Knowing that CSU students are low priority for UC applications, if I transfer to a community college for 2016’s spring semester, will it up my chances for transferring to a UC in fall 2016, or will the UC’s still see me as a CSU student? I am currently a freshman enrolled in a CSU.
UC’s only accept Junior level transfers with 60 semester/90 quarter units. You need to attend a CCC for another year and apply for Fall 2017, unless you have significant AP course credit.
I think they define CC transfers as individuals who have 30+ semester units of CC coursework.
As stated, you need 60 semester or 90 quarter units to be eligible.
It might be to your benefit to transfer to a CCC in spring. You would apply in fall 2016 for fall 2017.
I currently have 44 semester credits for my CSU, if i transfer to a local CC, it turns into 33 semester credits. Am i still eligible to transfer in 2016? I’ve heard the UC’s have a cap on semester credits.
If you don’t take any upper division units at a CSU, you should be fine. @lindyk8 knows the specifics of this better than I do, though.
Are you sure that only 33 semester units will cross over? What UC’s accept may be different from what CC’s accept.
Try to follow the 7-course breadth for the schools you want to get into. Apply now to see if you get in anywhere, and if worst comes to worst, take another year at CC to decide upon a major, complete prereq’s, and so on. If you stay another year at CC, you can likely complete IGETC.
I would re-evaluate that 33 unit figure. Unless you are trying to transfer to engineering or have a lot of “remedial” level courses I doubt that your unit count will drop that significantly.
Additionally the unit ceilings can be seen here:
Assuming those are lower division courses, you should be fine as they just round them all out to 70. However, I’m never quite sure if having a ton of non-CCC units makes them look somewhat negatively on it. I’ve kind of heard conflicting things about that.
But be that as it may, you will only be transferring 70 LD, despite how many LD units you actually have. Then add any upper division on top of that. There’s where you need to calculate unit maximums. Some cap at 80.
According to UCTAP, I have 29.33/40 semester/quarter units from AP, and if I transfer to a community college for the spring, the courses I finish will amount to 34/51 semester/quarter units, along with me finishing the IGETC in the spring, amounting up to 63.33/91 semester/quarter units.
My plan right now is to apply to transfer in for Fall 2016 since I think I meet the requirements, and if they see me as a CSU student rather than a community college student and reject me, I’ll just stay in the community college another year and take light courses while reconsidering my major, and apply for UCTAG in 2017. Problem is, it’s 2:30 AM, and I’m pretty sure there must be something stupid about my plan.
The trouble with transferring in one year is that you will have to complete both general education requirements and prerequisites for your major. Taking another year may help you decide what you want to do.
If you want to apply now, though, it definitely won’t hurt to complete IGETC by the Spring (if you can). That will set you up nicely to take whatever you want next year, if you don’t get in where you’d like.