Most colleges make final determination of subject credit after a student matriculates. This involves risk for transfer students in that if some subject credit is not gotten, the student may have to retake some courses and be behind in progression to graduation where the subject credit is necessary for requirement fulfillment or prerequisite sequencing.
For majors where the requirement volume is not that high and/or flexible and there are not long sequences of prerequisites, this may not be too much of an issue. However, if there are long sequences of prerequisites (e.g. engineering majors) or lower level prerequisites that are done differently at many colleges (e.g. CS), there could be more issues. But also consider if any of the destination collegeâs general education requirements are unusual enough that transfer credit from other colleges is unlikely to cover it (UC-to-UC reciprocity can help).
Yes, so transferring from an OOS University you would have lower priority than CC to UC, UC to UC and CSU to UC transfers regardless of residency. It has nothing to do with residency, but the articulation of required courses.
1 year transfers are possible if they have the 60 semester/90 quarter units along with completing all the GE and major required courses by Spring prior to matriculating. I can PM you some 1 year transfer information but most successful 1 year transfers have significant DE/CC course credit while in HS.
UCs generally want junior level transfers who have completed 60 semester units by the time of transfer, including some basic requirements plus preparation to declare a major. As a practical matter, a full time student taking the transfer pathway will apply after completing their frosh year, meaning during their sophomore year, for transfer as a junior.
If you have substantial AP and college credit earned during high school, it may be possible to complete 60 semester units by the end of your first year in college, so you could apply as a junior transfer during that year.
@gumbymom, from prior years, do you may have data about how many students applied as a transfers students from CC, UC-to-UC, OOS, and the number of students accepted by each category?
Does it make a difference if the OOS is a private or public university?
I have CC to UC data showing Transfer GPA by major and campus here:
I do not have any GPA data or numbers for UC to UC transfer but I have transfer applications/admits and enrolled by Residency (CA residents/Domestic Non-resident and International for several years.
This information is from Ms. Sunâs website for UC to UC Transfers. For OOS, I do not think it matters if it is Public or Private.
Berkeley generally discourages intercampus transfer. Applicants with compelling reason for needing the transfer and those who have exceptional academic records and/or leadership potentials are more likely to be considered for admission. UCLA gives the same priority to intercampus transfer applicants as California community college transfer applicants. The rest of the UC campuses have varying degrees of preference but all will consider intercampus transfers.
Very interesting that UCLA gives the same priority to CC and intercampus transfers. It seems, their acceptances rates are lowest of all UCâs.
Many thanks @gumbymom
Looking at the table above, Ca resident, domestic nonresident and international, the domestic nonresidence has the lowest acceptance rates. 1% acceptance rate for the last 5 years. Itâs worse than an Ivy.
Since the table doesnât show CA residents attending OOS universities, I 'm assuming they are grouped in the domestic nonresident.
For the other UCâs UCSB, UCSD, UCI, UCD, which ones have the same priority for intercampus transfers? I am also wondering if these UCâs change their priorities CC & intercampus transfers often?
Other than the information about UCLA and UCB, you can assume the CC transfers will have priority over all other transfers.
You could email each campus about their UC to UC transfer policy. I am sure if the applicant is very competitive, a UC to UC transfer would have a very good chance for an acceptance.
