<p>Hi guys,</p>
<p>I think this new thread will be helpful to not just me but also to everyone else in here. I was wondering if anyone (people who have transferred or haven't just yet) has experienced the unexpected mistakes during their CCC plans. The reason why I am asking/saying this is because recently, I was one step away from making the biggest mistake of my life. I "assumed" an English course (English 1B) would satisfy an area under IGETC and it ended up the other course (English 1C) was the one I should've taken. I found out 2 weeks after the semester had already started and was fortunate enough to enroll into that 1C course. </p>
<p>I planned my CCC courses way before I entered my local CC, and I thought everything was flawless until that day. Anyways, so my question is, has anyone experienced anything similar to this? After what happened, I felt insecure everyday. "Is this wrong or is that wrong," I often ask myself.</p>
<p>So if you guys can share your previous experiences, not only it'll help me out but it'll also provide assistance to others. </p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Calster_Reno</p>
<p>In order to take English 1C, you needed to have taken the Physical Science requirement or English 1B. Also IGETC is not what some transfer students take for a path to fulfill GE’s. Most schools will accept you if you fulfill part of the IGETC (I’ve called the admission officers at all the UC’s to verify this/ except Merced, I don’t want to go there). IGETC is just a recommended pathway for community college students to fulfill their GE coursework. Colleges such as UC Berkeley do not really look into IGETC in fulfilling their GE requirements.</p>
<p>I hope this helped.</p>
<p>MakeBank, he wasn’t asking about the English classes, he was just telling us about his unexpected experience. And IGETC DOES help a good deal when applying to all the UC’s. Of course it depends on your major though, a business major wouldn’t want to spend too much time trying to finish IGETC over their pre-reqs.</p>
<p>Of course there’s always unexpected mistakes. I make them all the time lol. I’m actually in the same situation as you are right now. I took English 1B at one CC a year ago and once I started attending another CC, I thought the English 1B class would fulfill IGETC but it turns out I had to take English 1C too. The 1B class didn’t articulate over, strange I know. So now I’m taking English 1C for Spring XD</p>
<p>Trust me, I planned everything out too before I started but you will always have to start making accommodations and work with them. Many people change majors, don’t finish some prereqs, can’t add into classes, do unexpectedly poor in a class, or some unpredictable situation arises. I made a lot of mistakes during these past two years (it would take too long to post them all) but I’m still transferring this Fall. </p>
<p>Don’t dread on what you should have done, you just have to keep going! I wouldn’t say you made a mistake, it was just something you were unaware about, like me. It’s not like the 1B class you took was useless anyways. It’s still a GE and it will still bring up your GPA just like it did for me. You’re taking 1C now and still on path. Don’t sweat it!</p>
<p>Ya, I’m applying for CAL as an Econ major so IGETC is needed. It just frightens me that one simple mistake (if I hadn’t caught it) would’ve ruined all my hard work… sigh!</p>
<p>i have totally came across many unexpected mistakes, even when i thought i planned it all out. i almost made the same english mistake as you too. and i personally don’t trust counselors, they don’t know what they’re doing. now, i just call the school i want to transfer to, its so much easier and you get a solid answer. and at my cc, apparently, my japanese ap score doesn’t count for “foreign language” so yeah… just check everything lol</p>
<p>Thats strange Calster_Reno cause usually you get a form of all the courses that meet a certain IGETC requirement for a specific section. Not sure if you ever got one of these at your CC. </p>
<p>My advice for anyone is to check your requirements (IGETC and major pre-req at the beginning and end of every semester). I have friends who couldn’t transfer on time because they assume it was ok to take course A for the requirement instead of course B. When in reality they must take course B. So checking often really helps to save you some trouble later on.</p>
<p>I’m glad to see that you saw the mistake early on.</p>