Help! Too many credits?

Transfer Students UC Transfers
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<p>Hi everyone, let me explain my situation.</p>

<p>I first went to school at DeVry "University" (laugh, I know) from 2005 to 2006. I accrued about 42 semester units. I realized I was wasting my time and decided I wanted to go to a real school, so I dropped out and started attending a community college. At the time I was under the impression that a UC wouldn't even acknowledge the fact I would have went to Devry. I even re-took the general ed classes I had taken in devry, like engl101 and college algebra. From 2006 fall to now I've amassed about 62 units and I'm preparing to transfer to UCI or UCSC in the winter of 09.</p>

<p>I'm reading now that they want me to list ALL schools I've attended, no matter what. The problem is, UCs won't accept transfers with more than 98 semester units. But I've got 104!</p>

<p>What exactly is going to happen when they see 42 more units worth of courses on my application? Should I even list a school like devry on my app?</p>

<p>If they do accept me, will they even want to look at my devry transcripts (I don't think anything would transfer since their accreditation is not of the normal west coast kind). I should note I had a 3.98 GPA there, so nothing to sweat about that. But I also got into an argument with devry over a financial issue, and I'm not even sure they'd relinquish my transcripts.</p>

<p>I'm really ****ed I ever bothered going there -- what a waste of a year of my life, and now its even coming back to haunt me. Any help would really be appreciated. I'll be sitting here refreshing this thread every 30 seconds while sweating.</p>

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<p>Call the schools that you're interested in and find out if the credit is even transferable from Devry. I'm sure that if any is at all, it won't be all of it. Find out what's double counted and I imagine that you would at least be safe there.</p>

<p>If the credit from Devry isn't transferable at all, you have zero worries.</p>

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<p>Isn't Devry like a trade school?</p>

<p>I highly doubt the units you got at Devry are UC transferable. That's the beauty of community college, you can take courses equivalent (Credit wise, that is) to UC courses. </p>

<p>I would think that Devry has an obligation to release your transcripts unless they have a hold on you for not paying fees or something. (Similar to the concept of being unable access grades/request transcripts if you don't return library books) </p>

<p>But I would definitely contact the admissions department of the UCs you want to transfer to. But relax, I can't imagine that people who go to Devry and get credits aren't given another chance to take the CC>UC educational route.
Good luck!</p>

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<p>You know what? I think someone found out that for at least a couple of the UCs that if you're coming from a CC, you CANT go over the unit cap, regardless of whether you went to another school before or not. I don't remember if UCI and UCSC had that policy, I think it might have been Cal and (maybe?) UCLA that did. I would assume they follow that too though?</p>

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<p>Reviving this thread because I’m in THE EXACT SAME situation!!</p>

<p>I went to DeVry straight out of high school (had basically zero knowledge of college) and after a semester or two realized it wasn’t working and switched to a CCC (De Anza). I’ve spent the last 2 years there and am preparing to apply to UC’s in the fall. Considering I have another year at CC before I transfer, I’m afraid DeVry might put me over the unit limit for TAG (135 quarter units).</p>

<p>Does anyone know anything about the transferability of DeVry units to UC’s?</p>

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<p>I took a real estate class at a trade school and my counselor told me it isn’t even worth mentioning.</p>

<p>If a class isn’t transferable, then it doesn’t matter. I doubt UCs have articulation agreements with DeVry!</p>

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<p>I still have to send my DeVry transcripts though, right?</p>

<p>I requested an unofficial one 2 months ago and still haven’t gotten anything. I’m going to have to drive over to their office or something. I don’t remember what dates I attended, classes I took, units, or grades… ugh.</p>

<p>haha, I was trying to leave this skeleton in the closet!</p>

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<p>“UCs won’t accept transfers with more than 98 semester units.”</p>

<p>Where in the hell did you hear that? I strongly doubt that it is true.</p>

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<p>@Atlanta101 I agree, I haven’t seen that before and it sounds wrong. However, I know they put a unit limit on TAG’ing, at least at UCSD.</p>

<p>[Transfer</a> Admission Guarantee: Fall 2011](<a href=“http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/transfers/prep-programs/tag.html]Transfer”>http://www.ucsd.edu/prospective-students/transfers/prep-programs/tag.html)</p>

<p>"TAG is for students who transfer with junior class standing. If you will have senior class standing, TAG does not apply.</p>

<p>Senior standing means you would have 90 or more UC-transferable semester units (or 135 quarter units) from accredited four-year universities and community colleges, combined."</p>

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<p>Yeah but there’s a section on the UC application where you specify your class level. If you specify that you are a junior, then you are considered a junior no matter how many units you have. Same goes for the CSU application.</p>

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<p>@atlanta101</p>

<p>I’m not sure about that. I’ve done a lot of research on this issue, including talking with reps from several UCs. From what I can tell, three colleges (San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz) have firm, no-exception policies when it comes to excess units. In short, if you have 90 or more semester units, you’re ineligible for admission, period. Here’s UC’s page on the matter: <a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/transfer/advising/answers/applying.html#5[/url]”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/educators/counselors/adminfo/transfer/advising/answers/applying.html#5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>This only applies if you have four-year coursework. If you’ve only attended a CCC, you can have as many units as you like. However, if you took one three unit class at a CSU, this cap applies to you.</p>

<p>Other UCs have what I think is a fairer system. At UCLA, if you took less than 86 units at a four-year, then transferred to and remained exclusively at a CCC, you won’t violate the policy. You’ll still be considered an entering junior, because you couldn’t have completed any upper-division coursework.</p>

<p>I originally planned on taking as many classes as I could to boost my GPA, but now I’m going to have to take just 10 units this Fall, and none next Spring, in order to maintain my eligibility for UCSD and UCSB. I’ll end up with 88 units total.</p>

<p>As for DeVry, the problem is, you don’t know for certain how, if at all, the units will transfer before you apply. You can get some UCs to look at your transcripts ahead of time, but their comments aren’t binding. That’s why I chose to stay below 90, even though I suspect many of my old four-year units will be judged to be non-transferrable. I’m playing it safe.</p>

<p>If you’ve already exceeded 90 units, there’s really nothing you can do. I’d put down DeVry, because if you don’t and they find out, they might rescind your application or even expel you. Ideally they’d just decide the units were non-transferrable.</p>

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<p>Yes, put it down, but repeat units won’t really increase your count anyway.</p>