UCLA Pre-Reqs?

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<p>I want to be a Pre-Psych Major at UCLA. I expect to have about a ~3.4-.6 GPA + TAP.
While taking a look at their prereqs, I came up with a couple questions. Hope you guys can fill me out!</p>

<p>For MATH, they say they want me to take Elementary Statistics to fill out their Quantitative Reasoning requirement. But realistically, don't you think completing Calculus 1 looks better than Math 52 (stats)? Or should I just do whatever they ask me to do, and take the Stats route instead of Calc.</p>

<p>Then for Bio, Chem, Philosophy, they list a bunch of classes that I have an option of taking. My understanding is that I only need to take 1 from that section, because every other class says "OR". So for example, if I only took Biol 3 Fundamentals of Biology, instead of say Bio 21&Bio23 am I at a disadvantage? </p>

<p>Same thing with Chemistry. They ask Chem 10 (intro) OR Chem 11 (gen chem)
Will just taking Chem10 suffice? Or am I at a disadvantage?</p>

<p>Last question is, for Physics. Is taking Physics 12 (Intro to Physics NO LAB) okay? Or should I be taking the one WITH lab?</p>

<p>here is the link to the assist page for UCLA psych. maybe it will make things clearer
ASSIST</a> Report: SMCC 08-09 UCLA Articulation Agreement by Major</p>

<p>Sorry if my post was long and difficult to understand!</p>

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<p>what it says to do on assist is what you do. Don't take a harder class because you think it will look good, if it doesn't count towards the major pre-reqs agreement between your ccc and ucla it doesn't matter and won't count towards fullfilling your major requirements.</p>

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<p>I am doing what assist is telling me what to do, but for this situation its different.</p>

<p>Instead of them saying "take this AND this And this."
they offer "Take this OR this Or this Or this"</p>

<p>Lets use chemistry for example. they ask you to take "Intro to chem" OR "General Chem"</p>

<p>Obviously, if I pass Gen Chem, it shows I have better knowledge. But does taking Gen Chem put me at an advantage to someone who only took "introductory" classes?</p>

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<p>What if I took all the introductor/no lab classes, but received good grades in them. would that help me get into UCLA? Or is UCLA asking for A's in all the top-tier classes?</p>

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<p>For transfer students, the grades are all that matter.</p>

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<p>are u sure coz i am inthe same dilemma</p>

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<p>if they are using OR then it means they are giving you the option of taking this or that. it doesn't matter</p>

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<p>If assist has multiple courses that you can use to fill a requirement any course would be fine. Like assist would have course A or course B or course C meeting X requirement. If it is listed as OR the UC will not discriminate on which course will look better.</p>

<p>The only reason to take the other courses is if you are interested in them or if they provide a stronger argument when you write your personal statement about your interest in the major. But beyond that any course is fine.</p>