I’m attending a CCC, my major is design, and I’d like to transfer to UC Davis. I’m taking 16 units and have 16 units completed in AP credit. My major doesn’t have many lower Division pre reqs (I’m taking one right now, ~3 more to go) and have maybe 3 more classes for IGETC. As a result, my schedule for next year will consist of filler classes–pretty relevant for my major but they don’t count for anything except for transferable credits. It feels like a waste. What do I do?
UC Davis requires, except in extremely limited circumstances, 60 semester units of college credit before you can transfer. Talk to a counselor who can suggest some classes to take next year while you work toward those 60 units.
https://www.ucdavis.edu/admissions/undergraduate/transfer/requirements/
As @oneofthosemoms said, Davis is pretty clear about wanting their transferees to come in with junior-level standing, which is 90 quarter-units. It looks like you’re on track to finish the year at around 64 units. They may make exceptions for some majors so you’d need to look into that specifically.
A lot will depend on what kind of grades you get at the end of this quarter. I expect that you’d need to be pulling very high grades in order to be considered for an exception and if your major is highly selective, even that won’t be enough.
Since you’re likely to reach junior standing mid-year next year you could look to see if your major accepts spring quarter transfers.
@otterma thank you, I’ll ask the transfer counselor and my cc counselor all these questions when I see them soon. My major is not competitive and I have a ~3.8 GPA right now which I believe I can bring up
You need 28 units your last semester.
The odds of getting in as a sophomore are very slim, and with 16 of those sparse units as AP, I would say highly unlikely. And it’s not a waste because those units and courses at a CC are part of your UC graduation unit count. Design is always competitive, I thought - although maybe not in your case. Take more classes at the community college to throw a wider net is my suggestion.