Applying to UCs for fall 2017 after being accepted into a CSU for spring 2017?

Hi everyone,

I received a “conditional acceptance” into a CSU as a spring 2017 transfer. My conditional acceptance will be turned into a guaranteed one once they receive my transcripts from community college and verifies that everything is accurate. I accepted the admissions offer and now am waiting for my community college to post the final grades for fall 2016 on to my transcript in order for me to send it to them by the deadline in mid-January.

Can I apply to the UCs for fall 2017 (since the last day is tomorrow!) despite accepting my conditional acceptance for the CSU I got into for spring 2017? The reason I want to do that is just in case something goes wrong with my conditional acceptance (maybe I miscalculated the units, units didn’t transfer properly, etc.). That way I have my UC applications as back-up. If I miss the deadline tomorrow and something goes wrong with my CSU acceptance, I wouldn’t be able to transfer until Spring 2018 since I didn’t apply to other CSUs.

Is there anything wrong or potentially unethical that could get me into trouble for this? Once my conditional acceptance turns into a guaranteed one (which would be when the semester begins in a few weeks), I would just cancel my UC applications and attend my CSU like usual. I just don’t want to end up putting all my eggs in one basket since I am just barely over 60 units and any one class that doesn’t transfer properly after the transcript evaluation could potentially rescind my admission (which shouldn’t happen if I did everything right but you never know).

Thank you.

I don’t know a lot about the transfer process but I don’t think there is anything wrong with your plan. It sounds very reasonable. Did your conditional acceptance include financial aid information? If not, don’t withdraw your UC applications until you have the CSU financial aid offer in hand as well as the formal admissions offer. Good luck!

@unitranq There is nothing wrong or immoral with your wish to back up your choice. You can apply to as many schools as you want to. The only thing is, don’t forget to put some planned classes for spring on uc app (in case if your csu plan fails, and you have to attend cc for another semester).

I had the same situation when I was transferring. I finished CC in December 2013, and applied to a CSU for Spring 2014. I also applied to UC for Fall 2014. I actually attended a CSU for spring 2014 and summer 2014, then I was accepted to UCLA for the fall. I finished that 1 semester at a CSU, then transferred again to UCLA for Fall 2014. Doing that CSU semester and summer was great because by doing that, I was able to graduate UCLA in 1 year. So instead of sitting on my butt for a semester waiting for the fall, I was able to transfer with the max lower and upper division units.

^^ but then you got in not through CC priority as your last term has to be at a CC to be considered a CC transfer student, right? So it’s a minor risk, I suppose.

^^^I absolutely was admitted based on being in CCC, but so would the OP. They are in the exact same situation.

Maybe they break students into two tracks (priority vs non-priority), although that seems to defeat the purpose, or they break their own rules. You did actually transfer directly from a CSU, so I’m not sure why that would get omitted from the equation, but who knows what goes on with the UC.

Here is the definition with link:
“Definition of a California community college transfer:
A California community college student applying for admission to UC as a junior transfer will be given priority admission over other similarly qualified
applicants if the student has completed at least 30 semester (45 quarter) UC-transferable units at one or more California community colleges; and the last college the student attended in a regular session (fall/spring or fall/winter/spring) before admission to a UC campus is/was a California community college.”

http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/files/transfer-admission-matrix.pdf

AFTER I was accepted, I submitted a form basically saying that I took classes that I had not previously reported. I got all A’s, and no one cared. I was nervous that my admission was in jeopardy, but the admissions office told me there was NO issue.

Oh so they didn’t know you were at CSU and they didn’t care after the fact. That makes sense.

Anyway I mainly was saying if they know you’re at the CSU you lose the CCC transfer priority, which does lower your chances of transferring, even though many successfully do get in from a CSU.

Thank you to everyone who responded! You all put my mind at ease and I sent my application.

Thanks again.