Exceed 80 units.

[pokeprad]

<p>My question is this. I am going to be applying in the fall of 2010 and by the end of spring of 2011, I am going to have 83 UC transferable units. My intended major is a B.A. for Chemistry at UC Berkeley. According to their website, they will deny a student admission if they exceed 80 units unless they have completed all the coursework at a community college. My freshman semester for the fall was at CSUN. So should I even bother applying to UC Berkeley?</p>

[iTransfer]

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UCB: Each of the individual colleges and the Haas School of Business establishes its own unit limitation policies for students who have attended a four-year institution before enrolling at a community college:
College of Letters and Science: A student who has accumulated more than 80 transferable semester units from a four-year institution is considered to have excess units and will not be admitted. ** A student who has completed 80 or fewer UC-transferable semester units at a four-year university and then transfers to a community college will not accrue excess units and will be considered for admission. **
Students who have only attended a community college will be granted subject credit, but not unit credit, for appropriate two-year college coursework taken in excess of the community college 70-unit limit; such subject credit may be used to satisfy/complete requirements.
College of Environmental Design: This college follows the same unit accumulation policy as the College of Letters and Science (see above), except that its limit on transferable coursework taken at a four-year university is 86 semester units.
Other colleges: UC Berkeley’s other colleges total both university units and a maximum of 70 community college UC-transferable units. The limits on combined transferable university and community college work are as follows:
• College of Chemistry: 80 semester units; applicants with more than 80 units require special approval.
• College of Engineering: 89 semester units.
• College of Natural Resources: 90 semester units. Though the College does not have a specific unit limitation, it carefully reviews applicants with 90 or more
10
semester units to ensure that they can graduate within a reasonable time.
• Haas School of Business: No maximum limit.

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<p>Hope that helps. I got accepted with 84 units from CC but I didn’t start out at a four year.</p>

[pokeprad]

<p>Omg!!! Thanks so much!!! You have given me so much relief right now!!!</p>

[Dango]

<p>I got into Cal with 100+ units, so you’ll be fine ;)</p>

<p>They need to rewrite that section of their FAQ. It seems a lot of people have been confused by it at one point or another.</p>

[pokeprad]

<p>Thank you for the response. I will be starting my general chem course at CSUN during the summer so hopefully everything will work out for the best.</p>