<p>So I read that AP U.S. history and AP euro aree worth 8 credits each (if the ap exams are passed) and I was wondering if those could be used as transfer units from CC to UCLA.</p>
<p>They count for those units. UCLA is really cool about counting AP units, if you need them to reach the 60semester/90quarter unit floor, they count. However, if your AP units would put you above the 130quarter unit cap, they will disregard them. So basically they can only help you and they will count if you need them too.</p>
<p>So if I end up Graduating with 24 AP credits I can use those as transfer units and I will only need to get 36 more?</p>
<p>If you have 24 (semester) AP units, you’d only need 36 more semester units by the end of Spring to be eligible. However, it will be difficult to finish all of your major prereqs and IGETC in only 36 units, both of which are essential to admissions decisions.</p>
<p>They will count for undergraduate admission, just be aware some graduate schools do not accept ap credit.</p>
<p>The reason i ask is because if I end up in community college, I would feel like I wasted time and effort on AP courses. If I do go to CC, I want to try to do one year and transfer if it is possible using AP credits that I earned</p>
<p>Its plausible if you take like, 15 units or more for a year in CC. I had that opportunity too, but decided not. Also, I thought UC only did junior transfers?</p>
<p>15 units per semester for a year I mean.</p>
<p>So if I need 36 units, could I do 15 per semester and finish the other 6 over summer?</p>
<p>Over the summer would work if it was this summer, not next summer. you could do summer, fall semester, spring semseter, but not fall, spring, summer. The latest units that count are Spring.</p>
<p>Well I am a junior right now so I could start the summer after my senior year and end in spring?</p>
<p>You can start the summer after senior year or you could even take classes this summer if you wanted also but you need to get permission from your highschool.</p>
<p>@apple
You’re counting your units wrong. You get 5.3 semester units for each test. More likely than not, you’re going to a CC that uses the semester system so you’d have 15.9 semester units (I’m assuming you passed 3 AP tests). You’d need to complete 45 units.</p>
<p>So the credits received for ap exams are not equivalent to transfer units? Because ucla offers 8 for U.S. and euro history and idk about english</p>
<p>Ucla is on a quarter system. 8 quarter units is not equivalent to 8 semester units.</p>
<p>apples and oranges. You need to use consistent units. If you are talking about the 24 units UCLA gives you (on their quarter system), then you need to talk about the 90 units you need to qualify as a xfer. Can’t be done in a year, at least not without a huge overload.</p>
<p>And if you stop and think about it, then it makes sense. Is 3 AP classes equivalent to what a student takes in a year of college? No; a typical load at UCLA is 16 units per quarter, giving 48 units for the year. 24 is only half of that.</p>
<p>Take 2 years, get a good GPA, and you’ll get in.</p>