Sophomore fall formal rush at Uni. California school

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by navane

Yes. A 5-unit semester class and a 5-unit quarter class are not the same. To convert quarter units to semester units you would multiply by 2 and divide by 3.


Therefore:

5 quarter units x 2 = 10

Then 10/3 = 3.33 semester units


I was a transcript evaluator in another life.

Unless it was a quarter system with semester hours like UAB was. That confused everyone!

[LAblondeGPhi]

At UCLA I typically took 3 classes per quarter, and only twice took 4 classes in a quarter (but I did take several classes during summer programs). If I remember correctly, each class was 4 units, and 40 or 45 units a year was considered standard progress.

ETA: "Quarters" were more like trimesters, as there were three terms during the regular school year. Summer session was considered the fourth. I believe some quarter schools don't play that game, though.

I believe the conversion of units between quarter and semester was 1.5 = 1.

[Cheerio]

Originally Posted by AlphaXi_Husky

For my alma mater, yes, 15 credits a quarter was pretty standard. It was rare for people (or at least people I knew) to take over 15, but it did happen. Particularly as an upperclassman if there was a class you needed to graduate that was only offered once during the year.

I'm assuming there is a difference in the amount of work between a 5-credit semester class and a 5-credit quarter class. At least I hope there is because otherwise I should have gone to a college on the semester system.

Originally Posted by LAblondeGPhi

At UCLA I typically took 3 classes per quarter, and only twice took 4 classes in a quarter (but I did take several classes during summer programs). If I remember correctly, each class was 4 units, and 40 or 45 units a year was considered standard progress.

ETA: "Quarters" were more like trimesters, as there were three terms during the regular school year. Summer session was considered the fourth. I believe some quarter schools don't play that game, though.

I believe the conversion of units between quarter and semester was 1.5 = 1.

Sounds correct/familiar to me.

[FSUZeta]

Back in the dark ages Florida State was on the quarter system, and 12 hours was a full schedule.

[SoCalGirl]

She says she goes to a UC and mentioned semesters. So unless she's purposely redirecting us, she goes to either Cal or Merced. I'm guessing not Merced.

[kairos]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

She says she goes to a UC and mentioned semesters. So unless she's purposely redirecting us, she goes to either Cal or Merced. I'm guessing not Merced.

Lol guess again :P

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by kairos

Lol guess again :P

We are DAF because no one QFP'ed. We were playing nice. Big mistake. She deleted the OP which had all that lovely identifying infiormation. Which confirms for me that she's at Berkeley, for those of us who have chapters there. She was interested in the top/most competitive chapters. Good for her.

Ah, hubris. Lol indeed, Kairos. Good luck. At the library. Which is where you belong. I spent a lot of time at the Bancroft library, although I do love the beauty of Doe, just not conducive to my needs back in the day. You have 28 other libraries to choose from, so get you a campus map and find one and move in.

As Sen would write, "We got letters. You got dreams." I'm thinking it was Sen who used that. And I believe that Kairos's problem will resolve itself by the second round.

[ree-Xi]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

We are DAF because no one QFP'ed. We were playing nice. Big mistake. She deleted the OP which had all that lovely identifying infiormation. Which confirms for me that she's at Berkeley, for those of us who have chapters there. She was interested in the top/most competitive chapters. Good for her.

I have a habit of opening a bunch of windows I want to read and never getting to some of them, so I got to read the original post. Too much information, indeed.

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by ree-Xi

I have a habit of opening a bunch of windows I want to read and never getting to some of them, so I got to read the original post. Too much information, indeed.

OOOOHHHHH! ree-Xi, you know what I'm gonna say, right?

Panhell love to you.

[kairos]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

We are DAF because no one QFP'ed. We were playing nice. Big mistake. She deleted the OP which had all that lovely identifying infiormation. Which confirms for me that she's at Berkeley, for those of us who have chapters there. She was interested in the top/most competitive chapters. Good for her.

Ah, hubris. Lol indeed, Kairos. Good luck. At the library. Which is where you belong. I spent a lot of time at the Bancroft library, although I do love the beauty of Doe, just not conducive to my needs back in the day. You have 28 other libraries to choose from, so get you a campus map and find one and move in.

As Sen would write, "We got letters. You got dreams." I'm thinking it was Sen who used that. And I believe that Kairos's problem will resolve itself by the second round.

text from my OP:

"However, after taking a summer class which I'm confident I will get a good grade in, my cumulative GPA should come out to around a 2.6, which meets the specific house-set GPA cutoffs for all but one house at my school. Nonetheless, it's still low/not a 3.0."

aren't most berkeley house GPA cutoffs higher than that?

:P

i deleted most of the text because i started to feel that this thread was becoming an increasingly hostile environment ("we were playing nice. big mistake." testifies to this), one that was also deviating from the purpose of the thread (like page 2). i'd rather just not deal with it anymore. i appreciate all the advice and tips that have been given, but there's no need to overreact and attack me beyond that.

[SoCalGirl]

I'm glad she deleted her post. TBH, if she comes across in person like she does in the post I don't think she'll get a bid even if she magically gets her GPA up to a 3.0.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

I'm glad she deleted her post. TBH, if she comes across in person like she does in the post I don't think she'll get a bid even if she magically gets her GPA up to a 3.0.

True story. It's like a chick version of movie Zuckerberg.

[AZTheta]

Why are you arguing? You should be at the library.

[kairos]

i'm not arguing...i'm just responding to what you said. please calm down lol. and i am at the library.

[AZTheta]

Yeah, you are arguing, and if you're at the library, why are you wasting time on GC when you should be improving your grades? You want to be in a sorority at some campus somewhere, then pull up your grades!

PS I don't need to calm down, I'm not excited - I'm amused. There is a difference.