<p>What worries me is whether UCB and UCLA will keep their ceilings intact even with this new policy.</p>
<p>I’ve heard that it’s a 70 unit cap on lower division and 20 units on upper division. </p>
<p>So if UCB still keeps their ceiling at 80, and if a student has more than 10 upper division with 70 lower division, a student still might have excess units?</p>
<p>Even with the confirmation, I’m still going to be concerned until I hear the official announcement and see the policies of the colleges.</p>
<p>@trans5912 (or anyone in general) has anyone heard any updates regarding how each school is going to deal with the new unit policies. Am I now free to take as many courses as I would like?</p>
<p>I was sent here by another student … at the UC Counselor Conference back in September (of 2012), UC Office of the President had indicated that they were working on a systemwide policy. Based on the discussion (and preliminary rules flashed on the screen and taken off quickly as to not incite panic; but of course they always post their presentations, so you can go to <a href=“University of California Counselors”>University of California Counselors; and look at slide 8, and panic), the policy may become slightly less restrictive for some campuses, but the unit cap is NOT going away. </p>
<p>There were legislation passed that put unit caps on CCC students as well. As of now, there is a 100-unit cap on CCC students; you will lose registration priority after you exceed the cap.</p>
<p>AskMsSun could you expand a little more on the 100-unit cap for CCC students? Does that mean if I am applying and I have more than 100 units, I lose priority registration? Is it UC transferable units or overall units?Thanks.</p>
<p>The 100-unit cap is at the CCC level and not related to transferring or anything else. Essentially the CCCs want to move students through the system quickly, so you are hopefully encouraged by the cap to get out ASAP. From what I understand, you will lose priority for registration if you accumulated more than 100 units at your CCC. This is a new rule and the CCCs are still trying to figure out how to implement everything. I’m sure there will be loopholes students can exploit (like attending another CCC and hold off on transferring the units for IGETC certification until after you get all of the classes you need).</p>
<p>I came here to read this because I have over 100 units and I just applied to transfer. I have anxiety about this issue, so seeing anything about “unit caps” makes me panic.</p>
<p>But now that I’ve read what Ms. Sun posted, I think I understand what’s going on with this “unit cap”.</p>
<p>So basically for students enrolled in CC who have more than 100 units, they lose priority status when enrolling in the next term <em>at their CC</em> ??</p>
<p>I’m not so concerned about it anymore, but this is a terrible policy. The students who need priority registration are those who need very specific classes to move on. For example, this semester I needed to enroll in a class for the “strongly recommended” courses to transfer to UCB, but my enrollment date was waaayy late. I sat there and watched while the class filled up. Luckily, the instructor added everyone who wanted to add, almost 70 students. If I didn’t get into that class I would have been screwed, and it could have possibly forced me to stay at the CC LONGER.</p>
<p>@avatar102329, yes, the policy is at the CCC level and does not impact your eligibility to transfer. The policy is new and still being worked out (implementation-wise) … this was a response to the budget crisis and an effort to “push” students through the system.</p>