<p>I've been considering taking summer classes either at UCLA or at junior colleges / Cal States near my hometown. I looked through a few catalogs of JCs, but I can't really tell whether something is going to transfer for my major (Biochem) or for a GE. Do I need to talk to a counselor about this? I want to make sure that I enroll in classes that will actually transfer.</p>
<p>Info about this (or even the whole process in general... I'm not sure if I'm missing something? Like do I need to petition after I take the class?) from anyone with any experience with taking classes for credit outside of UCLA would be much appreciated!</p>
<p>So I DON’T need to talk to a counselor or anything? Should I have the JC send a transcript after the class is done so UCLA knows I took it? (And if so, to whom?)</p>
<p>You don’t have to talk to a counselor or file a petition before taking a class at another institution during summer. Just be sure to send transcripts to admissions at the address you’ll find on this page: [About</a> Transfer Credit - UCLA Undergraduate Admissions](<a href=“http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/transfer_credit/trcred.htm]About”>http://www.admissions.ucla.edu/transfer_credit/trcred.htm). They’ll post credit according to a reading of the articulation agreement with the college that you take the class at, if one is available. If no articulation agreement is available, you may have to estimate the course equivalent at the other college, perhaps by consulting with a counselor. In such a case, save the syllabus for the possibility that you may have to petition later for credit. </p>
<p>Community colleges are likely going to have greatly curtailed summer sessions this year, so it may be difficult to get what you want (if anything at all). “Apply” now to the community college if you haven’t already done so (or if your college purges the rolls of current students each year, as LACCD does) to help your enrollment time…</p>
<p>I used to work at a community college. Since you are going to be a new student you will get a later registration date than continuing students. A lot of classes have been cut so you may or may not be able to enroll.</p>
<p>So would you recommend signing up for UCLA classes in February just in case I’m not able to enroll at a JC? Because from what I’ve heard from other people, the JCs that are on semester schedules don’t start enrolling until March.</p>
<p>As long as the class that you want doesn’t seem to be filling (or has no cap) at UCLA, I would suggest that you not sign-up for UCLA Summer Sessions until you know you will be attending with a high degree of confidence. This is because a fee, in effect a cancellation fee, is charged even if you decide not take a class after you enroll in one. URSA warns you about this, in fact, before you sign-up for summer.</p>
<p>Awesome, sounds great. So should I contact the admissions or counseling dept at individual JCs to find out how I can enroll to take summer classes there? I imagine it’s an application process, but I’m allowed to concurrently enroll at another institution while maintaining my status here?</p>
<p>Just google the JC that you want to go to and find their website. I think most of them have an online application. After you apply you should then get information about possible placement tests, course prerequisites, registration appointments, etc.</p>
<p>Note that you aren’t allowed to concurrently enroll in a community college and UCLA for credit without special permission during the regular F-W-S terms. You are allowed to do it in the summer, however. And if you take classes at one and not another during any term, summer or not, you really aren’t concurrently enrolled anyway.</p>
<p>Not sure if this was mentioned above, but JCs are probably the cheapest - you may also want to go with a school that is on a similar time frame to UCLA (e.g. quarter system) so it makes your summer transition easier.</p>