<p>I am currently a Senior in high school and have some questions regarding college. If you guys could help me I'd really appreciate it. Now on with the questions, should I take a course starting in December for Winter session? How many credits will that earn me? And how many credits do I need to transfer, I'm planning on starting in December for winter session, taking a class in Spring, and taking classes in summer to get me a head start and a quick transfer. How long do you guys think It will take me If I take a head start? Thanks a lot for the help ahead of time!</p>
<p>You generally need 60 semester units, or 90 quarter units by the time of transfer. How many units a particular class will earn you depends on the class. It usually takes two years to transfer, and unless you have AP credits that will transfer into college units, it would be difficult to do it in just one year. Between AP credits and units earned while in high school, you would need 30+ units to even think about finishing in one year, as far as I know. If you can put together over 30 units, by the time you finish high school plus summer (including units from AP classes) you have a shot at doing it in one year. I don’t really have any experience with using AP classes for college units so I’m not sure exactly how that works. Also, make sure the units you take while still in high school are able to be transferred. Good luck :)</p>
<p>Thanks alot for the help. I’m going to take a head start and start school in December 2013, I hope to transfer in a year and a half June 2015. Do you think that is do able If I take winter session, a spring class or two, summer, 2 whole semesters, another winter session, and summer again (If needed)?</p>
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<p>You need to get 60 credits by the end of spring, not summer, if you want to transfer that fall. I think you can do it, but this is what you would need. I’m assuming your school is on the quarter system since you’re talking about spring and winter classes, in which case you need 90 units. If you don’t have any AP credits, you would need: 10 units (2 classes) this winter, 10 units (2 classes) in the spring, 10 units (2 classes) in the summer. Then the next school year, 20 units (4 classes) in the fall, 20 units (4 classes) in the winter, and 20 units (4 classes) in the spring (that’s assuming the classes are 5 units each, some are less, in which case you will need a few more). It’s definitely doable, but difficult. I would be interested to see what others think about this.</p>
<p>I’m actually a Senior in high school right now and we go by semester. The CC I’m thinking of attending is also goes by the semester. So I’d be taking class in December and in Spring while I’m still enrolled in summer. I’m not sure how that’s going to work so If somebody can help me I’d appreciate it. And thank you very much for the help! I know it’s going to be difficult but I’m willing to give it my all.</p>
<p>Bumppppppppp</p>
<p>What exactly are you asking? Credits are credits, you want to have 60 semester credits by the end of Spring before you want to transfer. Map it out, figure out how many credits you’d have to take at a time. I think the usual rule is that you should aim for 14-16 credits (full time student) per semester, though it’s pretty common to go as high as 20 credits at a time. If you’re still in highschool and taking classes there, you probably don’t want more than one CC class (3-5 credits) at a time.</p>
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<p>@Gevojanyan</p>
<p>This doesn’t make sense…</p>
<p>Your question may be simpler and easier to understand if you talk to someone face-to-face. I think your best bet to get these questions answered is by visiting a counselor at your community college and through an appt figuring out a 2/3 year plan for you.</p>
<p>Gevojanyan -
I think where you’re losing people is because you’re talking about a CC that’s on the semester system, but you mention a winter term that starts in December, which is atypical for a semester system CC. And you keep saying you want to get a head start, but you’re a senior in high school who will only be attending CC part time for roughly 2/3rds of one year and then want to transfer after you’re only full time one year after you’ve graduated. </p>
<p>I think what you don’t understand is that if you want to transfer by Fall 2015, compared to other Fall 2015 applicants, you’re actually behind not really getting a head start. Most people are full-time in CC for two years before they transfer. So the majority of people that are going to be applying for Fall 2015 have already started full time in CC this month. Also, I don’t think you realize that winter (if your CC is one of the rare ones that still has a winter term) and summer terms are at an accelerated pace (usually equating to being more difficult) so most students take less classes in winter/summer than they would at the normal paced fall and spring terms. A normal fall/spring semester is 15-16 weeks long whereas winter/summer is usually 5-6 weeks (sometimes longer for summer). So if you’re assuming you can make up missing this fall semester and being only part time for the rest of this year by attending winter and summer that may not necessarily be the case. </p>
<p>Lastly, you also need to familiarize yourself with the basic requirements you need to transfer and do a little research into attending a CC. Check out your CC website, check out the UC application website so that you understand the basics. I think because you don’t even know the basics you’re making a lot of assumptions in your posts that can be confusing for people. Don’t take this the wrong way, but you have to put in a little effort so that we can help you. It’s hard helping someone that’s uninformed about CC and the basics because there’s A LOT to explain. Once you inform yourself about the basics you can ask more specific, directed questions that others on this board should be able to help you with. But at the moment with your current understanding it’s a little difficult. </p>
<p>Anyway, I don’t mean to discourage you, just take the time to go through these listed resources and you should be up to speed:
[Transfer</a> | UC Admissions](<a href=“http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/index.html]Transfer”>http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/transfer/index.html)
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/390953-uc-transfer-faq.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/uc-transfers/390953-uc-transfer-faq.html</a>
Your CC website (You didn’t say what CC you’re attending, so I can’t provide a link)
[Welcome</a> to ASSIST](<a href=“Welcome to ASSIST”>Welcome to ASSIST)</p>
<p>Oh and it would’ve helped if you would’ve let people know what major you want to transfer as. Unlike freshman applicants you can’t apply as undeclared. There’s very specific coursework you have to take for each major to have a chance at getting admitted. For some majors like engineering the coursework is so extensive that most people without AP credits might average 3 years to transfer where a major like Art might be different.</p>
<p>I think it’s funny when people, especially people in high school, say something like “I’m going to take this class in winter” with such certainty. The reality is that unless you’re going to some obscure community college, which is unlikely to have a winter session between fall and spring semester, those classes are going to be full by the time you get a chance to register for classes.</p>
<p>Dilapidated nailed it. Another thing I want to add, along with what Ramona said, is that the whole transferring in 2 years seems to be getting more difficult. Some CCs were hit hard by budget cuts and had to cut a lot of classes. This makes it difficult to get into some courses which may delay everything a semester or two. That doesn’t mean it can’t happen, but it’s not uncommon to see people transferring in 3 years instead of 2.</p>