<p>Hey guys, I have a question. How many years are you allowed to stay at a UC? If we were to stay at UCLA or UC Berkeley for more than 4 years during our undergraduate years, would we have to do something like a petition in order for us to stay for additional years? Also, are there any negative outcomes for staying more than 4 years at a UC?</p>
<p>Berkeley is very strict on people graduating within two years. Other UCs are much more lenient.</p>
<p>What’s the point of staying longer?</p>
<p>Well I would want to stay at UCLA 3 years since I’m a one-year transfer and want to graduate with my class. It would also give me time to relax for the next 3 years, enjoy my undergrad, get involved, etc. But then, there’s the money issue.</p>
<p>fine print: you only get financial aid for 2 years as a transfer, no matter what. So instead of being an additional $30,000 in the hole, take that and pay off your loans. or go to vegas.</p>
<p>It depends on lots of things, and that’s not entirely true. Some majors and schools have fixed caps, while others have none. You’ll need to talk around!</p>
<p>beachgirl are you sure about that? where’s your source?</p>
<p>beachgirl you are incorrect, financial aid does not run out after two years, I’ve confirmed this with financial aid at Berkeley.</p>
<p>Does anyone know anything about financial aid after the 2 year?
I did hear that you get less financial aid after the 2 year as a transfer…alot less.
I can find any info on this, does anyone have insight on this?</p>
<p>@USN_Transfer</p>
<p>And what of the details?</p>
<p>Berkeley College of Letters and Science has this policy: [Office</a> of Undergraduate Advising: Unit Ceiling](<a href=“http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/registration/unitceiling.html]Office”>http://ls-advise.berkeley.edu/registration/unitceiling.html)</p>
<p>Berkeley College of Engineering says that you have to petition for any semesters beyond four if you entered as a junior transfer (and more than one extra is almost never granted).</p>
<p>Berkeley Haas School of Business limits you to four semesters.</p>
<p>Berkeley College of Chemistry says that chemical engineering transfers can stay five semester, while other majors can stay four semesters.</p>
<p>I know UC Berkeley and UCSB have some limits, but most(or the rest?) don’t have limits.</p>
<p>IMO - Its better to go to a school with limits, I made the potentially life destroying choice of transferring to UCR and now theirs no way for me to graduate without taking an extra year ( not going to happen, it cost too much , I hate this place, AND I want to change my major ) </p>
<p>The 5th year students make it impossible for most transfers to get the classes they need - I made a big mistake since I’m really more of a Cal-State student( I need to work , had more CSU units, etc .) So then your stuck taking stupid electives since you can’t get your classes .</p>
<p>^ This is why UC Berkeley is so strict. They want to be sure that there are plenty of seats in upper division courses during their first semester at UCB for transfer students. If transfer students were allowed to stay more than four semesters, sometimes five for physical science and engineering majors, there would not be capacity to allow new transfers to start taking the courses they need right away. As long as students are able to register for the classes they need to graduate, which is what UCB is trying to accomplish, there should be no reason why upper division courses needed to receive a BS or BA could not be finished in the allowed time.</p>
<p>What this means is that transfer students from community colleges who regularly took a W in courses and enrolled in them again the next semester or who failed a number of courses and retook them in subsequent semesters are not going to be able to repeat that pattern at U.C. Berkeley and have any hope of leaving with a degree.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about the other uc’s but This is my situation at Berkeley. :</p>
<p>“If you have declared a single major and wish to stay longer than eight semesters (four semesters for transfers), you may continue to enroll until you exceed 130 units.”</p>
<p>The cool thing is that units from ap classes don’t count toward these 130 units. So I transferred with 52 units (not including ap classes). 130-52= 78 units. 78/13 6. (13 is the minimum amount of units for full time at berkeley) So I could take 6 semesters if I wanted to. :D</p>
<p>2 years has nothing to do with it. (at least for college of letters and science).</p>
<p>Yes, you could take 6 semesters in that situation, the pricing by semester instead of by unit means that you are not exactly getting the best bargain for your money by taking minimum unit course loads if you are able to handle higher course loads.</p>
<p>But note that other divisions at Berkeley are stricter about the number of semesters.</p>
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<p>What the CCs should do here is the following:</p>
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<li>Late drops (W) require in-state students to pay the out-of-state additional tuition for the course because they “wasted” the space in the course.</li>
<li>Those registering for repeats of a course (whether late dropped, failed, or passed) can only pre-register for the wait list, and must pay the out-of-state tuition for the course even if in-state.</li>
<li>Exceptions for late drop penalties should only be for rare specified cases like medical withdrawal.</li>
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<p>"* Late drops (W) require in-state students to pay the out-of-state additional tuition for the course because they “wasted” the space in the course."
- Keep in mind not every student is a full time student only concerned with school . I got a few W’s in community college since my job forced me to drop out when they increased my hours . This mindset is cute at the UC’s since they hate working students and don’t allow a part time option . </p>
<p>I actually like CC’s for their flexibility , it really allows someone who has to work full time, pay rent, ect , to still fit in education .</p>