<p>I have about 30 semester units of AP credits, and will complete all 60 semester units needed to transfer to UC Berkeley by Spring as a Philosophy major within only one year. I already applied to transfer. This means that Berkeley will only see one quarter of my grades.</p>
<p>For my CCC, there is only one course articulated that is major transferable, and it was offered for this previous fall only. I was not able to take that course. This means that I will have 60 transferable credits, without any major related courses. I still have a 4.0.</p>
<p>Berkley is the toughest school to transfer in to. However ur major is proly the easiest.</p>
<p>It will depend on ur AP scores, but UC do not like u staying for just one year. Ur essay and everything else just has to be out of this world to get u in.</p>
<p>I'd try other school and consider staying longer.</p>
<p>his question kinda applies to me as well. because im going to be a JC junior transfer student, but im not taking the full 2 years to do it. im only taking 5 consecutive quarters.</p>
<p>On your app you should have explained why you have not been able to satisfy the major requirements. If not, you will have the opportunity to appeal any possible rejection. I disagree that there is not enough information for UCB to evaluate you, 60 units is 60 units...I assume you mean semester units, not quarters.</p>
<p>Your GPA looks good, as long as your courses were challenging I don't see why you won't get into UCB.</p>
<p>UCB doesn't accept transfers for the spring semester. Students only enter at that time because they were deferred. </p>
<p>And in all honesty, it's not that difficult to get into Berkeley, depending on what CCC you attend. Diablo Valley College, for example, has the highest transfer rate to the UC.</p>
<p>Why would I stay longer if I'll have 60 semester units by the end of spring quarter? Don't you think that Berkeley will understand my situation as a student with so many AP credits? I am not trying to argue, I am just wondering how the adcoms at UCB will object to my admission.</p>
<p>MasteroD,</p>
<p>How many quarter units taken for letter grades have you earned so far including this fall quarter?</p>
<p>Exilio,</p>
<p>Which courses would you consider challenging? The only course I took so far that would generally be considered challenging is calculus C, the rest of my courses were UC transferable humanities/philosophy courses (though not articulated for my major) and EWRT2.</p>
<p>Gocheecho,</p>
<p>Yes, I meant that I'll have 60 credits by the time I matriculate. Would you say that schools like Berkeley prefer to admit students from colleges that have had a tradition of sending students to CAL? Or are students from these certain schools just better candidates? Because UCs like to admit diverse students, would you say it would be harder for me to gain admittance from a college that has had a history of sending a large amount of students to CAL?</p>
<p>That is funny. I go to two CCC's and both claim to have higher xfer rate to UC's. =D (neither school is your CCC; just goes to show these schools are much about hype)</p>
<p>Clig,</p>
<p>Challenging coursework is somewhat subjective, especially since we are talking humanity type courses. Sometimes it is easier to single out "creampuff" type classes...ie Film classes, certain Art or Music classes, some Writing classes. And as you stated stated already there is only one Phil. class that is xferrable towards your major.</p>
<p>One thing I didn't key in on before was that fact that you have 30 semester AP units...I don't think a UC cares about those in terms of crediting them towards the 60 units you need for xfer. As Gocheechoo pointed out, the only people accepted to UCB in spring are people that were deferred.</p>
<p>Did you seek advice from your school's transfer center? They are not always the most reliable for information, but they help clarify some things for you.</p>
<p>Well Mike, what's ignorant is not reading and understanding a persons post.</p>
<p>I said it's subjective...you cannot fight perception. Many film classes are considered easier than your average English or science class. Sorry to burst your bubble.</p>
<p>I got a 1450 on my SAT Is, and 700/700/740 on my SAT IIs. UCs don't factor in SAT scores for transfer admission however.</p>
<p>Exilio,</p>
<p>I should have been more descriptive. I meant to say that I will have 60 units to transfer before the fall '05 school year. What do you mean when you say that UCs will not care about my AP scores? Do you mean that they don't mind crediting them or that they don't hold them in high regard?</p>
<p>Actually, collegehopeful asked about the sat scores so that was not me, but that is still a good question for him to ask. The reason why is that to be considered a junior transfer "if you have completed 60-89 smester units of transferable coursework at a college or university". This is quote from the app. You did not complete the 30 units that you have ap credit in at a college so you would be considered a sophomore applicant instead. So if you are in that category they look at your SAT scores and your HS gpa. It is much harder to apply as a sophomore so it may be best to wait and apply again next year. You still may have a chance, but it doesn't look so good.</p>
<p>To answer the Exilio question myself. They won't hold the AP scores in high regard. There also won't be any problems using the AP credit as subsititutes for other classes other than the fact I mentioned before.</p>
<p>Clig in respond to ur question, as u know Berkley is the # 1 public school in the nation with the lowest acceptance rate for cc students out of all UC. All UC counselors will tell ya they wanna c consistent grades for several semesters with plenty of classes. *You trully need that to be competative for admission for Berkley. * </p>
<p>As for AP classes, colleges hate those. College like to look at them to c if u can handel harder work, but transfering them is a pain. Most grad school don't even count them menaing for example, USC pharm school requires u to take Econ, say u have goten 5 on AP, thats not good enough for them. U must take in college.</p>
<p>Bottom line: U're not as competative having done less units and less classes.</p>