<p>So I was recently informed that UCLA has a total unit cap. I'll be a 2nd-year CS major in the fall, but I came into UCLA last year with quite a bit of units from community college (taken as a high school student, so I still entered UCLA as a freshman, NOT as a transfer student). Does anyone know if those units count towards the total unit cap?</p>
<p>I've seen threads concerning community college and the unit cap, but they were for transfer students, not students who took the classes while in high school. After factoring in the extra units, I have 100+ units going into this year, but still many more classes to take.</p>
<p>UCLA’s total unit cap is 210, which is around 5 years assumuming you only take 12 units per quarter for each 5 years. The only way to take more than 210 units is if you do so before 4 years IIRC. You should be fine as long as you take all the classes you need to within 4 years.</p>
<p>the transfer cap everyone’s talking about is a UC transfer cap which is after you hit 80 units, it’s harder to transfer or something like that. It shouldn’t be of any concern to you though so i wouldn’t worry about it.</p>
<p>Stuff from before you enter UCLA as a freshmen won’t count toward your cap.</p>
<p>^ Trust me when I say, it’s highly possible to exceed the cap. Due to changing around majors, and taking non-required courses and summer classes, I will exceed the unit cap much before the end of my fourth year.</p>
<p>Thank you for your swift replies! I was getting a little worried haha. Just to be completely clear silvercross - so if I took 45 units altogether at UCLA this past year, my current unit count (at least with regards to the cap) is 45? But to determine class standing, they DO count those pre-UCLA units (so that’s why I have junior standing)?</p>
<p>The easy way to do it, is that whatever units you had before you entered UCLA, gets added on to the unit cap. (Your Unit cap = UCLA unit cap + credits before entering as a freshmen)</p>
<p>Soo, just going by beyphy’s numbers, 210 (I thought it was higher than that…), say you have 55 units before you came to UCLA, community college and AP. Your new unit cap is 265. Your class standing at that moment would be sophomore. Then, you finish your first year haven taken ~45 units. Now, your total units is 100. And you would be junior standing. Your unit max is still 265 (and for the rest of your time at UCLA).</p>
<p>We can also calculate it your way, but it’s a bit more complicated. The way I did it above is normally how the counselors and administration does it.</p>