How many units do people usually take a quarter at the UCs?

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<p>This is really important for me right now. I'm trying to figure out what my GPA will be when the Law School Admissions Counsel looks at my transcripts. If I can guess how many units I will take each semester, along with how many courses I will probably take, and if I get mostly As I can see what my LSAC GPA will be.</p>

<p>Is the quarter system divided by Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter? If so, do people take courses every semester? How many courses do people usually take each quarter? How many units is the average upper-division course? Is there a limit on how many courses I can take?</p>

<p>Thanks :)</p>

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<p>the quarter system is divided by Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
but I am currently taking courses at RCC, which is semester system.</p>

<p>I don't know other people. I can tell you my course load</p>

<p>Winter 2007 (01/2007 - 02/2007): 9 semester units</p>

<p>Spring 2007 (02/2007 - 06/2007): 23 semester units</p>

<p>Summer 2007 (06/2007 - 08/2007): 11 semester units</p>

<p>Fall 2007 (09/2007 - 12/2007): 23 semester units</p>

<p>Winter 2008 (01/2008 - 02/2008): 13 semester units</p>

<p>Spring 2008 (02/2008 - 06/2008): 25 semester units</p>

<p>however, these are my course loads for CC not UC. I won't take that much in UCs</p>

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<p>-TheCaliforniaLife</p>

<p>I believe the average is 16 units
You will need at least 12 units to be considered a "full-time student"
The recommended is 15</p>

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<p>i've been taking 18-20 for the last 2 years. min is 12 and max is 20 without a petition.</p>

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<p>Many many units are the average upper-division courses; like political science? It wouldn't be like taking 7 courses at a CC to get 22, right? They are worth more?</p>

<p>For you Guyy, how many courses is 20 units for you at the UC?</p>

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<p>each class ive taken is 4 units and labs are usually 1-3 units. discussion sessions are 0 units. im not sure about poli sci upper div classes, but i pretty sure its also 4 units per class.</p>

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<p>20 units is fine.</p>

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<p>1 semester unit = 1.5 quarter units
12 semester units (full-time) = 18 quarter units (full-time)</p>

<p>So at UCs except Berk, normal range would be 18 - 27 quarter units.</p>

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<p>berkeley uses semester system right?</p>

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<p>AdamantineX,</p>

<p>Yep.</p>

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<p>Hongda, I doubt there are many who are taking 27 units a quarter. The quarter schedule is much shorter than the semester schedule, so those on the quarter system will probably spread out their units more evenly between the Fall/Winter/Spring blocks.</p>

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<p>berkeley and merced are the only ucs on a semester system to my knowledge</p>

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<p>oh...sorry. please excuse my mistake.</p>

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<p>i just about to finish my first year at UC davis (quarter system - 10 weeks a quarter) and here's what my unit breakdown looks like so far</p>

<p>fall- 14
winter- 15
spring - 16</p>

<p>over the summer ill be taking 8 and starting fall quarter next year im taking 18</p>

<p>the minimum to be a full time student is 12, the maximum allowable is 28.5 i believe. I wouldn't recommend taking more than 18, the standard breakdown is that for every hour you spend in class, you should be spending at least 1.5 hours outside of class studying for it, if you wish to get an A. So for 18 units (18 hours in the classroom) you would be well advised to spend at least 27 hours studying outside the classroom, putting you at 45 hours total for the week, more than a full time job. </p>

<p>28.5 would put the total at 71.25 hours studying a week, recommended</p>

<p>I believe 15 or 16 is the average, depending on whether or not you end up having a 3 unit class somewhere in your schedule, and taking that many units you're still set to graduate in 4 years, and possibly even double major.</p>

<p>As a side note, at Davis at least for freshman during fall quarter, the unit cap was 18, and was increased to 22 and then 28.5 as the year continued.</p>

<p>Don't sacrifice your GPA for units, a 4.0 with 15 or 16 looks a hell of a lot better than a 3.0 with 18</p>

<p>{advice edit}
I know that CC is full of a lot of "overachievers" who would say that college is only about learning in classrooms and preparing for a career. While somewhat true, class learning is only going to get you so far. Go out on (Thursday - schedule dependent) Fridays and Saturday, go to parties meet new people, make new friends, make new connections with people who similar interests; that's real life, knowing the in's and out's of DC v Heller by heart or how to work transcendental functions in your head is great, but in real life you're going to have to be a friendly, sociable and well rounded person. Two of my best friends are premed students pulling down 3.8's, another is an EE major with a 3.7, and I party with them nearly every weekend. I am a Political Science (read: pre-law) and Classics major and I'm weighing in at 3.7. </p>

<p>Study. yes, most definitely; but if you don't allow yourself to experience what college life really has to offer, you'll never really know what you missed, and how you could've grown from it. And don't look down on the Greek system, they party yes, but they do a lot more good that most people realize.</p>

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<p>UCLA</p>

<p>Full time is 12</p>

<p>Most courses are 4 units. Some poli sci or intro type 101 courses are 5 units- but few are 5 units, most are 4. </p>

<p>If all you are is a student i would say 16-20 would work.</p>

<p>I took 17 units and i worked full time and that was killer.</p>

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<p>If you have just around 90 units, then you need to take at least 15 units every quarter (excluding summers) to graduate in two years.</p>

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<p>I'm going to take 12 units a quarter (3 classes), excluding summer. I only need 15 classes so I'll be done in a year and a half with a lot of leisure time. Plus I want an internship around 20 hours a week.</p>

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<p>UCSD - i dont think you can graduate with 160 units though, so you will still need to take more classes. Not sure what the min for UCSD is, ucla is 180 quarter units to graduate , i think UCSD would be the same.</p>

<p>If you enter with the max of 105 CC units + 15*4 units a class = 165
You need 15 more units to graduate</p>

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<p>oh my goodness youre right. I'll have 102 units from DeAnza after this quarter. I need to take 1 prereq class at UCSD + 15 upperdivs to get my degree. that means ill have 166 units, 14 shy of 180. That means 3 more classes I have to take....UGH! Since I'm going to be taking 15 upperdivs, which is going to make up the 60 minimum units that must be upperdivs, can the remaining units I fulfil be made up of undergraduate courses?</p>

<p>Or i guess I can take 2 courses over the summer. and take another 1 next summer at DeAnza. (all 3 being undergrad classes from deanza) -can I do this?</p>

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<p>Yes you can take lower division courses as long as out of 180 , 60 are upper division.</p>

<p>You can NOT take a course at DeAnza next summer though, you will NOT get unit credit for it.</p>

<p>Once you reach 105 units, no more unit credit is given for courses taken in CC. And let me explain this more clearly because i thought it was very unclear when i went to counceling. They do not mean that you can take at most 105 units at CC. what they are saying is that if you enter with lets say 102 CC units (like you are going to do ) then you take 12 units at UC- well now you have 114 units, so you have more than 105 units, so no more units can come from your CC. You can enter with 105 CC units for example, to get the full CC allowable but you can not take any CC units once you have reached over 105 units regardless of the combination of those units.</p>