<p>I'm an incoming freshman to Berkeley and I was planning to take community college classes this summer.
If I take those classes, will they be subtracted from the 120 unit req for letters and sciences?</p>
<p>So basically, the college of letters and sciences requires 120 units. So I was wondering if I take community college classes, whether or not that would subtract units from that 120.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>Your AP units and CC units will help you get an earlier Telebears time and count towards the 120 unit requirement if you want to graduate early. However, everyone is guaranteed 8 semesters and 120 units at Berkeley so you don’t have to worry about having too many units either.</p>
<p>So how many units do AP classes count for?</p>
<p>most count for 5.3 units, the others are 2.7 units.</p>
<p>So I took the following and go the following scores: AP European History (5), AP Chemistry (3), AP Calculus AB (5), AP Biology (5), AP US History (5), AP Calculus BC (3 or 4; I don’t remember which), AP Psychology (5), and AP Spanish Language (4). I will be taking the following tests this year and probably get at least a 3 on each test: AP World History, AP English Literature, AP Art History, and AP US Government. </p>
<p>I also took Chinese 101 at Palomar College last summer.</p>
<p>I don’t want to create a headache for anyone but how many units total is this? :)</p>
<p>Here you go for AP credit:
[University</a> of California - AP credits](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/ap-credits/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/ap-credits/index.html)</p>
<p>Multiply by 2/3 to convert quarter units to semester units.</p>
<p>Whether they will give you anything besides units (e.g. placement into more advanced courses or credit for course requirements for your major) depends on your major and the departments of the subjects.</p>
<p>I’m an incoming freshman at Cal this year who’s currently taking the IB Diploma. According to this page: [University</a> of California - International Baccalaureate credits](<a href=“http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/ib-credits/index.html]University”>http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/admissions/counselors/ib-credits/index.html) , does that mean that I will have satisfied 20/120 of the credits required to graduate? Will this help me with graduating in 3 years?</p>
<p>Yes, if you finish all of your major requirements and breadth requirements but are still short of 120 units taken at Berkeley, the IB credits will count towards the 120 units needed for graduation.</p>
<p>So what does this mean?</p>
<p>“Units granted for AP tests are not counted toward the maximum number of credits required for formal declaration of a major or the maximum number of units a student may accumulate prior to graduation.”</p>
<p>It means that you can have AP credits both ways, either counted or not counted, depending upon what is best for you.</p>
<p>Lets do a simple example. You enter with 30 units of AP credit. You can graduate after taking as few as 90 units at Cal, adding the AP units to reach the 120 unit minimum for a degree. </p>
<p>However, there are also maximums in place. A student can’t just stay at Cal taking classes perpetually. For someone with a single major, once you hit 130 units and have had at least eight semesters of classes, registration for additional classes would be blocked. There are various exceptions and solutions but the school doesn’t have room to have many students who are taking longer than four years to finish. </p>
<p>The AP units are NOT included for that maximum. That is, if you entered with 30 units of AP credit, you could get to 160 units before hitting the registration block. </p>
<p>AP units count in your favor, but not on the categories that are not in your favor.</p>
<p>Same with declaring a major. There are maximums set that ensure that students have declared a major by about halfway through their four years and are making reasonable progress to graduating on time. The AP units are not counted, which means you could be up at 90+ units before they start worrying about why you haven’t declared, compared to someone with no AP units who would reach that point after only 60 units.</p>