I am going to apply for UCR transfer this fall, hopefully for TAG.
My overall GPA is a 3.69, and with major-only classes, its still ok at around 3.3-3.4. I also fulfill most, if not all requirements (for both TAG and regular).
However, there could be one that I haven’t fulfilled. I do have one C, and that’s in multivariable calculus, which is UCR’s math 10A (according to assist.org). This is the only calculus class that I have taken at my CC, since I took the AP calc BC exam and got a 5 on it. UCR says that it only fulfills math 9A & 9B, not 9A-9C. But on assist.org, 9C is included in the section that’s fulfilled by the AP score.
Now UCR says that one needs to have a 2.5 GPA for the “calculus series”, but I’m confused on what that exactly means. Does it only include the Math 9A-C series, or does it include all calculus classes, including math 10A? So am I screwed, or do I still fulfill the minimum requirements?
(Note: this C was gotten in my very first semester, plus I took linear algebra later on and got an A for that).
First off, it would help if you mentioned the major so we don’t have to guess. I’m assuming (?) an Engineering/CS major. That college says AP score of 5 on Calc BC will fulfill 9A and 9B. Since a 9C is included in the sequence for the major my hunch is you needed that second course at the CCC (even if it blended parts of 9B). The UCs will always expect overlap over gaps. And since AP does not cover 9C, it seems to me there is a gap. (I didn’t see on assist where it said AP fulfills 9C. It said to look at the college AP rules.)
Next, the sequencing part would refer to Calc 9A, 9B, 9C.
Sorry yeah I forgot to include that, until editing was too late. I am Computer Science.
Yeah I’m just confused about how AP doesn’t cover 9C. Because for my CC, there are 3 calc classes, and the AP exam covers the first 2 of those calc classes. On assist.org, those 2 math classes cover all of 9ABC. So according to my CC, it covers 9ABC, but for UCR it doesn’t.
Also I have no idea what I could take the even fulfill 9C, because it’s already covered in the 2 calc classes that I skipped (for my CC). So maybe I can somehow get ap credit at CC, which will give me credit for the 2 calc classes that fulfill abc, idk hopefully that doesn’t sound too confusing.
Ok but regardless of what the answer is for that, if 10A isn’t included in the sequence, then maybe I’m ok? Because my C class (multivar calc), is 10A according to assist.org, which is outside of the sequence (according to you at least), even though its a calculus class?. Just to check, I looked at the course descriptions from UCR, and yeah, 9C is not multivariable calculus, and instead seems to be a part of Calc BC, which is weird.
@cstransfer88 Well definitively the calculus series are the single and multi-variable classes (in which you have already completed the single-variable set with your AP tests) and CS majors need to have the entire lower-division math series completed, which also includes Linear Algebra and Differential Equations. This is somewhat tricky but I would second what @Ohm888 said and ask the UC. Given that you have a pretty high GPA (especially your major GPA), it should not be too much a problem. Definitely give it a mention when you are listing out reasons for “bad” grades, especially countering that you got better grades in your later classes such as LA and DifEq. If you have the time, also talk to your community college counselor and see if they have seen similar cases. Best of luck!
UC Riverside is on a quarter system, so your AP Calc BC would cover 9A thru 9C. I think whoever told you that it covers only A and B is mistaken, thinking that you took the AP Calc AB test and not BC. But some schools might treat the Calc C (9C) as a combo Calc/Diff Equations class, so I suppose it’s remotely possible that your BC exam “only” covers A and B.
An educated guess is that the “Calculus series” is 9A-9C.
Multivariate Calculus is often required for Computer Science, but not always. I see it as a course that is suggested to be taken in your third year which tells me that UCR has no expectations that you would have already taken the class prior to transferring, though I’m sure many people do take the class while in CC (as well as Linear Algebra and Differential Equations).
I looked at assist.org and oh boy, both UCR and assist.or is consistent - your BC exam only covers 9A and 9B.
From assist.org: **A
score of 3, 4 or 5 on the AP Mathematics |
BC Exam will satisfy Math 9A and 9B. **
so forget about what I said in the previous post. You’ll have to ask UCR to see if taking the MVC class covers the 9C or not; otherwise you might have to take a Calc II class or something along those lines to cover.