<p>I'm a student at sbcc and filled out the tag and applied for Fall 2013 at ucsb. I was looking at the major and graduation requirements and made a course plan, and think I may be able to graduate in one year if I take classes during summer session. I tried to find someone to review it with on ucsb's website but all I found were automated replies. Does anyone know where I can talk to someone, or if anyone here can help?</p>
<p>try the counseling at SBCC. See [Transfer</a> Center: What We Do - Santa Barbara City College](<a href=“http://www.sbcc.cc.ca.us/transfercenter/WhatWeDo.php]Transfer”>http://www.sbcc.cc.ca.us/transfercenter/WhatWeDo.php) According to that website you can make appts with counselors from 4-year schools, including (I assume) UCSB.</p>
<p>I tried the counseling center in person and they just told me to see if I could talk to a ucsb counselor on my own. The advisor wouldn’t even look at my courseplan beyond sbcc</p>
<p>I’m not too surprised by that. I was thinking of posting something to that effect, that at your CC their interest ends once they’ve gotten you to xfer eligibility and even at UCSB they’re probably not going to be too interested in speculating on whether you can graduate in 1 year until you’re actually an admitted UCSB student. I know that must be frustrating, you want to figure out if you can do it or not now. But from the UCSB point of view they help enrolled students with their schedules, and even the rules don’t really take effect until you’re admitted (colleges change graduation requirements regularly, but once you’re enrolled you are grandfathered in and the rules that apply when you first enrolled are the ones that stay with you unless you elect to have the new ones apply).</p>
<p>Since this is an advice, forum, here’s my advice. You are a college sophomore and can read the rules as well as anyone. If you’ve looked up the graduation requirements for your college and major and think you meet them, then you’re likely right. You can figure out what transfer credit you will get from the ASSIST site, and everything else is in the UCSB materials you can read. Once you’re accepted you can set up a meeting with a counselor if you like, show them your plan, and see if they concur. Since you are near UCSB now you could also try calling the adviser for the major or college you plan on enrolling in and see if they will agree to meet with you (actually, I think they probably will).</p>