Too many units for UC transfer?

[babble]

<p>Hi all,</p>

<p>I am a sophomore at UC Davis looking to transfer to another UC. I am currently a sophomore and will have 95 UC Davis units by the end of summer. I also have 40 units from my local CC. I was planning on taking another 35 units at my local CC and then attempting to transfer to either UCSD, UCLA, or Cal.</p>

<p>Anyone know if this will be possible?</p>

[mermaker]

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UCB: Each of the individual colleges and the Haas School of Business establishes its own unit limitation policies for students who have attended a four-year institution before enrolling at a community college:
College of Letters and Science: A student who has accumulated more than 80 transferable semester units from a four-year institution is considered to have excess units and will not be admitted. A student who has completed 80 or fewer UC-transferable semester units at a four-year university and then transfers to a community college will not accrue excess units and will be considered for admission.
Students who have only attended a community college will be granted subject credit, but not unit credit, for appropriate two-year college coursework taken in excess of the community college 70-unit limit; such subject credit may be used to satisfy/complete requirements.
College of Environmental Design: This college follows the same unit accumulation policy as the College of Letters and Science (see above), except that its limit on transferable coursework taken at a four-year university is 86 semester units.
Other colleges: UC Berkeley’s other colleges total both university units and a maximum of 70 community college UC-transferable units. The limits on combined transferable university and community college work are as follows:
• College of Chemistry: 80 semester units; applicants with more than 80 units require special approval.
• College of Engineering: 89 semester units.
• College of Natural Resources: 90 semester units. Though the College does not have a specific unit limitation, it carefully reviews applicants with 90 or more
10
semester units to ensure that they can graduate within a reasonable time.
• Haas School of Business: No maximum limit.</p>

<p>UCD: Applications from students who have completed 80 or more transferable semester units (120 or more transferable quarter units) of combined baccalaureate institution and community college coursework are subject to review by the deans of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, the College of Letters and Science and the College of Biological Sciences. Units earned through AP or IB examinations are counted separately for this purpose; AP and IB units do not put applicants at risk of being denied admission or of having an admissions decision delayed due to a dean’s review. Applicants subject to review will be admitted if a dean’s assessment is that the student is making good progress toward the baccalaureate degree and can complete the degree within the college’s maximum unit limit. All transfer applications to the College of Engineering undergo careful screening to assess the level of academic preparation for the major; the College of Engineering does not conduct a separate review of applicants who have 80 or more transferable semester units (120 or more transferable quarter units) of combined baccalaureate institution/community college work. Students who are well prepared for the majors will be admitted to the College of Engineering even if they exceed the 80/120-unit standard.</p>

<p>UCI: UC Irvine does not set a limit on the number of units an applicant may earn at a four-year institution before enrolling at a community college. It is important to note, however, that at least 36 of the final 45 quarter completed by a student for the bachelor’s degree must be earned in residence at the UCI campus.</p>

<p>UCLA: With the exception of the School of Nursing (postlicensure), UCLA generally considers a student who has accumulated more than 86 transferable semester units (130 transferable quarter units) at a university to have exceeded maximum units allowable for admission. Such a student will not be admitted. For the College of Letters and Science, a student who completed 86 or fewer UC-transferable semester units (130 or fewer transferable quarter units) at a university then transferred to, and remained exclusively at, a community college does not exceed the maximum units allowable for admission purposes.</p>

<p>UCM: A student who has accumulated more than 80 transferable semester units from a four-year institution is considered to have excess units and will not be admitted. A student who has completed 80 or fewer UC-transferable semester units at a four-year university and then transfers to a community college will not accrue excess units and will be considered for admission.
Students who have only attended a community college will be granted subject credit, but not unit credit, for appropriate two-year college coursework taken in excess of the community college 70-unit limit; such subject credit may be used to satisfy/complete requirements.</p>

<p>UCR: UC Riverside does not limit the number of units an applicant may earn at a four-year institution before enrolling at a community college. However, UC-eligible applicants who have attended a four-year institution and who present 80 or more semester (120 or more quarter) units in transfer credit will be reviewed by the dean of the college for completion of a specified pattern of courses that provides continuity with upper-division courses within the major. An applicant will be admitted if the dean’s office determines that the student can complete a baccalaureate degree within the maximum limit of 216 quarter units.</p>

<p>UCSD: UC San Diego considers a student with more than 90 transferable semester units (135 quarter units) from the combination of a two-year and a four-year institution to be in senior standing. UCSD sets a 90 semester unit limit when a student has attended both a two-year and a four-year institution. UCSD will transfer a maximum of 70 semester units from a community college; the admissions staff looks for those students who have accumulated 90 or fewer semester units.</p>

<p>UCSB: The College of Letters and Science does not accept applications from students who have earned 135 or more transferable quarter (90 or more semester) units from a combination of two-year and four-year institutions.</p>

<p>UCSC: UC Santa Cruz does not accept applications from students who have earned 135 or more transferable quarter (90 or more semester) units from a four-year institution or a combination of two-year and four-year institutions. This campuswide policy is not subject to college or departmental interpretation.

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<p>It seems like you might not be able to transfer anywhere since you have too many units. Double check though.</p>

[oceanpartier]

<p>You are ineligible to transfer because you will have more than 90 UC units before you make the intended transfer. You were supposed to apply this cycle. UCSD, UCLA, and Cal will consider application at all; UCI will. It’s still going to be competitive to get into UCI though. </p>

<p>The only way this transfer will happen is if you drop out of UCD before you hit that 90 unit cap. However, if you have missing pre-requisites for competitive majors…such as Biology for example, it is unlikely that you will be admitted. UCD will allow you to reinstate yourself later on in case you fail to transfer. </p>

<p>I suggest that you just finish your degree at UCD.</p>

[ucwhere419]

<p>I wish I could send you a pm, because I also attended a four year and was told that UCLA wouldn’t consider my application (by UCLA Admissions Officers too). Not true. I got my acceptance package a few days ago. PM me if you get the chance.</p>

[oceanpartier]

<p>Certain units from some 4-year schools (e.g. CSU’s) are not transferable to the UC’s and will not count towards the unit cap. All units from within the UC system are transferable between campuses though.</p>

[babble]

<p>Thanks for the info. I would like to clarify that I will have 95 quarter units, not semester units, from UCD. From what it seems, having under ~80 semester units (or 120 quarter units) from a 4-year university and then remaining exclusively at a CC would qualify me for admission for at least UCLA, Cal, and UCI? Correct me if I am wrong.</p>

[oceanpartier]

<p>^I’m sorry I was mistaken. You can more than 90 quarter units as long as you do not attain Senior standing…that’s what I meant. I don’t know off the top of my head what number that is but it should be similar to what you are saying. Since you are planning to go to a CC you should be fine. Change 90 ~> 120 or w/e and my post still applies. I was going off the assumption that you are planning to attend UCD full time next year and attending CC in the summer (stupid cause I should’ve known by you saying 35 units LOL).</p>

[Waterox]

<p>My counselor told me I’ll have 92 CC transferable semester units by this end of spring but I’ll be fine as a junior transfer. I listed every classes correctly so they have an idea of what I already took and still accepted me (UCLA, Berkeley, UCSD, etc…) I am pretty sure that they will only allow 60 semester units transfer to their system and discard what I do not need for my major.</p>

<p>Never mind, I was freaking out that my counselor was wrong</p>

[ucwhere419]

<p>Yeah, Babble. As long as you stay at a community college, you will be fine.</p>

[neiliyoo]

<p>is there a way to check which units are considered transferable?</p>