<p>Maybe for Haas since they require resume as part of admission, but I doubt for econs for either berkeley or UCLA do ECs play a significant role.</p>
<p>The ones with 4.0 who didn't get in gets much to do with incompletion of ALL the pre-req courses.</p>
<p>But one thing I see so often is that just because EC's don't play a vital role in UC admission, people misunderstand it as "oh I guess I don't have to do any leadership or activities now, since no one will care" and decide to be so short-sighted. </p>
<p>You ALWAYS want good EC's, not just for the success of transferring into the school of your choice, but for getting a good job or internship when you get there. The recruiters/employers require your transcripts (and some even want to see your SAT score), and when you get lucky, you will eventually find yourself face to face with an interviewer. That's when your past ECs/Leadership play a SIGNIFICANT role (along with some "people skill"). It will give you lots of things to talk about about your past achievements and your experience and qualification for the position you so dearly want.</p>
<p>And I'm not talking about being employed in part-time role in some starbucks or bookstore cashier. I'm talking about a FORMAL internship (paid or unpaid) or a REAL job like like analyst or associate at a somewhat reputable firm with prestige (not that Starbucks isn't, but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about ;)).</p>
<p>From my experience last year in applying, UCLA and UCB took many high GPAed students and loved that you completed your major prep.</p>
<p>UCLA will take soemone with a high gpa with all prereqs completed over a lower gpa student with all ECs in the world. The reason is, UCLA's lower division classes are filled with their incoming freshman. They dont' want anymore students in their lower div classes, especially transfers. They want more of their upper division classes filled.</p>
<p>is major req really that important? i'm mean, for some majors the required classes aren't even listed for many of the majors in assist.org </p>
<p>also for majors like hebrew studies or any obscure majors there aren't even courses related to these fields offered at ccc. </p>
<p>for those who major in obscure or not-popular majors like art history (my major) AND attend a college that do not offer all the major req courses i think the safest apporach is to list a second major in which u HAVE completed the major requirements AND do TAP. for uc's other than ucla, their respective transfer alliance program. of course, i can be wrong in this.</p>
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<p>For impacted majors, VERY.
For non-impacted majors, not very much but still important.</p>
<p>For all my UC to UC transfers, for the Berkeley General Education update, we didn't have to actually type in anything, correct? Just click on UC Reciprocity, then click on "I am not completing IGETC" and "I am not completing L&S Requirements"?</p>
<p>dhl3 is right on target.</p>
<p>I have 3 of my 4 major reqs completed already, I'm taking the fourth and final one right now (spring semester). Will they count this as completed or no?</p>
<p>If you are able to finish all your major reqs by Spring, they will count it as completed.</p>
<p>For UC to UC transfers, for the Berkeley General Education update, we can complete our breadth classes our last quarter and obtain UC Reciprocity? Right? And for the UC update application, can we complete our GEs and have them send the letter after my spring quarter? </p>
<p>Just as long as I submit update application before deadline, I will get an equal review of my application. There is no comparative advantage over someone who submits it earlier than I do? Correct?</p>
<p>Please help. Thanks a lot everyone.</p>
<p>Can someone answer my question? Let's say u have 4.0 GPA, and have completed yr major prereq. However, u are still only left with one general core, which is a science course, but u can only complete it in summer, will UCLA take you in????</p>
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<p>UCLA will take you even if you don't complete it in summer. You can always complete it once you are in UCLA.</p>
<p>How bad would it look after summer 2007, I will have 96 units from a UC and 24 units from AP in high school (Basically I will have 120 units total)??? Will that jeopardize my application??? I applied to UCB and UCLA</p>
<p>I dont think your application will be jeopardized, they will just not give you credit for some classes (you wont get to choose which ones)</p>
<p>i was told that AP units will be considered during the application process and will work in your favor (more units are always good, as long as you don't have more than the max. without counting APs)... so they definitely won't be detrimental to your application. they do say that they don't necessarily advise accepting AP credit just because it's offered to you (and, like mojo said, you won't be offered all 24 credits).</p>
<p>It says that we have to send in a letter of reciprocity "prior to enrolling in the University." Usually w/ paperwork, UC wants all that stuff after you have been admitted, because they don't want junk paper from every applicant.</p>
<p>So I would ASSUME that you can and are encouraged to send it after admission. But I would double check that with them.</p>
<p>socal?, what is this unit "max?"</p>
<p>Here's what UCB has to say...</p>
<p>Q: If my total number of UC transferable units is over 80, am I eligible for admission?
A: Unfortunately, not if you've applied to the College of Letters and Science, where most applicants with excess units are denied admission. If you've applied to the College of Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Design, Natural Resources or Haas School of Business, your application will be reviewed and there may be a slight chance of admission with excess transferable units. Exception: If all of your coursework has been or will be completed at one or more California community colleges, you are eligible for admission and the maximum transfer credit you can receive is 70 semester (105 quarter) units. (80 semester units=120 quarter units)</p>
<p>At my UC, they accepted all of my APs with a certain score, im sure it will be the same at UCB. So, does anyone want to change their answer about the fate of my application???</p>
<p>(For those who don't know, i currently am at another UC with 96 UC units and 24 units from AP, which was transferred to my UC)</p>
<p>The more units you have, the worse off you are? Correct?</p>
<p>if i'm not mistaken, you are expected to have junior standing (60 semester units). they advise you to apply for admission before you have earned over 80 semester units.</p>
<p>my dilemma:
"i'm technically a freshman, but i had 15 units of AP credit & 12 of dual enrollment coming in. i'm taking 34-37 units this year, which will put me just over 60 by spring. will my AP units be taken into account and counted towards my 60 credits?</p>
<p>if so: there appear to be two possible scenarios -
1. as i will only have one year of actual college experience at the time i submit my application, i obviously will not have time to complete the pre-requisite courses for my major.
2. if i were to wait a year, i would be able to complete a larger percentage of the required coursework... but the additional 30 units would put me over the 80 unit maximum.</p>
<p>to what extent will either scenario that negatively impact my chances for admission?"</p>
<p>response from ucla:
"the prerequisite courses need to be completed before transferring. if you are missing one or two courses you can still apply but there is no guarantee that you will be accepted. please be aware that you will be competing with students who will have completed more than the minimum requirement. if AP credit will give you junior standing, they will likely be counted; still, prospective transfers that have earned over 80 units are to be warned that excess units are generally frowned upon. my suggestion would be to apply this year - if you have a strong gpa and are not admitted, it will likely be because you have yet to complete the prerequisite courses. if this is the case, please try again after having completed another semester of work."</p>
<p>basically, it seems like you have to decide which risk you want to take - going over the "max" 80 units or failing to complete the prereqs. both can be detrimental to your application, because the admissions process is designed to make it easiest for junior-level ccc students to transfer and increasingly difficult for students from other ucs, in-state four-year universities, and out-of-state four-year universities... in that order.</p>