<p>I am looking to transfer from a CC to a UC in 2015, and will be applying this November. I am finding the process to be really confusing, though. Every UC has a different set of requirements when I look at their transfer requirements. How can I differentiate between hard-requirements and classes that just improve my chances? I have finished my IGETC, finished General Chemistry + Biology (either 2 Chem + 1 Bio or 2 Physics classes are required for Computer Science), completed most of the CS classes offered at my college, and am working on Calc 2 (hope to be done with Linear Algebra by my last semester). Can someone who has a better understanding of the requirements tell me if I've done enough to transfer to a UC? Looking at the "requirements" I just see an endless list of classes (mostly CS classes) that I haven't taken or that just aren't offered here. I am stressing over not being qualified enough for a transfer even after spending 3 years at a CC.</p>
<p>Okay, two good ways to do this:</p>
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<li><p>Pick your dream school. For me, it was Berkeley. Focus on their requirements, do as much from assist.org as you can, and choose other schools with similar pre-reqs to apply to. Then try to fit their other requirements in as well.</p></li>
<li><p>Pick a list of UCs that you’re interested in. Go through the lists of requirements (again, assist.org is great) and see what they have in common. Most will have a list of required classes, and a list of strongly recommended… focus on required, but try and do recommended if you can. You should prioritize the requirements that the most schools want. Chances are they’ll all want you to take CS 1, data structures, discrete math, etc. Figure out which classes will make the most schools happy.</p></li>
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<p>Otherwise, just apply and see. It’s certainly possible to get in with a couple missing classes, but you won’t know til you apply. So long as you’ve got enough units (30+ done when you apply, 60+ when you transfer) you’re in a good spot, I think. And it sounds like you’ve done as many of the requirements as you can anyways, so pre-reqs shouldn’t really be an issue unless you want to start searching nearby CCs for the weird ones.</p>