<p>hello everyone,</p>
<p>I have a pressing question that I need addressed for a good friend so I hope you can lend me a few moments of your time and read this. I'd like to preface this by saying, I butchered the english grammar with the pronouns and cases to ensure annonymity (although it may not be entirely necessary and I'm just paranoid) so I apologize if the grammar makes your eyes bleed.</p>
<p>My best friend originally attended a top 50 univ in NYC and couldn't afford it. Had a change of heart, packed up bags and moved to california and began attending our illustrious California Community College system. Now, I'm not sure if you're all aware of the "your 4 year institution units combined with your accumulated 2 year institution units must not exceed 90 semester units" rule but this is something that exists among the cal state univs and the UCs. My best friend has accumulated over 100 combined semester units/hours and up until now was really hoping to attend cal/ucla/or ucsd. I remembered this rule and reminded my best friend of it to check with a counselor and make sure they weren't at that mark. Well, my best friend's counselor checked and just sent an apologetic letter stating that they had a snowball's chance in hell of attending any UCs or CSUs. </p>
<p>My friend is a highly motivated and intelligent individual but got caught up in the whole clueless aspect of being a non-traditional re-entry student and didn't make sure to check up on the intricacies of the system. And now due to the high volume of courses taken, is being punished for it. </p>
<p>My friend has told me that they simply can't give up on school and will leave our community college district and attend another in the area. My friend wants to start a clean slate and begin their cc career over, to create a precise new ed plan and stick with it to ensure that it does not exceed the 90 unit limit... (and unfortunately, abandoning their huge extra curricular accomplishments in the process) for a shot at getting into school. </p>
<p>To make a long story never ending... I've been browsing these boards for the past 2 years and I now recall students discussing techniques the schools used to perform checks on students to view their academic history and make sure they're honestly reporting EVERYTHING. Now, my friend is trying to bring up the point that thousands of students apply to the UCs every year and it would be impossible for them to spend so much time and energy on that, unless said student applies for financial aid...in which case, the schools see everything you've done in the past x ammount of years. </p>
<p>I told my friend that there maybe ways that the schools can randomly check. My friend told me that it's a risk they're willing to run for a chance to get into school. </p>
<p>I wanted to see if any of you had advice on the matter. Do you know anyone who has gone the route of not reporting everything on the application? Have any of you heard of the university's methods in checking up on students? I understand this is a case of integrity and in signing the application you're signing a contract in which you vow that everything is accurate to the best of your knowledge but this isn't my case to explore. I'm trying to help out a friend. Any input is greatly appreciated.</p>