Ucla extension

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I need to improve sgpa significantly
I have a 3.4
I go to a 4 year institution where the classes are ridiculously hard. I was planning on taking classes at my local extension place and just take a couple for my major at my uni. However the science classes at the extension place won't transfer over( I don't need the units) I just need a gpa boost, would med schools accept the fact that I am taking classes at 2 places? Would it count?

 

[MDforMee]

What University do you go to?

How is it that you're able to split your time between your University and the UCLA extension?

 

[drabberbadge]

What University do you go to?

How is it that you're able to split your time between your University and the UCLA extension?

I'll only take 3 classes at my uni and 1 at extension

 

[MDforMee]

I'll only take 3 classes at my uni and 1 at extension

Fine, don't tell me. What are you majoring in, though?

If you're at Caltech or Harvey Mudd you should lighten your course load. If you're at UCLA or USC fluff your schedule with electives. I was a science major at UCLA, and people would normally take 2 sciences and an elective. Sometimes 3 sciences. After that, you're just going to be sitting in your room all day studying and wracking your nerves, and for what?

Anyhow, I'm pretty familiar with the UCLA extension... the classes there are easier than regular UCLA classes, and they will count with AMCAS; it's the application reviewers that actually read your file, and it may come up in an interview or, in a worst case scenario, you'd be screened out after your secondary goes in. I could be wrong about this, though.

 

[drabberbadge]

Fine, don't tell me. What are you majoring in, though?

If you're at Caltech or Harvey Mudd you should lighten your course load. If you're at UCLA or USC fluff your schedule with electives. I was a science major at UCLA, and people would normally take 2 sciences and an elective. Sometimes 3 sciences. After that, you're just going to be sitting in your room all day studying and wracking your nerves, and for what?

Anyhow, I'm pretty familiar with the UCLA extension... the classes there are easier than regular UCLA classes, and they will count with AMCAS; it's the application reviewers that actually read your file, and it may come up in an interview or, in a worst case scenario, you'd be screened out after your secondary goes in. I could be wrong about this, though.

I go to usc
Why would it be screened out or be looked at as bad?

 

[drabberbadge]

I need to improve my science gpa
I have a 3.4 and 3 semesters left

 

[MDforMee]

I go to usc
Why would it be screened out or be looked at as bad?

The reviewers aren't stupid. There are a lot of extension programs attached to good school names with easier classes... like the Harvard extension, UC Berkeley extension, satellite campuses of wherever with night classes, you know what I'm saying. They'd know what you were up to.

I think that you should stop whining about science class difficulty, personally. You're not at Caltech or Harvey Mudd. I took tons of science classes at UCLA and did well in them. Seriously. Like 80 units of them or something. So can you if you work hard.

 

[drabberbadge]

The reviewers aren't stupid. There are a lot of extension programs attached to good school names with easier classes... like the Harvard extension, UC Berkeley extension, satellite campuses of wherever with night classes, you know what I'm saying. They'd know what you were up to.

I think that you should stop whining about science class difficulty, personally. You're not at Caltech or Harvey Mudd. I took tons of science classes at UCLA and did well in them. Seriously. Like 80 units of them or something. So can you if you work hard.

It's not about it being hard but about the fact that I need certain amount of classes to boost up my gpa
I've been getting straight As after changing my study method however I have 3 Cs which brought my gpa down all three in science classes freshman year
With ucla ext I can take more than 2 science courses because I know certain classes are easier than others
Also it's quarter system so I can take 2 classes in a semester both worth 5 units which gives me more opportunity to boost my gpa

 

[MDforMee]

It's not about it being hard but about the fact that I need certain amount of classes to boost up my gpa
I've been getting straight As after changing my study method however I have 3 Cs which brought my gpa down all three in science classes freshman year
With ucla ext I can take more than 2 science courses because I know certain classes are easier than others
Also it's quarter system so I can take 2 classes in a semester both worth 5 units which gives me more opportunity to boost my gpa

They multiply your quarter units and grade points by 0.7 for AMCAS.

And if you're doing as well as you say you are, then your school shouldn't be notoriously difficult. Don't mean to be a jerk, but hey, I'm just sayin.

 

[drabberbadge]

They multiply your quarter units and grade points by 0.7 for AMCAS.

And if you're doing as well as you say you are, then your school shouldn't be notoriously difficult. Don't mean to be a jerk, but hey, I'm just sayin.

I feel that ucla ext will give me more of an opportunity to get the As because I can be taking 2 science at USC and 2 at ucla ext(quarter system) in one semester

And what do you mean multiply by 0.7?

 

[MDforMee]

I feel that ucla ext will give me more of an opportunity to get the As because I can be taking 2 science at USC and 2 at ucla ext(quarter system) in one semester

And what do you mean multiply by 0.7?

Quarter units and their grade points are both multiplied by 0.7 to account for the quarter vs. semester unit difference.

For instance, if you had a 4 unit science course at UCLA that you received "A-" in (3.7 grade points), then 4 units * 3.7 = 14.8 grade points.

On AMCAS when you enter your courses, your quarter unit and grade point totals will be multiplied by 0.7, so your 4 unit course becomes 2.8 semester units, and 14.8 points becomes 10.36 grade points.

 

[drabberbadge]

Quarter units and their grade points are both multiplied by 0.7 to account for the quarter vs. semester unit difference.

For instance, if you had a 4 unit science course at UCLA that you received "A-" in (3.7 grade points), then 4 units * 3.7 = 14.8 grade points.

On AMCAS when you enter your courses, your quarter unit and grade point totals will be multiplied by 0.7, so your 4 unit course becomes 2.8 semester units, and 14.8 points becomes 10.36 grade points.

Alright the only thing is I know of specific easy A classes that I can take at extension but you are saying that med schools would find that fishy ?

 

[MDforMee]

Alright the only thing is I know of specific easy A classes that I can take at extension but you are saying that med schools would find that fishy ?

You know it's an easy A class but you're asking if it'll seem fishy. You know that it'll seem fishy. Toughen up and take the sciences at USC you wuss

 

[drabberbadge]

You know it's an easy A class but you're asking if it'll seem fishy. You know that it'll seem fishy. Toughen up and take the sciences at USC you wuss

Lol alright not sure if I can take advice from someone with so much anger for no reason

 

[MDforMee]

Lol alright not sure if I can take advice from someone with so much anger for no reason

Years of studying like my ass was on fire have left me embittered.