<p>i got accepted into ucsc, ucsb and ucsd and in at least two of them (not sure about sd since they don't put their adviser emails online for some ****ing reason) i got accepted into a major or proposed major when they knew full well that i wasn't going to be able to complete the minimum requirements for the major in order to graduate on time. </p>
<p>i am a proposed astrophysics major at santa cruz, and as a transfer they give you 3 years or 9 quarters in which to complete the physics course load. their adviser told me in no uncertain terms that it takes four years to complete it and they do not offer upper level classes in the summer, so if i don't have a year's worth of physics done before i transfer then i will not be able to graduate in my major. why did they accept me? why did i specifically have to ask in order to find this out?</p>
<p>santa barbara said the same thing, only they only give you 2 years or 6 quarters in which to complete your work. after that you have to go into "extended learning", which i have no ****ing clue as to what that is or how that works or if you can even get financial aid for it. their website for it doesn't help much. i emailed the adviser back a few days ago asking how that works and she has decided to take her time getting back to me.</p>
<p>i am guessing i am in the same boat for san diego.</p>
<p>i got into ut austin as well, but they decided to just outright ignore my email.</p>
<p>if i knew this beforehand, i could've planned my semesters a little better. i could've taken a ton of classes this semester, which i am trying to still do, only i've found this out all too late and the classes are full.</p>
<p>all this work, all this misery and suffering and stress.. then you cry in relief, knowing you got accepted into great schools.. only to be told you can't graduate.</p>
<p>It doesn’t mean that you can’t graduate at all, it just may take you longer. Many transfers take 3 years to graduate. There’s no shame in it and it happens all the time. Only Berkeley strictly enforces their 2 year rule, most other schools don’t care if you take more time. I don’t know about UCSB’s specific policy, but I’m sure you’ll be fine at UCSD. You just might have to fill out some sort of course planner in order to show that you will graduate in 3 year. There’s nothing to worry about lol, I plan on taking 3 years myself.</p>
<p>but that’s only IF i can complete a year of physics this summer. as i said before, the classes are all full at the CCs around me. if i don’t complete it, it will take me 4 years to graduate after transferring to ucsc just because they only offer certain classes certain semesters and they all basically have the preceding class as a pre-requisite, so it takes 4 years from start to finish.</p>
<p>So then save your money, finish the rest of the physics sequence at your CC and just apply to transfer for 2013. It’s not uncommon for physics/engineering majors (myself included) to take more than two years to transfer anyways.</p>