<p>UCSC rejected my app because of too many units, but I got in everywhere else. Not too many ppl seem to be in such a predicament. </p>
<p>The thing I did was to talk to as many different people at all the schools you wish to get into well before you even apply. Sometimes you may find a way around such a silly rule, like one counselor at UCB did for me, but it may take some careful planning.</p>
<p>I'm suspecting the privates may be a little more flexible than the publics.</p>
<p>After this semester, I'll finish total of 98 units in which about 85 units are UC transferable. I got in all the UCs except Berkeley( EECS's just too hard LOL). I heard from my counselors that if your major is engineering, you don't need to worry how many units that you will have. However, for the other majors, the limit would be 90 semester units (UC transferable).</p>
<p>Too many units depends on the school. UCSC lumped all my credits together, the 60 or so from my CC and the 80 or so I had from another university, even tho most of those credits were all in classes that had nothing to do with my intended major.</p>
<p>For UCB's L&S, the 60 CC credits didn't matter, but they would have rejected me solely because of the 80-- so I applied to the COE, because the counselor said that they pretty much can do whatever they want.</p>