Transfering into competitive engineering programs with missing prereqs?

<p>I'm attending a CC currently and I'm on my second year. I am planning on transfering Fall 2014 and may apply to UCLA engineering. The issue is I have 4.0 gpa but I would be missing a DE class and might not be able to get a computer science class. This is a result of incompetent counseling at my college (yes I know I am ultimately responsible for not doing the research and making my own transfer schedule). It turns out, I cannot take DE with Calc 3 which is ridiculous because it seems everyone else on this forum says Calc 2/Linear is a requirement for DE. Perhaps my CC is the exception though.<br>
What may makeup for it though is that I have gloriously strong ECs engineering wise. I have been taking an automotive class for 3 years and assisted in many automobile projects that included diagnosing/fixing/ then selling cars and have been doing this to make an income through high school and the last year. Additionally I went to Mexico one summer and helped construct a private college. Will I have a good shot or be disqualified as I am going to be missing DE before I transfer. I could also take it over the summer but I know that they don't accept anything past spring.
**Bonus: I am TAP certified but it does not weigh as heavily for engineering transfers.</p>

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Articulation Agreement by Major<br>
Effective during the 12-13 Academic Year </p>

<pre><code> ====Materials Engineering/B.S.====

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<p>Admission to the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science
(HSSEAS) at UCLA is highly competitive. The most important selection criteria
are completion of the required preparatory courses and academic performance. A
minimum transferable cumulative GPA of 3.30 is required for consideration.
Preparatory courses should be completed by the end of the Spring term prior to
Fall enrollment. All major-preparation courses must be taken for a letter grade.
HSSEAS admits students by major and does not consider applicants for alternate
majors.</p>

<p>Applicants are not required to complete the HSSEAS General Education
Requirements in order to be admitted, although it is beneficial for students to
complete 1 course from each of the following areas: arts, humanities, social
sciences, and life sciences. While IGETC Certification is not recognized by
HSSEAS, students may reference the IGETC courselist to make their course
selections.</p>

<p>For more information regarding this major and UCLA's transfer selection process,
please refer to Home</a> ? UCLA Engineering and UCLA</a> Undergraduate Admissions. If you still
have specific questions, you may email the HSSEAS admission office at
<a href="mailto:erkki@ea.ucla.edu">erkki@ea.ucla.edu</a>.</p>

<p>PLEASE NOTE: The community college courses listed below have been approved to
satisfy the preparation requirements for this major at UCLA, but they may not be</p>

<h2>exact equivalents of the UCLA courses listed.</h2>

<h2>The following courses are REQUIRED for admission to this major</h2>

<p>CHEM 20A & Chemical Structure (4)|CHEM 201 & General Chemistry I (6)
CHEM 20L & General Chemistry (3)|CHEM 202 General Chemistry II (5)
Laboratory |<br>
CHEM 20B Chemical Energetics and (4)| </p>

<h2> Change | </h2>

<p>MATH 31A Differential and Integral (4)|MATH 211 Calculus I (5)</p>

<h2> Calculus | </h2>

<p>MATH 31B Integration and Infinite (4)|MATH 212 Calculus II (5)</p>

<h2> Series | </h2>

<p>MATH 32A Calculus of Several (4)|MATH 213 Calculus III (5)</p>

<h2> Variables | </h2>

<p>MATH 32B Calculus of Several (4)|MATH 213 Calculus III (5)</p>

<h2> Variables | </h2>

<p>MATH 33A Linear Algebra and (4)|MATH 214 Linear Algebra (3)</p>

<h2> Applications | </h2>

<h2>MATH 33B Differential Equations (4)|MATH 215 Differential Equations (3)</h2>

<p>NOTE: You should complete the entire Physics Series at one community college (or
at community colleges within the same district where courses are exact
equivalents).
PHYSICS 1A & Physics for Scientists (5)|PHYSIC 220 Physics for (4)
and | Scientists and
Engineers:Mechanics | Engineers: Mechanics
| of Solids and
| Fluids
PHYSICS 4AL Physics Laboratory for (2)|<br>
Scientists and |<br>
Engineers:Mechanics |<br>
AND | AND<br>
PHYSICS 1B & Physics for Scientists (5)|PHYSIC 221 & Physics for (4)
and | Scientists and
Engineers:Oscillations | Engineers:
, Waves, Electric and | Electricity and
Magnetic Fields | Magnetism
PHYSICS 4BL & Physics Laboratory for (2)|PHYSIC 222 Physics for Sci and (4)
Scientists and | Engrs: Waves, Heat,
Engineers:Electricity | Optics and Modern
and Magnetism | Physics
PHYSICS 1C Physics for Scientists (5)|<br>
and |<br>
Engineers:Electrodynam |<br>
ics, Optics, and | </p>

