<p>hmm. so it's not like psych where you need a 2.9 to be guaranteed. but then comm want you to have a strong GPA anyway xD
honestly, they should just... HAVE a minimum... or a guideline... or something?</p>
<p>allie would you happen to know if high school AP credit counts as completing a prereq for purposes of applying? just wondering if i've got a snowball's chance in hell ;)</p>
<p>Just out of curiousity, if i maintained my 4.0 GPA, became an editor of my college paper and ( i have already done an internship at a PR firm & am already a writer for my school paper) would my chances of getting into the Communiations department again next year be good? I know that it's different with every new pool of applicants,but just curiosu.</p>
<p>wait, are you a 4 yr or a transfer applicant?</p>
<p>your chances would be good, i guess, but getting in once definitely doesn't guarentee admissions again. you could majorly screw yourself over, the department could have biases if you chose not to accept previously, etc. it's hard to know. </p>
<p>and um. if you want to do comm, and you got in, ACCEPT. because seriously. 15% admissions rate.</p>
<p>i'm a transfer, is it still 15% chance to get in? how helpful are they with getting you internships & contacts..etc etc.</p>
<p>i feel ridiculous for even saying these things !I know there are ppl who are dying to get in and would say yes w/out even thinking about it!</p>
<p>the 15-17% admissions rate is for transfers. it's somewhat higher for 4 yr applicants because there are fewer. </p>
<p>the comm department regularly sends emails notifying about internship openings in the field, but its up to you to do the work to land them. this holds true for basically everything at UCLA. </p>
<p>and really, i would NOT attempt to reapply later as a transfer. i think you need to decide if you're ready to do comm at UCLA or not, and i think it kind of has to be a pretty permanent decision. while you're welcome to reject the offer and reapply later, know that you're going to be thrown back into the pool and your past offer won't really hold any bearing on a new decision. it's ridiculously risky to attempt to reapply to the program later if you actually want to do the program. so i think you just need to figure out what you want to do. i wouldn't even really consider reapplication as an option, to be honest.</p>
<p>thanks allie. you're right. i have noticed that when i talk to people and tell them i'm thinking about reapplying they make this face =/ LOL. </p>
<p>I need to really think about this with a clear mind. </p>
<p>You know what, I'm so confused about all my choices for a major that i think sticking w/Communications might be the smartest. If i proceed w/communications at least i'll be getting the education at a school like UCLA, which is better than getting one on a major i probably will doubt as well (like graphics design) at a cal state (no offense! i like calstates but UCLA is better) </p>
<p>One of my concerns was not knowing if getting a communications major will get me a career I will enjoy, but i guess no one really knows what job they want until they go out and do internships.</p>
<p>UCLA is pretty awesome, i'd be the second in my family to go to a 4 year college, and the first in my family to go to a UC.</p>
<p>liyana179 - "i applied (half not really trying to)" </p>
<p>that's kind of how i applied...although i think half-consicously i knew that i really wanted to get in.
In fact, I applied 5 days before the application deadlines for transfers, luckily all this was happening at a time when I was really really motivated in pursuing communications/journalism, so it was perfect because I had all this inspiration to write my essay.</p>
<p>here's the thing.</p>
<p>UCs offer a theoretical education. unless you're admitted to DESMA, or Film, or Theatre, or Nursing, or something else with a very specific vocational focus, you won't receive actual on the job training. Cal States, in contrast, were designed to offer a more vocational and practical education and so most/all of their programs are less about theory and more about how to do things. so doing comm or graphic design at a cal state is going to be very different than doing comm or graphic design at UCLA (because even though DESMA students actually do learn specific techniques, etc, they still receive a ton of art theory and approach design from a pretty academic perspective). </p>
<p>thus, what you choose depends not only on what you want to do when you graduate, but what you want/need from your classes. the graphic design program at long beach, for example, will offer a pretty straightforward curriculum that will allow you to build a portfolio, do a graduation presentation, and move straight into a design job. </p>
<p>comm at ucla is significantly more ambiguous. this might be bad if you prefer a specific, cut and dry focus. but i've always felt that the program is so cool precisely because it does allow for a great degree of choice on your part. this freedom, however, means that its up to you to figure your own path out. you need to narrow down the classes you want, be active in your field, etc in order to round out your education. so the program won't just drop you into a job upon graduation, but combined with other resources UCLA offers, it gives you a pretty impressive basis for being hired. </p>
<p>and while it's important to narrow down your focus and figure out what field you would like to work in, major choice really is much less important than your actual experience in internships and other ECs. this is especially true coming from a school like UCLA where, because of the broad and theoretical nature of the curriculum, your major doesn't really bind you to any specific career path. so that really shouldn't be a concern. with a comm major you can go into business, journalism, law, etc. it's not really about what comm will get you (or any other major, for that matter), but rather how you use your education to get yourself where you want to go. undergrad is really only a catalyst for what you want to do later and it doesn't dictate your future as much as I suspect you believe it does. </p>
<p>so yeah. don't choose based on prestige, or what you think will land you a job, or whatever. choose based on how you believe you learn best, how much academic freedom you desire, and what kind of education you believe you'll benefit from most. there's no shame in going to a cal state if that's what will work for you. you just need to figure out what will work for you.</p>