<p>Hi all! I'm a long time forum lurker, first time post-er. Well, it's been very exciting reading of everyone's acceptances, so now I'd like to call on the omniscience of CCers for some help.</p>
<p>I'm currently a freshman at UCSD, but I'd like to try for a transfer to UCB, LA, or D. I read on the UCB transfer flyer that they generally do not admit students with over 80 UC-transferable semester units, which I think translates to 120 quarter units.<br>
Now "UC-transferable"--would that include units garnered through AP credit? </p>
<p>I think by the end of spring quarter I should have 82 quarter units, but 28 of those would be from passing AP tests. If the 28 AP units counts towards UC-transferable credits, then I think I would have well over 120 quarter units by the end of my sophomore year. Are my chances of transferring basically dead?</p>
<p>And one more question: does UCB weigh more heavily completion of major pre-requisites or GEs? Pre-requisites I think I may be able to finish, but I don't know if I can finish my GEs by next year :( Then I won't be eligible for UC reciprocrity!</p>
<p>Anyway, sorry for the long post, and thanks for the help.</p>
<p>For CCC, the IGETC is a deal breaker, it must be completed. For the UCs, I know there is some sort of agreement, but the name escapes me; GEs must be completed in whatever form in order to be considered. </p>
<p>Secondly, major prereqs for UCB/UCLA are almost as important -- the only reason they aren't completely equal is that your application will still be reviewed without their completion, though you will almost definitely be rejected. And with the consideration that you will be an intercampus transfer, the major prereqs become correspondingly more important.</p>
<p>And to your question about AP units; AP units are self-reported, meaning that you do not have to report tests/units that you do not want to use, or do not want the UC to see. However, I am not exactly sure how it works if the units were already reported to UCSD, or if they apply to your unit maximum for that matter.</p>
<p>Premed4life: I didn't mean to discourage you! UCSD is a great school. The thing is, I am a humanities major. While I do sometimes feel "unique" as one of the few hum majors on campus, I also feel like I picked UCSD for all the wrong reasons. I've tried to convince myself that this is just my little sojourn to the south (I'm from NorCal), but it hasn't been effective as I hoped. UCSD has helped me grow, I'm sure, but I have ulterior motives for transferring as well. Anyway, SD is "hot" for science, so I'm sure Premed4life, judging from your username, that you would like it here.</p>
<p>Oh, and I read in a previous thread (I'm not stalking you! I swear!) that you're transferring from UCM to UCSD? May I ask what that was like for you? As in, did you finish your GEs, pre-reqs, and you had the acceptable unit-count? </p>
<p>Ektaylor: Thanks for the info. I wonder if I should have gone to a CCC, ne? Perhaps if after a few days no one on this forum can respond to my query, I will call the admissions department and ask. Thanks though.</p>
<p>I finnished all the pre-recs here for UC Merced. I am transfering after one year here (yeah I hate it that much...). Unit count: 62 semester units
Hope that helped =]]]</p>
<p>On another note, I really dont belive the whole "AHHH UC--->UC transfer is hard zomg" I had a 3.4 and got into a veryy impacted major at UCSD, and my top college choice there</p>
<p>I applied as a transfer to UCB with the same question. AP credits only count for you and not against you. So if you have more than the maximum units required to transfer, but only because you have a bunch of APs, that's coo. You can look this info up on one of the flyers from the admissions website to confirm this, but I forget which one is.</p>
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On another note, I really dont belive the whole "AHHH UC--->UC transfer is hard zomg" I had a 3.4 and got into a veryy impacted major at UCSD, and my top college choice there
<p>The last time I checked, "feeling unique" meant that I could get an undergraduate research spot/independent study really easily. And those are what's fun and also get you into graduate school: research/recommendations. Is this not the case?</p>