<h2> Special Relativity | </h2>

<p>ENGCOMP 3 English Composition, (5)|ENGL 101 English Composition (3)
Rhetoric, and Language |<br>
| OR
|ENGL 101H Honors - English (4)
| Composition
AND | AND<br>
One additional course in English |ENGL 102 Intermediate (3)
composition | Composition,
| Literature and
| Critical Thinking
| OR
|ENGL 103 Critical Reading, (3)</p>

<h2> | Writing and Thinking </h2>

<p>One course in computer programming: C, |CMPSCI 111 & Introduction to (3)
C++, or Java | Computer Algorithms
| and
| Programming/JAVA
|CMPSCI 111L Introduction to (1)
| Algorithms and
| Programming Lab
| OR
|CMPSCI 235 C Programming (3)
| OR
|CMPSCI 236 C++ Object Oriented (3)
| Programming </p>

<h2>NOTE: C++ is preferred for this major </h2>

<p>Listed below are additional degree requirements for this major that are</p>

<h2>strongly recommended and can be met with community college courses:</h2>

<h2>EL ENGR 10 Circuit Analysis I (4)|ENGR 153 Electrical Circuits (4)</h2>

<p>** MECH&AE 101 Statics and (4)|No course articulated
Strength of | </p>

<h2> Materials | </h2>

<p>** MAT SCI 104 Science of (4)|ENGR 151 Materials of (3)
Engineering | Engineering </p>

<h2> Materials | </h2>

<p>Can you take the missing math course at a different community college?</p>

<p>What you quoted indicates that the math course is required for admission to that major.</p>

<p>I don’t know, but you will benefit from the fact that UCLA is one of the few campuses to actually consider ECs and personal statement.</p>

<p>Definitely apply. With a 4.0 you will at least get into a mid/upper tier UC.</p>

<p>Also, why don’t you call the department? There’s an email address listed in your post as well.</p>

<p>Engineering major at UCLA right here. That missing prerequisite will most likely result in a 99% to UCLA. Do whatever it takes to enroll in that course and complete it. They get a few hundred applications and only accept a handful (<20-30).</p>

<p>ECs will not help you much. As transfers, GPA and prerequisite completion (prereqs outweighs GPA) is weighed heavily. They will gladly choose a 3.8 with all prerequisites completed over a 4.0 without prerequisites completed. I have never heard if any engineer who was admitted to UCLA that were missing prerequisites (I even browsed past acceptance to UCLA threads).</p>

<p>By the way, I could relate to your counseling delimma. It was the same scenario for me. My counselor provided me with an inefficient schedule. Eventually I did my own research and transferring worked out fine.</p>

<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/1065373-anyone-accepted-cal-ucla-without-finishing-pre-req.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/1065373-anyone-accepted-cal-ucla-without-finishing-pre-req.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Thankyou, It’s too bad they don’t allow spring entrances. Now I will have to consider a third year.</p>

<p>Unfortunately, unlike other majors at UCLA where there are typically “recommended” or a mix or recommended and required prereqs, it seems that all the prereqs for engineering are required. </p>

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[Transfer</a> Preparation - Engineering Majors - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/seasmajs.htm]Transfer”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/seasmajs.htm)</p>

<p>Remember that you have other options out there!</p>

<p>It seems that for engineering majors, UCs require all of the prereqs done by the end of Spring, regardless of the GPA and ECs. For UCSB, there is even a rule that minimum of 2 “strongly recommended” classes have to be done as well. It is not mentioned anywhere, but my counselor showed me an email from UCSB admissions counselor. Third year might be a good option, if you can fill it up with general ed. I spent my third year finishing up math (DE class as well), strongly recommended courses, and getting IGETC certified (UCSB eng. school accepts IGETC).</p>