<p>hey all im planning to transfer from UCSC to either ucberkeley or ucla in 2 years(im a freshman). I am really confused right now though
the FAQ says i need 90 quarter (60 semester) and no more than 129 quarter (86 semester) units. </p>
<p>what does this mean? 90 - 129 quarter units in 1 or 2 years? there are 4 quarters in one college year right?</p>
<p>UCSC goes by a quarter system and they said to take 3 courses at 5 credits each. that means about 15 per quarter. will it be enough?</p>
<p>At UCSC, you should be taking 15 units (3 classes) per quarter for 6 quarters. That adds up to 90 quarter units in two years. That is enough. If you want to take extra courses during the school year or the summer, that is fine too, but don’t go over the unit cap or your application will be thrown out. </p>
<p>Just fyi, don’t go to UCSC with the sole goal to transfer in mind. Most of those who came in with this mindset didn’t attain the grades necessary to transfer (from my experience). Community college is a lot cheaper and you will have a better chance at those schools you mentioned.</p>
<p>thanks for the reply,
there are new sets of classes every quarter right?</p>
<p>Yeah, follow what Cali said. UCB/UCLA is much easier if you’re transferring from a CC and also your classes will be much easier. </p>
<p>If by new sets of classes you are saying they don’t offer the same things each quarter, then yes. If the class is really important and required by many students, then they will probably offer it every quarter (math 11/19/22/23 courses, econ 1/2/100a/100b, and more). Some departments even post all the courses they will be offering for a year, so you can probably check it out online.</p>
<p>I’d recommend spending the 2 years at a CC to transfer to LA/Berkeley. You got priority over the UC-UC applicants and you save yourself a whole lot of debt.</p>
<p>If you can’t go over 86 semester units how come almost every student who apply to UCLA had an average of units greater than 86.</p>
<p>Like for an example the average units applied to Pre Business Economics was 96. Why wasn’t their application thrown out? Pretty much every major on there the average units exceeds the 86 cap limit.</p>
<p>I’m still trying to figure this out because some people say there is no limit while others are saying there is a unit cap limit, which I’m guessing is 86.</p>
<p>Any inputs?</p>
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<p>^
Okay. I will try and explain it to you. The unit cap applies to students NOT attending a California Community College. The posters above are telling this student about the unit cap because they would be attending a 4-year university in which the cap will be applied if they decide to continue on and transfer in two years. Again. When a student comes from a CCC they can have infinity amount of units. These students are also given the priority in the admission process which is probably why the number of units is so high since more CCC transfers get in. Hope you finally understand.</p>
<p>@JulietKim</p>
<p>I understand now. Thank you. Another quick question. I happen to be attending an out of state CC. This means I can apply with however many units since I did not attend a CC and a 4 year combined, correct? Thanks again.</p>
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