I’ve submitted my UC app for transfer in Fall of 2018. I noticed that by the end of my time at my CC, I will have 92 units worth of UC transferable units, and I read somewhere the limit is 80 or else face risk of rejection. All of my classes are lower division so I assume it’s not a problem(stuck at sophomore status), although the thing is that I took a music theory class at UC Berkeley for credit over the summer(I’m a math major, it was just for fun). Which would bring my total up to 95 units. Will this affect my chances at all, maybe not for Berkeley, but for the other UCs I applied to? I’m not sure if this is a valid concern or not; a bit of web browsing brought up this unit limit stuff, and now I’m slightly nervous.
you are fine. They cap your CC units at 70, then will add on the 3 units from Cal to give you a total of 73. See http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/transfer/advising/transferring-credits/index.html
And you don’t exactly lose those other 22 units. They count in every way except towards the total units you need to graduate from your UC, for which your starting point is 73.
All (UC-transferable) lower-division units are capped at 70 for Cal, and 105 for UC’s on the quarter system. Since all CC classes are also lower-division, you’re free to take as many CC classes as you want - so long as you haven’t taken too many upper-division courses at a 4-year.
Thanks guys! This is perfect, I’m happy to know I have nothing to worry about. I was pretty sure before , but this confirms it!
Note that they add to the cap of 70 all units you have taken at a UC campus, whether lower or upper division. See the link I gave.
However the OP is fine with just 3 of these units.
Hmm when I submitted my app it said that ucs give priority consideration to students within 80 units. But I barely know anything about this stuff!