Most of the institutions I want to go to will only award me 70 units, but I’m considering staying another year in community college. I will have about 100 units in the span of 3 years.
I can transfer out now with 74, but I don’t really feel comfortable with the options I have.
I can only go to CSULB and Fullerton for Electrical Engineering. I’d rather wait another year and apply to Cal poly Pomona and some UC’s. I just want to know if what I’m doing isn’t a bad idea.
@Gumbymom is the Cal school forum moderator. She can help if anyone can. Or @ucbalumnus who knows a lot about science and engineering in the uc schools
What I suggest is you take as many recommended courses as possible for the major; otherwise you need to play catch up at your UC (or other institution) and that could end up meaning another quarter or semester of tuition. My suggestion is stay another year. You will get subject credit if not unit credit.
If you stay another year at CC, will you be able to cover a greater number of lower division courses for your major at your additional targets (CPP and UCs) and/or CSUFullerton and CSULB? Or complete IGETC or more general education if you have not already done that?
No, its not a bad idea. And remember that units apply in 2 ways. The cap of 70 semester units is a cap on how many units UC will apply towards your UC diploma. Entirely separate are satisfying prerequisites or distribution requirements. Every class you take that can count for something will, even if the total is more than 70 units.
Since you have a full year and it sounds like you don’t have that many additional classes to take to be UC eligible, I suggest yo use the extra classes to your best advantage. I’m not saying to load up on math/science/engineering and potentially hurt your gpa, but look at taking classes that will help you at a UC. Python, for example, is a popular language and would be worth taking. The staff is busy now with admissions but this summer when things slow down you might want to email the undergrad EE or engineering advisor at schools you are considering to ask if there are subjects that, while not required, you could take at your CC to be better prepared.
@mikemac the CC I’m going to doesn’t really have much courses for my major, but I’ll look in to it. Thanks
@ohm888 I realized there are only 15-semester units I can take that will go towards my major if I stay another year at CC. I think I should just transfer out to CSULB since I don’t really have much to do and I don’t want to fall behind. Thanks.