<p>Hello I am new to this forum and I have an issue regarding my transfer decision.. </p>
<p>I was accepted to UCSB as Pre-Econ and Accounting and UCI wait listed me but accepted me just now for Psychology and Social Behavior</p>
<p>I have decided to pursue a CPA and I am not sure where I should go. </p>
<p>Here is the problems I have with each school.</p>
<p>UCI:
I need to change majors and risk the chance of not getting a business major, and I need to apply for the accounting minor which I hear is very competitive. Did not complete the second calculus class for business majors</p>
<p>Question: If I choose UCI, would a Psychology and Social Behavior major along with the Accounting minor be enough to sit for the CPA exam? </p>
<p>UCSB:</p>
<p>Distance from home, will have to take out loans. </p>
<p>Basically, I am leaning towards UCI because I would save money on housing, but changing majors and getting into the accounting minor may be a problem.. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>Transferring into the Business major at UCI, will be very difficult, if they will even allow it at all. The Accounting minor is competitive, but not unreasonably so, and you will need at least a 3.3-3.5 UCI GPA to get in. The E&A at UCSB is just the pre-major. In order to be admitted to the full major, you must take a certain Economics class at UCSB. You must get a B or higher to be admitted into the full major (not a B-). If you get a B- or below, you will not be admitted into the major, and will have to major in something else.</p>
<p>In order to minor in UCI, you have to major in business. And as the other person already commented, UCIs accounting is very hard to get in and so does business major. I’m not sure you can take any accounting class with psychology major. I think UCIs accounting seems better since they have business school, but it doesn’t mean UCSB accounting sucks.</p>
<p>^ the accounting minor is actually for those who are not majoring in a paul merage school of business major… </p>
<p>i am wondering if the minor has enough business classes to sit for the CPA and if it would be okay to major in psych and social behavior and minor in accounting in order to become a CPA.</p>
<p>“In order to qualify for admission into the Economics and Accounting major, students must complete Economics 1, 2, 3A, 3B, and 10A with a UC grade-point average of 2.85 or above”</p>
<p>In other words, your UCSB GPA in these classes must be a 2.85 or higher. And since Economics 10A will be the only class you take there, you must get a B (not a B-) or higher in order to be admitted into the full major.</p>
<p>Am I the only one who thinks this is really lame? I’m applying to UCSB as a Econ/Accounting major as well and I would be very upset if I had to change my major because of this one class. At least freshman admits have the ability to spread their GPA over all their undergrad econ classes…</p>
<p>One possibility is to apply as an Econ major (not E/A) and then take 10A + the 2 accounting classes at UCSB, and then switch to E/A to have a better shot at the 2.85. My top 2 choices are UCSB for E&A and UCSC for Business Management Economics which also requires those 2 accounting classes. I’m debating whether or not to take them at my CC in case I attend SB and have the GPA requirement over 3 classes rather than 1.</p>
<p>From what I understand, Economics majors don’t require the 3A and 3B (financial and managerial accounting) that Econ & Accounting majors do. </p>
<p>“In order to qualify for admission into the Economics and Accounting major, students must complete Economics 1, 2, 3A, 3B, and 10A with a UC grade-point average of 2.85 or above”</p>
<p>Oh, I just meant that if you take accounting at UCSB instead of at CC, your GPA will be calculated over 3 classes instead of just 10A which leaves you more room for error. At least, I think you can.</p>
<p>Oh, I see what you mean. From my understanding however, you can’t swicth to E&A as transfer unless you are admitted to its pre-major. Maybe there is an exception for in-department transfers, but I personally haven’t heard of one.</p>
<p>You can do the accounting minor at UCI over two summers without getting into the program. There is no restriction on who can take the classes as long as you have the pre-reqs done. As long as you sign up early, you will get in the class.</p>
<p>However, the only downside is if you don’t get financial aid then it will be costly. </p>
<p>If you want to finish it over two summers, you have to take 4 accounting classes each summer so be prepared for that also.</p>
<p>So I decided on uci but I am a psych and social behavior major and applying for the accounting minor</p>
<p>Will I be able to complete the requirements to sit for the CPA exam with the minor and taking extra business classes?</p>
<p>Or should I change my major to business Econ/administration? However doing this I will have to take a few extra classes because I did not finish all the requirements yet</p>
<p>^Things are changing. In 2014 you will need 150 semester (225 quarter) units in order to take the CPA exam. In comparison, you need 180 quarter units to graduate from a UC with a Bachelors degree. You will be able to take the test with a Bachelors and the 24 units in Accounting and 24 in Business classes. However, you won’t be able to obtain a license until you complete the 150 units. If you want to be an accountant, I would suggest going to UCSB for the Econ and Accounting major. If money for housing is an issue, I would look at the university owned apartments which are less than $600 a month. </p>