<p>I have a 3.15
IGETC will be completed
and 5/7 major courses will be completed
Business Econ Major</p>
<p>The reason i ask is because untill today everything councelors and the ucsb website have told me implies that under the TAA if I get a 2.8 gpa and complete IGETC with 60 units then I am gauranteed entry for the fall regardless of major preperation. However a few people on this board have said that UCSB needs 80 percent of pre major courses completed before transfer. Does anyone know what the deal is?</p>
<p>1) The Business Economics major is included in the TAA major, so a 2.8 and IGETC will guarantee your transfer.</p>
<p>2) You need exactly 0% of pre-major courses completed. Almost all majors in the Letters & Sciences school (except those in the biological sciences) do not require that you complete ANY pre-major courses, however, it is reccomended.</p>
<p>3) Keep one thing in mind: entry into the Business Economics major is conditional, based on a pre-major GPA achieved in lower division classes. Now, if you take those pre-major classes at the community college, they don't factor into the GPA, only pre-major classes taken at a UC. Example: Say you take all the pre-major classes at your community college for BizEcon instead of one. Once you transfer to UCSB, only that one course is going to be factored into your pre-major GPA. So make sure not to blow it. If the only course you have left is a hard one, be careful. (Someone told me all he had left was second semester accounting, but that was a hard class at UCSB, he did poorly, and didn't gain admission into the major. I do think it's possible to retake classes, though.) I'm still not absolutely sure about how the pre-major stuff works, so I suggest talking to a counseler about it.</p>
<p>4) Make sure you don't go over 90 semester units, because that might jeopardize your guaranteed transfer.</p>
<p>Sorry, I missed one thing in #2, in addition to Biological Sciences classes, if you're taking a major that do not qualify for the TAA, obviously you need as many prepatory classes as possible to be a good applicant. Doesn't matter in your case, but I wanted to add that for anyone else reading this.</p>