<p>I currently have 43 semester units and am planning to take 7 semester units in the summer. I am also planning to take 14 semester units in the Fall of 2009. The courses that I am taking in the summer are courses that I do not need; however, they are UC transferable. I will have over 60 units by the end of the Fall of 2009. I will still be at my local community college for the Spring of 2009 and Summer of 2009. I am planning to attend a UC in the Fall of 2010. My questions are, will it be to my advantage to continue taking 7 semester units in the summer? What will I do for the remainder of my time at my local community college when I have already reached over 60 units? Should I drop a 3 unit course in the summer?</p>
<p>you should take the summer and fall classes as planned, and then travel during spring semester.</p>
<p>You should take everything you have planned. Then in the spring take 12 units of easy **** and really boost your GPA. Its a free shot</p>
<p>you mean spring and summer 2010***</p>
<p>Sorry about that. I did mean Spring and Summer of 2010. If I don’t take courses in the summer, will it be a disadvantage to me when I apply to schools? Also, I have a few more prerequisites I have to take; however, the school I currently attend only offered one and I already took it. I know I have read threads that stated if the prerequisites are not offered at the school I currently attend, it would not affect me. Can anyone confirm this?</p>
<p>Thanks,</p>
<p>Check the other local colleges to see if it’s offered. You could take those during your free spring semester.</p>
<p>I had an easy spring semester with 4 units of classes so I picked up some ECs and an internship in case I wanted to go to grad school. You could also work full-time spring and summer next year so you wont have to work at all or as much when you’re at the university.</p>
<p>If I am not able to attend other colleges other than the one that is closest to me, will that be held against me? Some ECs and an internship does sound to be rather beneficial. Thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>you’re not required to take any more courses once you transfer. What you need completed is prerequisites offered at your college, IGETC completed if you are following IGETC (if you are an engineer, complete your prereqs as soon as possible), and 90 units; and it shouldn’t be held against you if you are not able to take prerequisites at your community college because if the college doesn’t offer it how can you take it. the UCs will look at the assist list to see that the courses are not offered at your college</p>
<p>What is the maximum amount of semester units am I allowed to take at CCC in order to still qualify as an applicant to UCs? I am still wondering whether I should take a UC transferable course over summer, despite the fact that I don’t need it because either way, I will still reach 60 semester units after Fall 2009. Will it be better if I were to remove that course and occupy my time with a job?</p>
<p>the UCs just want to make sure you have 60 semester units/90 quarter units when you transfer. it doesn’t really matter whether you take the course during the summer, if you just want to get to 60 semester units earlier it should be fine honestly, its up to you what you want to do with your time after you have completed your units: take extra classes you had an interest in, internship, job, travel.</p>
<p>by the way they won’t count it against you if you have more than 60 semester units/90 quarter units, as long as you haven’t taken upper division courses at a 4 year university</p>
<p>Thanks for the advice. I really appreciate it.</p>
<p>Complete a total of 70 transferable semester units(105quarter units) so that you cap out at the unit load. Only do so if your intention is to pursue a single degree outside of the math/sciences. That way you’ll have a headstart on your degree once you arrive to ucla/berk and not be bogged down with taking 15-16 units. Thus, giving you the luxury of taking 12 units per quarter and relaxing a bit.</p>
<p>CCs have a tremendously different learning system than LA/Berk. And it may take awhile to get used to for some. My suggestion is to find a study group(friends) ASAP when you arrive on campus. Unless you don’t mind studying…a lot…a lot… or you’re brilliantly smart like me haha j/k…</p>
<p>with 75 remaining quarter units to complete for a total of 180, that’s just over 12units per quarter</p>