<p>I am a CCC transfer student who decided late to pursue a Chemistry/Biochemistry degree, and was admitted to SF State, UCSC, and UCSB. I've been taking CC classes since junior year of high school and have tons of credits (~90 semester). Most of these are general ed. and not science major related. I've been planning on attending UCSC, and have taken the entire general chemistry series at UCSC through summer school and a cross-enrollment program with the local community college (Cabrillo). My grades were B+, A+, A-, and A, A in the labs if that matters at all. I struggled hard with terrible calculus teachers and had to take it 3 times (D, D, then A). Not really important but the first teacher was a grad student from UCSC who used half the period then left early, and gave ridiculously tough exams where all calculators are prohibited. Then the second teacher had a few fingers reattached and was highly medicated and made 10-15 mistakes per period. Just had to share that frustration, anyway... </p>
<p>My dilemma: I have barely any of the recommended major-specific coursework, only the gen chem series and Calc 1, but UCSC admitted me to Chem/Biochem major. Would i be better off in any way to either defer for a year or apply again next year after finishing more calculus, organic chem, and/or physics? I talked to a grad student who did the same thing and he recommended I stay at Cabrillo in order to save money and get a better quality of education (after taking univ. and CC classes I agree CC classes are more rigorous). But at the same time, I have so many units I'm afraid that might be a problem. All the UC's seem to say applicants past a certain amount of units aren't considered, but when I talk to counselors they assure me that this does not apply to me because I haven't attended a university. But then I've taken 19 quarter units at UCSC. When I ask counselors about this they get all unsure and say they need to talk to a rep and then all give me different answers. </p>
<p>Thank you for any recommendations.</p>