<p>I'm new to posting on this forum, but I've been reading some posts for a while now, and I know that many people here are very helpful. I'm currently in my second year at a community college and I'm planning on transferring to UCLA this fall. My major is political science, and I am currently enrolled in a Statistics course. Up until now, I've maintained a 4.0 and have completed (or am completing) all of the other requirements and preparatory classes for the major. I'm not much of a math person (although I've already taken Applied College Algebra, which is also a transferable math course, and managed to get an A). There's a chance I might get a "C" in my Stats course this semester. Will I still be able to transfer to UCLA? Thanks in advance for your help!</p>
<p>I think you will be fine but if you had to get a C it probably have been better to get it in Algebra than Statistics. Statistics is probably the one area in Math that is relevant to your major in that it teaches about sampling popular opinion, how statistical analysis is done and how to interpret political polls and the strengths and limitations of political polls in determining what the electorate might do.</p>
<p>Transfers are treated totally different from frosh so best not to listen to their opinions when it comes to admission issues. Universities understand that math isn’t for everybody so don’t sweat that. Intermediate Algebra use to count as a transferable class but now is just a institutional requirement and can even be taken P/NP. Stats is important but if you get a C it won’t hurt your chances on getting into UCLA as some will scare you into believing here. I’m not sure but you may have to do an upper division Stats too which is worth checking into to see if the department requires it for reasons Lemaitre1 mentioned.</p>
<p>Short version is, UCLA accepts Statistics 10 from community colleges for the IGETC requirement. However, UCLA’s Political Science department also requires statistics, but they require a specific type of statistics. Most CCCs do not offer a UCLA Political Science-approved statistics course.</p>
<p>What you’re looking for is a psychology statistics course, as opposed to a math statistics course. Some CCCs call it Social Science Statistics. These courses emphasize written analysis and computer software, rather than the math itself. You still learn how to do T-Tests and ANOVAs by hand, but the rest of the stuff is emphasized more. From what I hear, math stats requires a graphing calculator. Psych stats doesn’t.</p>
<p>Psych stats also (usually) satisfies the IGETC requirement. So if your college has a psych/social science statistics course that satisfies IGETC, take it even if UCLA doesn’t accept it for political science. It’ll prepare you for UCLA’s stats better than a math stats course.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^ditto</p>
<p>No you’ll be flipping burgers for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>come on dude. One C isn’t going to kill your chances unless your a bus/econ major.</p>
<p>I am not a math person at all either. I’m an English major and I dread math. I got an A this last fall in statistics so don’t underestimate your potential from the get go! :)</p>
<p>@Nick – I think the other phrase for that might be something along the lines of Experimental Psychophysiology, Psych 2, that’s what my college called it. He’s lucky he’s not a Psych major, they require BOTH.</p>
<p>I’ve never seen a class with a name like that meet the political science major requirements… Every course I’ve seen that does has “statistics” in the title. If you know of one that does, though, do post it–the more information we all have, the better.</p>