UCLA Transfer 2018 Applicant - P/NP & AP Credit for Major Preparation Courses

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Hello, I am a transfer applicant applying for UCLA Fall 2018 semester, and I have a question regarding AP credit and P/NP classes for major prerequisite classes. Also, If anyone has experience transferring to UCLA or Berkeley with AP exams please share your experience and how you inputted these grades and scores on the application. I’m getting lots of conflicted and potentially unreliable answers from my CC’s useless counselors, so I decided to post this on the forum. (Sorry if this post might be a bit long or confusing.)

To start off with, I am a History major and for my major we have to choose 3 history classes, 1 semester of World or European History, and 2 additional semesters of any other History class offered at my CC. I fulfilled all of these requirements by taking courses at my college for a letter grade (I took 1 semester of World, 1 semester of Middle East History, and 1 semester of British History all for a letter grade), but I am a bit concerned because I also passed the AP US History and AP Euro exams back in high school, and my community college gave me credit by listing the equivalent college US History and European History courses on my transcript with a “PASS” grade. The problem is that UCLA and the info on Assist.org stresses that ALL major preparation courses MUST BE TAKEN FOR A LETTER GRADE, and even though I completed my major prerequisites with other history classes for a letter grade, I am worried if having the “Pass” grades on major preparation courses would negatively impact my chances for admission.

I became very paranoid about this so I decided on retaking the European and US History courses at another nearby community college this Fall for a letter grade, (even though they are already listed on my transcript with “PASS” grades at my current college). I am also going to explain this extensively on my UC Application in the Additional Comments section. Does anyone have additional advice or experience with this? I have tried explaining this situation countless times with my CC counselors but they are all clueless. Should I call UCLA directly or try and meet up with a UCLA rep at my college in the upcoming months? I hope this will not be the reason I get rejected.

(P.S. - By this Fall, I will have all major classes completed, my IGETC is already certified, I have over 95 UC transferrable semester units completed, a great major-related extracurricular, ok essays, and I’m applying to a non-impacted easy-to-get-into major with a 4.00 cumulative GPA, so I hope this complicated AP credit/ Pass grade situation will not prevent me from getting accepted into my dream university.)

Thank You.

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I am not sure I am understanding exactly, but the course with letter grade will override the AP exam. You also will not get AP units if they are duplicated with a course, so be sure to deduct those 5 units for each duplicated AP exam in your 60 unit count - although you seem to have plenty.

Don’t stress. Just fill out the application noting the courses. The UC will figure it out later when they cross-reference with your transcript. It is not complicated on their end.

This happens regularly - an AP exam cannot be applied because a letter grade course is required. I’m not sure what is so confusing to the CCC advisor.

Also, it seems to me they can just remove the word PASS ffs. It’s not uneditable. But either way, don’t strsss.