Speech class for USC

[LoneCoyote]

Okay... so it came to my attention recently that the public speaking class I took for the other Cali schools I applied to is no good at USC. I have to take another speech class in "interpersonal communications." WTF? I don't mean to complain cuz I am very happy to be in there, but I am so tired of taking undergrad prereqs when I already have 2 degrees! I have to take micro this summer and I will have to quit my job in order to take speech also and I am not sure I can do that and still survive financially. I spoke to a woman there today who told me there were no waivers and no exceptions, unless I took the class 3 years ago, which I did not. Current USC applicants and students, is there any way around this? Is there someone in the admissions office I can talk to who does make exceptions? I thought I had read on this board of people getting stuff waived. Thanks.

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[jdpharmd?]

Some schools will waive classes like that if you have an undergrad degree. I don't expect and Cali schools to be that flexable, but it's possible. Have you tried faxing them a course description or syllabus?

 

[Brill]

I got my school to accept the interpersonal communications course I had taken in place of their public speaking requirement. They had initially said no exceptions could be made but after I got accepted I e-mailed the director of admissions and she approved it. In my experience with various schools most of the time someone says "no exceptions" that generally isn't always true.

 

[LoneCoyote]

Thanks for the responses. Maybe I should go over the head of the person I spoke with to the dean of admissions. It couldn't hurt. I mean they're not going to revoke my acceptance for complaining about speech. Worst case I have to quit my job and do it. Any advice on how to approach this? Email the dean explaining the situation?

 

[eddie269]

hey aznpremed. just curious at what CMN class u took at davis?

 

[lyzziebeth]

I think last year was the last time they were going to accept CMN 1 in place of CMN 3....maybe you can work some magic and persuade whoever is in charge of letting you slide this time! Good luck

 

[LoneCoyote]

I took it at Sac City College. It was "Intro to Public Speaking" and I believe it was Com 301. They just re-did their numkbering system this year.

 

[eddie269]

aww, what the hell. i am currently taking CMN1 because its "public speaking". oh well, im not really applying to usc anyways. but I believe CMN 1 is the REAL speech class. CMN 3 is BS from what i heard. just memorize small facts.

 

[LoneCoyote]

eddie,

do speech classes at ucd tend to fill up? i am thinking maybe i could take cmn 3 next quarter. but i have to go thru the extension since i am not a davis student so i can only get in if there are empty seats. do you think this is even an option?

 

[eddie269]

from my experience, CMN 1 is one of thee hardest classes to get into. EVERYONE from almost every major is required to take it (as well as grad school requirements). I been trying to take it for 2 yrs now and finally had the chance to sign up for it during pass 1.

however, I am not sure about extensions and how fast they fill up. I do know that CMN 3 isn't NEARLY as popular as CMN 1. OK, nm, I just checked the open course list and CMN 3 isn't open.

Not sure if you used this before but this helps with what classes are open. http://registrar.ucdavis.edu/ocl/opencourses.html

good luck