<p>Hello, I'm a student currently attending at CCC, and I'm trying to transfer to ULCA. A few days ago, one of friends of mine told me that if I exceed 86 units at a community college, then I can't transfer to UC. Is this really true? Acutally, I will be over 86 units if I take all classes that are a requirement (including classes which are general education) to transfer to UCLA because my major is biochemistry which asks a lot of classes to tranfer. In short, my question is 'Can't CCC Students transfer to UC after taking near 90 units?'</p>
<p>You could call them, but I’m pretty sure your only problem comes in that UCLA may not accept more than 64 credit hours. Some colleges limit transfer students from 4-year schools because they don’t want you coming in for 1 year just to graduate from a better-name school.</p>
<p>That’s not true at all. Their issue is if you have a ton of transferable units at a 4-year school. I’m an example of this being true. I have well over 100 units and got accepted to UCSD and UCSC for this winter quarter.</p>
<p>I remember being told by a Berkeley rep that you can pretty much get away with anything as long as you’ve only attended a california community college, and you meet the requirements. From there, it’s back to being accepted on their normal reasons, lol.</p>
<p>I think you can. but they’ll only judge you on the 60 units for your major.</p>
<p>Here is how it works: You can only transfer in 70 units from a community college. You can take more classes than 70 units but above 70 units they will only give you “subject credit” and not “academic credit”. That means if your 190th unit meets an IGETC requirement, they will see you as meeting the IGETC requirement but will still only allow you to transfer in 70 units. If all of your units are community college units, they don’t care how many you have, but will credit them in the aforementioned fashion if you have more than 70.</p>
<p>That is if you have only taken classes at a community college. If you have taken UPPER-DIVISION classes at a 4-year school, things may get a bit tricky. Basically, they don’t want you coming into the university with senior standing. If you have only taken classes at a community college, you can’t be senior standing, obviously, because you have never taken any upper-division classes. If you have taken a lot of upper division classes at a 4-year school, they may look at that differently. But, each campus has its own rules for that and your best bet will probably be to call them up and ask them about your particular situation.</p>
<p>actually, if you have attended a 4 year at all the unit policy is completely different. </p>
<p>UCB: Each of the individual colleges and the Haas School of Business establishes its own unit limitation policies for students who have attended a four-year institution before enrolling at a community college:
College of Letters and Science: A student who has accumulated more than 80 transferable semester units from a four-year institution is considered to have excess units and will not be admitted. A student who has completed 80 or fewer UC-transferable semester units at a four-year university and then transfers to a community college will not accrue excess units and will be considered for admission.
Students who have only attended a community college will be granted subject credit, but not unit credit, for appropriate two-year college coursework taken in excess of the community college 70-unit limit; such subject credit may be used to satisfy/complete requirements.
College of Environmental Design: This college follows the same unit accumulation policy as the College of Letters and Science (see above), except that its limit on transferable coursework taken at a four-year university is 86 semester units.
Other colleges: UC Berkeley’s other colleges total both university units and a maximum of 70 community college UC-transferable units. The limits on combined transferable university and community college work are as follows:
• College of Chemistry: 80 semester units; applicants with more than 80 units require special approval.
• College of Engineering: 89 semester units.
• College of Natural Resources: 90 semester units. Though the College does not have a specific unit limitation, it carefully reviews applicants with 90 or more
10
semester units to ensure that they can graduate within a reasonable time.
• Haas School of Business: No maximum limit.</p>
<p>UCD: Applications from students who have completed 80 or more transferable semester units (120 or more transferable quarter units) of combined baccalaureate institution and community college coursework are subject to review by the deans of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the College of Letters and Science and the College of Biological Sciences. Units earned through AP or IB examinations are counted separately for this purpose; AP and IB units do not put applicants at risk of being denied admission or of having an admissions decision delayed due to a dean’s review. Applicants subject to review will be admitted if a dean’s assessment is that the student is making good progress toward the baccalaureate degree and can complete the degree within the college’s maximum unit limit. All transfer applications to the College of Engineering undergo careful screening to assess the level of academic preparation for the major; the College of Engineering does not conduct a separate review of applicants who have 80 or more transferable semester units (120 or more transferable quarter units) of combined baccalaureate institution/community college work. Students who are well prepared for the majors will be admitted to the College of Engineering even if they exceed the 80/120-unit standard.</p>
<p>UCI: UC Irvine does not set a limit on the number of units an applicant may earn at a four-year institution before enrolling at a community college. It is important to note, however, that at least 36 of the final 45 quarter completed by a student for the bachelor’s degree must be earned in residence at the UCI campus.</p>
<p>UCLA: With the exception of the School of Nursing (postlicensure), UCLA generally considers a student who has accumulated more than 86 transferable semester units (130 transferable quarter units) at a university to have exceeded maximum units allowable for admission. Such a student will not be admitted. For the College of Letters and Science, a student who completed 86 or fewer UC-transferable semester units (130 or fewer transferable quarter units) at a university then transferred to, and remained exclusively at, a community college does not exceed the maximum units allowable for admission purposes.</p>
<p>UCM: A student who has accumulated more than 80 transferable semester units from a four-year institution is considered to have excess units and will not be admitted. A student who has completed 80 or fewer UC-transferable semester units at a four-year university and then transfers to a community college will not accrue excess units and will be considered for admission.
Students who have only attended a community college will be granted subject credit, but not unit credit, for appropriate two-year college coursework taken in excess of the community college 70-unit limit; such subject credit may be used to satisfy/complete requirements.</p>
<p>UCR: UC Riverside does not limit the number of units an applicant may earn at a four-year institution before enrolling at a community college. However, UC-eligible applicants who have attended a four-year institution and who present 80 or more semester (120 or more quarter) units in transfer credit will be reviewed by the dean of the college for completion of a specified pattern of courses that provides continuity with upper-division courses within the major. An applicant will be admitted if the dean’s office determines that the student can complete a baccalaureate degree within the maximum limit of 216 quarter units.</p>
<p>UCSD: UC San Diego considers a student with more than 90 transferable semester units (135 quarter units) from the combination of a two-year and a four-year institution to be in senior standing. UCSD sets a 90 semester unit limit when a student has attended both a two-year and a four-year institution. UCSD will transfer a maximum of 70 semester units from a community college; the admissions staff looks for those students who have accumulated 90 or fewer semester units.</p>
<p>UCSB: The College of Letters and Science does not accept applications from students who have earned 135 or more transferable quarter (90 or more semester) units from a combination of two-year and four-year institutions.</p>
<p>UCSC: UC Santa Cruz does not accept applications from students who have earned 135 or more transferable quarter (90 or more semester) units from a four-year institution or a combination of two-year and four-year institutions. This campuswide policy is not subject to college or departmental interpretation.</p>