<p>My conditions were just to finish Differential Equations and Physics: Electricity & Magnetism with a grade of B or better by the end of Spring and I should be good! The rest was stuff like maintain a 3.0 or above and finish 60 units but if I accomplish that first one, then the rest will automatically stay fulfilled. Actually, I don’t think it’s even possible for my gpa to fall below a 3.0 regardless…</p>
<p>i think you’re supposed to complete your spring semester grades with at least a 3.0</p>
<p>^ i’m scared because i might actually get a C in Chem is there anything else i can do then you know study like crazy to get a B? </p>
<p>maybe call admissions or something? </p>
<p>anyone is a similar situation?</p>
<p>i’m freaking out right now and studying for chem as we speak</p>
<p>@pianocat whats your major?</p>
<p>Hey Piano, please don’t take offense to this, but I’m saying this for your own benefit. You got to change something around if you wanna succeed in a science major at a UC. I get almost straight A’s in community college in the sciences and then look at my girlfriends test “at UCSD” and they are MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH harder. She’ll study 25 hours for a test and still get a D or C and get curved to a B or B- in the class. I can honestly say that even though I ace my community college test, I would probabbly get a D on her test. I would honestly recommend you start either studying MUCH MUCH MUCH more or switch majors, because it’s going to get much tougher and I don’t want your gpa to be completely ruined once at a UC.</p>
<p>^
Nabile, good intentions but poor delivery. You’re basically discrediting science classes given at a community college. They might be harder, they might not be, but to say you ace your classes but would probably get a D at the UC shows your insecurity.</p>
<p>I have friends at UCI that say some science classes are easier, some are harder, and yet they’re still top 5-10% of their class.</p>
<p>I hope you’re not studying 25hrs to ace your science classes at your CC…because if you are, then you probably would get a D</p>
<p>namsayin?</p>
<p>I do agree though that if you’re getting Cs in your science classes right now, you’re going to do just as bad at the UCs. And if you’re premed, then you probably won’t get far…lolz</p>
<p>I think Nabile made a good point. It had to be said by someone but no one really wanted to sound like a d-o-u-c-h-e. Science is hard and if you don’t pick up your act, how do you suppose you’ll do when you do make it into a UC. No one will want to hire someone with a low GPA in any field. Science classes are harder at UC’s too regardless of what anyone tries to say. I have UCR students take their science courses here with me and they all give the same reason (it’s easier in CC). Oh and this is one of the lower UC’s. A school like UCSD has an ever tougher curve to beat with lots of Pre-med’s to compete with. I also hear that they drop you from certain majors if you fall below a certain GPA.</p>
<p>Oh and 25 hours does seem about right donthyathink?</p>
<p>@Jffryx bio</p>
<p>Well anyone in a similar situation??</p>
<p>can we do anything about it?</p>
<p>you think it might be going to far to switch to something that does not require chem as a prereq? will my transfer condition change then?</p>
<p>i don’t really care at this point what major i get into i just want to get in</p>
<p>25 hours for a D? I would kill myself.</p>
<p>For some reason my UCI required GPA to keep is 3.7 that’s so hard anyone else have that?</p>
<p>Nono! I definately don’t study 25 hrs per test lol. And your right some classes are harder and some easier. In my experience my Bio classes were either at the same level or closely behind whereas chem was NO WHERE near theres. And she did study 25 hours for 2 of her chem tests in I think 10c? and recieved a d. Lucky for her, the professor ended up giving her a B in the class. The point is, if your barely pulling an A in community college you may have to up your game to get a B in a UC. So I’m just worried for you if your pulling a C. Once again, I mean no offense, I just don’t want your gpa to follow you down the line. </p>
<p>Also, I believe if you google it, you may be able to find some of the Uc’s old tests online. Check it out and tell me what you think. For example, my sisters friend at UCLA had to derive all their formulas on a test with calc in the chem 20 series (chem in community college transfers over as the 20 series). Who here took General Chemistry and did a bunch of calculus and schrodinger equations in their course? Not this guy!</p>
