<p>Background: I am a Sophomore at my local Community College and I am planning on transferring to UC Davis, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbra.(but i am planning on going to Davis) for Fall 2014. I currently have 34 UC transferable units and by the end of the 2013 fall semster will have 46 unts. </p>
<p>I have completed my English Reqs and plan on finishing my math req (Statistics) in spring 2014. My UC Transferable GPA is: 3.6 (i plan on raising it) and my overall gpa is: 3.2 (also plan on raising) I am IGETC certified so far but only need a general Chem class and foreign language left. </p>
<p>I recently talked with a counselor and she told me that a UC looks down on someone who only has 60 Units by the time they transfer and want someone that has like 64 units and up. Is this true? also do i need to finish a foreign language if my major does not require it but the IGETC does? Are my chances good in getting into UC Davis based on my GPA? </p>
<p>Thanks in advance and look forward to reading your responses!</p>
<p>Units: Yes, you need 60+ transferable units by the end of next Spring. So, if you’ll have 46 at the end of fall, you’ll need 14+ in the Spring.</p>
<p>Language: What requirements are expected for your major? Check assist.org to see what you should be taking. Are you planning to use IGETC to clear GE requirements, or does assist recommend it for your major? If yes, you’ll need a language. (I think if you took a language during highschool, that might count too.)</p>
<p>I have never heard from anyone about UCs looking down on people with exactly 60 units. Until you hear that from another source I’d take that with a grain of salt.</p>
<p>@Mikemac Thanks for the reply! I knew about TAG because one of my professors recommend it to me but said i would have to sign a contract through the school. I went to see 2 different counselors this semester and i always brought the TAG program up, but they would tell me to visit the Transfer center on my campus. When i went to the transfer center there were only students there and they just told me to fill out a form and that they would call me. They never did. I then made an appointment with a counselor that my friend recommended ( and she actually knew what she was talking about) and the only available appointment was on OCT 8. When i met with her we discovered I missed the deadline which enraged me because i had no idea i could do it by myself online. I thought i had to go through the school to do it. SO i am applying as a regular transfer student.</p>
<p>@failure622 Thank for replying! I am following my majors pre-req guidelines from assist.org and no where does it say i need a foreign language BUT my schools IGETC form says i need a semester of foreign language so i was wondering do i HAVE to take a foreign language? and would it hurt me if i didnt?</p>
<p>I am sorry to hear about what happened with your TAG application. From this 60 unit thing to the TAG fiasco, it sounds like you’ve run into a string of lousy counselors.</p>
<p>I have no idea if there is any chance of this working, but I suggest you try asking Davis if they can accept a late TAG. I always remember a dean at my UC telling us at orientation that he enforced the rules, and also had the power to waive them. Maybe they’ve made it a hard principle never to budge, but you won’t know unless you ask ;)</p>
<p>Time is of the essence here. Do it today! Its just 2 weeks past the deadline, which is nothing really. I bet they haven’t even started to review the TAG apps. I don’t know what they will say, but as the famous athlete Wayne Gretzky once noted “You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”</p>
<p>IGETC is not required for admission. What it does is exempt you from the breadth requirements at any UC. Each UC campus is free to develop its own breadth requirements; these are the lower-division classes you must take in order to get a well-rounded college experience, with exposure to various fields of knowledge. And in fact different colleges at the same UC can have different breadth requirements. </p>
<p>As a CC student you might not know, at least when you first start at the CC, what UC you want to transfer to or what major you might pick. Because of the differences between campuses it is almost impossible to pick a set of classes that will satisfy the breadth requirements everywhere. IGETC was created to solve this. All campuses have agreed that if you complete IGETC they will treat you as having satisfied their breadth requirements.</p>
<p>If you plan to complete IGETC, yes, you need a language. If you don’t have a language, you won’t be IGETC certified, and will be subjected to whatever GE requirements your school wants after transfer.</p>
<p>To add to mikemac’s post… IGETC isn’t actually excepted for all majors/schools. The link he gave lists the exceptions. Engineering majors tend to not recommend/accept IGETC, but a lot of humanities majors allow it. So, figure out whether or not it’s a good fit for you. But it sounds like you’re already making good progress on it, so you’re probably good.</p>
<p>the reason why the UC don’t recommend the IGETC is because it requires more GE’s than is necessary for the UC’s, they are more interested if you have taken the required science, math and physics classes that are required for your major than if you have taken all the social science and humanity classes required for IGETC. </p>