Unit,course,and other misc questions

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>Kind of long but please read =]</p>

<p>I'm a current freshman and I want to transfer from UCR to UCLA and before people start questioning me about it:</p>

<p>1.I know it's not exactly a cakewalk, especially since i'm a Political Science major.
2.Yes, it may seem premature but their actually isn't much wrong with UCR academically, I just hate the social scene and want more and the resources of a big city.And yes this is after 6 weeks but i'm doing well: 3 classes/14 units--3.8 GPA so far.</p>

<p>That being said, I currently have 20 units of credit from AP tests, part of which UCR accepts as their equivalents to POSC 10 (American Politics) and 15 (Comparative Politics).But on the UCLA transfer site it says clearly:</p>

<h1>introduction to American government/politics †</h1>

<h1>introduction to comparative politics †</h1>

<p>† AP exams (US/Comparative Government, Statistics) DO NOT satisfy UCLA's lower division Political Science major preparation. Check the articulation agreements on ASSIST to see if your college offers approved coursework. </p>

<p>BUT I heard if your going to another UC campus and you complete the breadth/GE requirements of that UC, your good.</p>

<p>Bearing that in mind, I checked and see if UCLA would take the 3 that I got on AP Psychology and on their site it said 4 or higher, but again UCR gave me unit credit. And i'm just going to assume the same with the 3 I got for AP European History, so is that 20 unit credit I got here at UCR basically useless?</p>

<p>Finally I suck at math, and I want to take a class called "Introduction to Computing" which satisfies the math GE requirement for political science at UCR.Would this go through with UCLA cause it says:</p>

<p>"One transferable math course that has a prerequisite of intermediate algebra or higher."</p>

<p>Basically does UC Reciprocity Agreement trump all this crap or am I screwed and have to take those classes?</p>

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<p>Well, it looks like if you want the degree from UCLA, you will have to follow their rules and will have to re-take the classes. You may consider transferring to a CC since over 90% of all transfers are accepted from the CC’s and students from CC’s have priority over students from 4 year schools, including other UC’s. Maybe if you do that, your credits will count through the general ed program of the CC?</p>

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<p>Right but on their transfer site it also says:</p>

<p>“We also encourage you to complete the General Education (GE) requirement of the UC campus you currently attend before you transfer. If you do this, you will be exempt from UCLA’s GE requirement.”</p>

<p>Anyone else want to clarify?Because I feel like i’m getting conflicting messages.</p>

<p>I checked the site for Berkeley and pretty much the same:</p>

<p>“General Education requirements completed by
the end of the spring term prior to admission.
You may satisfy the General Education requirements
by completing one of the following”:</p>

<p>-University of California Reciprocity
Agreement. </p>

<p>This option is available only
for transfers from another UC campus.
Consult your home UC college/school
adviser for details</p>

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<p>“We also encourage you to complete the General Education (GE) requirement of the UC campus you currently attend before you transfer. If you do this, you will be exempt from UCLA’s GE requirement.”</p>

<p>Yeah, thats if you want to transfer as a UC transfer.<br>
I wouldn’t have submitted my SIR to UCR if I wanted to transfer to UCLA. Transferring from a community college is a far better option in my opinion.</p>

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<p>I didn’t think I would want to transfer out so soon into my first year.</p>

<p>At any rate isn’t that besides the point? I would still have the same problem with units and credits if I went to a CC.I’m more worried about Pre-reqs than my GPA, I don’t want to sound cocky, but the classes here at UCR aren’t exactly hard.I looked at the average GPA for CL&S and it’s 3.61, the average admitted GPA for other UC campuses is 3.55.</p>