transfer credit

<p>this is my first year at a community college and im looking to transfer to ucla or ucsd as a bioengineering or chemical engineering major. assist.org has been useful in plotting out my courses for the next two years, and i should be able to take all the courses specified and maintain a gpa above 3.8.</p>

<p>but there's a big problem i noticed when i went onto ucla's statistics from 2007's transfer student admissions breakdown. it states that the average # of units (most likely quarter) of applicants admitted is 142 for bioengineering majors, but after completing all the courses from assist.org's course articulation (which fill up my entire two years, barely staying under the unit cap at my school) I won't have nearly that many units, about 110 (calculated quarter units) at the most. does this mean that for better admission chances i have to take a third year at a cc? or should i just not worry, complete the course articulation, and ill have the same admissions chances as any applicant?</p>

<p>the high unit count for applicants may be because most applying had to start from lower classes to get to the courses that count towards that major, but im already where i need to be requirements-wise</p>

<p>im just not sure, but i really dont want to spend more than two years at a cc, i feel bad enough not going to a 4 year university right away already.</p>

<p>thanks in advance!</p>

<p>Did you take general ed into consideration? I would recommend at least attempting to complete the IGETC before transferring.</p>

<p>I know that some major required more higher unit courses like nursing. the number of units that were admitted were almost the same as bioengineering majors.</p>

<p>hsseas states that they dont recognize the igetc, and every counselor has told me so far that if im gearing up to transfer as an engineering major (including ucla) i should just follow the course articulation of hardcore math, physics, chem, and biology, taking a full load of at least 18 units a semester</p>

<p>i do plan to take at least one course in humanities, social science, and art, and i did include them into how many units id have, but im not looking to complete the igetc since it would be impossible for me to have it completed by the spring semester before i transfer</p>

<p>i can have the entire articulation and the few general ed courses done in two years, so im REALLY opposed to being a transfer that's one or two years older than everyone in my class after the transfer, im trying to stay here at a cc for two years tops</p>

<p>hey i'm a first year bioengineering transfer student too. all the UCs have different articulations for biomedical/bioengineering. </p>

<p>is it necessary to complete all of the courses listed on assist.org or do we try to complete as many as we can? it seems nearly impossible to finish all of the classes within 2 years. i dont want to stay no more than 2 years at a CCC either.</p>