<p>This is more for people in the San Diego area. </p>
<p>If you are gong to a CC and you cross-enroll with SDSU it will hurt your chances of getting into a UC. I wanted to take a class over the summer at SDSU to fulfill a IGETC requirement for UCSD and my counselor told me it will hurt my chances of getting accepted into any/all the UCs. She also said if you want to get into SDSU and you cross enroll with UCSD (or any other UC) it will hurt your chances of getting into SDSU.
Just so ya know :)</p>
The OP will most likely not be returning to this thread.
However, this seems to play into the idea that attending a four year for any period of time is frowned upon by the UCs and vice versa, which has already be debunked multiple times. At worse, the course that you take at one four year will not transfer to another; however, as long as you meant the requirements outside of that course and still have more than enough credits, one summer session is not going to count against you when applying to transfer no matter where it was spent.
Oh wow I just realized this thread was resurrected from 2012 lol
The other worry, of course, is reaching junior/senior standing if you attend a 4-yr, then a CC, then attempt to transfer to a UC. Anyone worried about this should do a lot of research as this is an often-times confusing topic with a lot of misinformation spread around.
Additionally, you probably don’t want any cross enrollment with a 4 year university to go over 6 semester / 9 quarter units during your last semester prior to transferring.
The UCs classify community college transfers as having received at least 30 units at a CCC AND having attended a CCC immediately prior to transferring.
The federal guidelines, and therefore also the CSUs and UCs, consider you officially “enrolled” for registration / financial aid applications at 6 semester (9 quarter) units and thus taking over that amount at a 4-year the term immediately prior to transferring can jeopardize your “community college transfer” label and any priority advantage you may receive from it.