just a year at a cc… i’ll have my 60 units, econ pre-reqs, and IGETC completed by this spring and i’m doing TAP… but i’m worried that because i have no proof right now that i’ll be able to pull through (this is my 1st semester & i’m applying already) they might not accept me. this is where i figured ECs/employment would come in handy to help me prove myself, but all i have is the honor society here. 
am i doomed to spend another year in purgatory?</p>
<p>I personally think the most important factor is major. I have been told, infact, that it is the most important factor by adcoms at UCLA themselves. The major you choose will carry the most weight because the more impacted the major, the harder it is to get in because more people with better records apply. The less impacted, the easier. Everyone would agree. I think 3.5 is competitive for non impacted, and if it’s impacted; thats where EC’s, essay, work experience, grade trends come in because your GPA is not a lock…if your GPA is a lock like 3.8, then the EC’s and essay matter less, just dont lay an egg and you’re in. However, if your GPA is like mine 3.4, then the EC’s and all that other crap matters more; especially for impacted majors. Lucky for me I have excellent EC’s, and work experience, plus upward grade trend. Still, I would never count out students with low GPA. I know someone with a few F’s, many W’s, a GPA of 3.3 and still got into UCLA communications major, probably because he had a sharp upward grade trend.</p>
<p>really quick question, so i went to this transfer workshop at ucla and one of the speakers there said completing TAP at a cc gave a junior transfer student automatic admittance into the UCLA honors program with some classes over-riding (i.e. some cc honors classes acting as UC honors classes as well). has anyone else heard this and if so do you know if its true?</p>
<p>how important major pre-reg gpa have on the admission to ucla?</p>
<p>EC’s and Employment do not count the same. How many times do we have to go through this? EC’s you can do on your own time, not to mention some completely make up. Employment is verifiable (W-2’s) and is much more difficult than any EC.</p>
<p>^ Wrong. The term “Extra Curricula’s” encompasses a very broad range of activities. Some activities that would be classified as EC’s are extremely prestigious, very competitive, and carry more weight than say your W-2’s that say you spent a summer working at Target. Among other things EC’s often provide the reviewer with much greater insight into who you are, what drives you, and why you’re a more promising student than 1,000 other kids who want that spot. Btw these EC’s are often very easily verifiable. If you still have doubt a close family friend of mine works in Admissions and on more than one occasion advised me to spend more time pursuing certain EC’s rather than pursuing work, assuring me that they would look 10 times better on my app then a job. I believe it was pretty good advice</p>
<p>Most Important:
- Grades / Completing Prereqs (tied)
- Essays
- ECs / work experience</p>
<p>Even for Haas, EC/Work is only 15% compared to the 85% emphasized on ur grades/essays. And so you would think that every other academic major across the UC system doesn’t put more than 15% of the consideration on ECs/Work (besides film/entertainment/acting etc.)</p>
<p>I would rank grades and pre-requisites the same for most majors. I would actually rank pre-reqs higher than grades for the engineering college, though both are essential to actually getting in.</p>
<p>TAP makes a huge difference if you’re applying for something like Biz Econ.</p>
<p>In general, it’s really all about TAP/GPA/Pre-Reqs. Unless you’re an extremely borderline case, nothing else will really matter.</p>
<p>I think some EC’s matter more than others. If your EC is something significant like leadership roles in student government, or serious impact on the community, then I think it counts more in your favor than the people with watered down EC’s like clubs and working at mcdonalds. Not all EC’s are created equal!</p>
<p>How about W’s. At what point do they take them into account?</p>
<p>a general rule of thumb is you get 3 before you need to start explaining yourself.</p>