<p>@lindyk8 @CollegeDropout1 </p>
<p>It seems they only change these prompts every several years.</p>
<p>Yeah, but they’re out in the 2015-16 counselor planner. I think the first might have slightly different wording (can’t recall), but there it is. There were some ppl waiting to find out before they started.</p>
<p>I hate to say it @fullload but I agree with @cayton. If a course isn’t offered at your CCC you are not expected to take it. I’ve been told this specifically by UC advisors, as I believe many others have. Now, if a missing course is really close by you should probably try to grab it, or if you are missing a ton of pre-reqs, it would be good to get some covered. But 1-2 missing that aren’t at your school, I think it’s a non-issue. High GPA, completing IGETC, strong essays, some good ECs, those can build you up. Not sure about missing a course not offered at your CCC. It’s great that you’re doing it, more power to you, and it’ll hopefully serve you well - but I’d hate to see folks driving like idiots long distances and totally stressing out because they feel they have to do it, when the UCs themselves say in print and on the phone that isn’t necessary. 
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<p>And to be truthful, I’m not even sure if two applicants were side by side, that the one who went out to get the classes would be better thought of, because they clearly state it will not be held against you. So using that as admission criteria is contra-indicated, it would seem.</p>
<p>@Lindyk8 Actually, If you live by another community college that is close by and offers a course that is not available at your community college, then you are expected to take it. I heard this from Ms.Sun </p>
<p>@CollegeDropout1 </p>
<p>Uh-Oh, mentioning Ms. Sun to @lindyk8 will get her fired up. :P</p>
<p>Ms. Sun has been known to make wildly incorrect claims in the past.</p>
<p>You said it @cayton! X( X( X(</p>
<p>I do agree @CollegeDropout1 that if something is nearby in your district then go for it. But Davis told my daughter not to go to SF to take a course offered there that was not offered at her CCC on the peninsula - and this was after ms sun kept insisting.</p>
<p>@Cayton Like what? She is bound to make a mistakes, that is understandable, but wildly incorrect claims? I never seen her make those.</p>
<p>@CollegeDropout1 </p>
<p>Ask @lindyk8 about Ms. Sun. She knows more about it than I do.</p>
<p>@lindyk8 Can you enlighten me? </p>
<p>She does know a whole lot and is a good source of info, but she has her mistakes…</p>
<p>Ms.sun is full of disinformation. I can’t believe she charges money for “consulting” and I can’t believe anyone would pay for it. It just goes to show you that the quality of accepted students has depreciated. </p>
<p>I was ending a long day of world cup and drinking. sorry for all the ranting about major prereqs, I went a little overboard, lol. You guys are right. If the course isn’t close then you’re probably ok. Good luck everyone. :)</p>
<p>How sad is it that after a night of partying, I come into CC to talk about prereqs? I need a life. </p>
<p>Hey there, I also plan on transferring for the fall of 2015. I have a quick question on the personal statement. I understand that we have to talk about our major, but what if I am declaring different majors in the separate UCs? Do I write separate essays for each major or talk about my different interests and passions and how it relates to all the majors I plan on declaring for each unique school? Thanks for the help in advance.</p>
<p>What majors are you declaring and which schools are you looking at other than UCLA?</p>
<p>Hi everyone, I’m applying this year for fall 2015 transfer admission to UCLA and I had a question.
I took CC courses and transferred to USC, but I will return to CC to complete the math requirement.
Fortunately, I didn’t go over the 86 semester unit limit, and I definitely don’t want to go over and be ineligible for transfer.</p>
<p>The units I completed so far (semester units):
CC: 41
USC: 32</p>
<p>Units in progress: 4 (the math requirement)</p>
<p>So after the math class, I will have 77 units completed.
Does this mean that if I want to, I can take only 9 more units?
(77 + 9 = 86)</p>
<p>If this will help, the USC units I completed: 16 units are lower division, 16 units are upper division.</p>
<p>Thanks! :)</p>
<p>@chorean I may have some good news for you. Here is the current UC policy for transfer credit limitations:
<a href=“University of California Counselors”>University of California Counselors;
<p>According to my understanding of this, to calculate your number of UC-transferable units, you add up these three categories:</p>
<ol>
<li>Lower division units from community colleges and non-UC universities (capped at 70 semester units)</li>
<li>Upper division units from non-UC universities</li>
<li>All lower and upper division units from UCs</li>
</ol>
<p>You have 16 upper division semester units from USC (category 2) and no UC units (category 3). Counting your in-progress math class, you have 61 units in category 1. Any additional CC units you take would go into category 1, but it’s impossible to go over 70 in this category.</p>
<p>In other words, it seems you should be able to take as many more CC classes as you want, and you’ll never go over 86 total UC-transferable units. :)</p>
<p>At least, that’s my interpretation. You should try to contact someone from UCLA to confirm.</p>
<p>Edit: I see now that @bomerr gave you essentially the exact same answer in another thread back in April…</p>
<p>@keelnailed Thank you! 
Yes, I do remember I asked this before but I’m just worried that UCLA may not review it the same way you guys have reviewed it.
I did contact UCLA, and one person said that I can take more CC units and still be eligible, but another person said that I shouldn’t risk taking more CC units since I’ll be close to the limit.
I’m pretty confused. But I think I’m leaning on not risking it by not taking any more CC units.
I didn’t finish all of IGETC which is why I wanted to take more CC units to complete it. But I guess I shouldn’t take that risk because of the unit limit.
I at least will finish the 7-course pattern and my major prep so I hope I’ll still get accepted.</p>
<p>Good luck to this year’s prospective transfers! I’d recommend REALLY spending some time on those essays, especially the first prompt. Had I not been able to convey how strongly I felt about my major through my personal statement, I’m 99% certain that I would not have been accepted, considering my below average stats (about 0.1 below the average GPA for admitted students) and complete lack of ECs (I had absolutely nothing to put down except for a couple of activities I did in high school!). I’m not proud of my blunders and really wish I had pushed myself harder during my two years in CC, but I’m truly grateful to have been granted admission to my dream university. Fingers crossed for you guys, and be sure to finish strong! </p>
<p>@calbro thanks for replying. I’m applying to LA, Berkeley, SD, SC, and Irvine. I wanted to double major in International Relations and Communications but in each school it varies in what they call it, so I don’t really know how to structure my essay depending on each UC, thanks for the help. :)</p>
<p>Only Berkeley and UCLA read essays as part of application. The rest read it solely for scholarships.</p>