<p>Idk, all of the derivations for gen chem II are like, super easy integrations/differentiations. You have the rate laws and arrhenius and a few other things. I did the derivations just because it’s easier to recall formulae once you’ve worked through it (at least, in my experience).</p>
<p>Here is what I’ve read and also has been confirmed to me by many of My friends that go to either UCLA or UCSD. In social science/humanity majors, your effort results in your grade. If you study hardcore for a test, you’ll most likely get your A. In the science/engineering/math majors, your results are based off your intelligence meaning, You can study tons! but in the end if your not in the top 10% intelligence wise its very difficult to get an A. So unless your incredibly intelligent you need to work VERY VERY hard in order to get a B/B+/A- in the class. If your not incredibly intelligent and also not THE most hardworking, you will not pass. Everyone I know except for one person struggles to get B’s at the UC’s, and they all made it in as freshman with 4.2’s++ in HS. Even my friend who 2200’d the SAT transferred to UCLA math from CC. He did horrible his first quarter and was like damn I really need to step up my game. He breezed through CC. I asked him do you think you could Ace your classes if you worked incredibly hard. And he replied with a “honestly, I don’t think so. No matter how hard I work, I’ll probably end with a B/B+”. </p>
<p>Point is, Up your game, don’t wait 2 quarters to realize it.</p>
<p>No offense to you but that is the stupidest thing I have heard all day. It is very typical of science majors to think they are better than everybody else (usually because of some inferiority issues they had growing up)</p>
<p>Evidence: I have taken challenging science and calculus classes at UCSD through cross-enrollment and did well (solid A’s) and I am not even a science person, and I am certainly not in the top 10% of intelligence (which is a hilarious category imo), nor am I particularly hard working. </p>
<p>The people who have trouble with science have simply not found studying techniques that work for them. All science problems are presolved, so it does not take a genius to figure them out.</p>
<p>^but some people have it easier than others. Some are just born with a more technical way of thinking.</p>
<p>I would agree to some extent that studying techniques has a role. But look at the average gpas for each major. Engineering and sciences are the lowest by far.</p>
<p>Also, what calc series did you take? For example, UCLA has 2 calc series, one is MUCH MUCH harder then the other. UCSD i believe is the same. They have calc series that aren’t to difficult for life science and social science majors. They also have calc for chem/physics/eng majors. Also what sciences did you take? since UCSD has a lot of None science major General ed science courses. From what I hear, the physics/chem/ochem are the weeder out crazy classes.</p>
<p>@lbc123</p>
<p>You’re a cogsci/neurosci BS, right? I think for that B.S. @ UCSD you are required to take 16 units from Math 20 A-F and Math 15A/B combined. Math 15 is discrete math/algorithms and the 20 series is Calc for Engineers + Diff Eq + Linear Algebra - aka the harder series.</p>
<p>So my guess is that you took the 20 series…</p>
<p>P.S. I think that the reason engineering/science majors have lower GPAs is because most people don’t know how to study for technical courses. They end up doing a bunch of memorization and rote review + last minute cramming. So not the way to ace a technical class. Intuitively understand the concept and spend a jackload of time on the exercises you have trouble completing. If you do poorly on the first exam, identify problem areas and work diligently on them. It doesn’t come down to intellectual superiority - it’s hardwork/focus + doing the right kind of work (procedural vs. memorization).</p>
<p>Yup my girlfriend is a chem major at UCSD and I took the 20 series with her.</p>
<p>It was hard(very hard), but it did not require “superior intelligence” to pass, which is all I was trying to say.</p>
<p>sorry I may of exaggerated with 10% and stuff like that. My overall point is wouldn’t you say those classes were harder than your community college classes?</p>
<p>Plus the thing I said with intelligence, is what people have told me.</p>