<p>I am a former undergrad from CSULB in mathematics that never finished. While I was very interested in the subject as I went through lower division I got into classes that despite studying hard I just "couldn't get" and at the same time life got in the way. I would bust my hump to barely squeak out C's. Fast forward 10+ years after leaving CSULB in good standing but degree-less, I have a small business, make a good living but it irks me that I never finished my degree.</p>
<p>So I went back to a local CC and am following (finishing off) the IGETC and an AA in Business Administration track with plans to transfer to UC Irvine or Riverside for Business Admin.</p>
<p>My question is GPA admission requirement calculation. With so many high unit Cs in my past my "all institutions" cum is horrible at 2.8 but with the change in major I do have excess LD transferrable units (more than 70). I know they will count for "subject credit" but I'm wondering about the "transfer GPA" calculation.</p>
<p>In my case I have a truckload of LD math/sciences units (e.g. 3 sems of Calculus, linear alg, stat, etc), nearly all C's but for IGETC and my intended major in Bus Admin I would only "need" stat and first semester calc which are both A's for example.</p>
<p>My simple question is when a UC school says transfers require a particular minimum GPA "in UC Transferrable courses" for admission consideration do they mean any course taken that COULD be transferrable (actual courses with units transferring for graduation credit + those only for subject credit) or do they calculate it only for those courses given graduation credit.</p>
<p>My point is I'm hoping that these extra math courses would be good for subject credit but not considered in the actual calculation for the minimum admission GPA requirement, 'cause if they are I'm pretty screwed. </p>
<p>Hope this is making sense.</p>
<p>Yes, any courses that are UC Transferable will be calculated into your UC GPA. Sorry :/</p>
<p>Also, you need to be very careful about not going over the respective unit caps of each school you apply to.</p>
<p>And you don’t know which classes at CSULB they’ll consider “UC-transferable”–each institution will handle it differently.</p>
<p>Since its a CSU you should be able to go onto assist.org (a site that shows which courses transfer between public schools in California), and see which are actually transferable from CSULB to UC. </p>
<p>Also, your timing might be good in going back to school. You’re in a similar situation as I am. I recently called a UC Transfer Admissions counselor who told me that they were going to do away with the excess unit penalty on transfers who previously attended a four year (rejection if you get over a certain unit count). Basically, only twenty units of your upper division courses will transfer, and seventy units of your lower division. So if this is true and in effect when we transfer, we’ll start out as juniors with ninety units. </p>
<p>But I’ve only been able to confirm this with only one other counselor (from my community college so far) so far.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>There are no articulation agreements between CSUs and UCs, so you wouldn’t find that information on assist.</p>
<p>That’s true, CSUs and UCs don’t have equivalency info on assist. </p>
<p>I have a similar situation as you. Twenty years ago I went to CSU Fullerton for one year just after high school, gaining 22 units. Fast Forward through my screwed up twenties to my mid thirties and find me back in school figuring out what I want to do with myself. I decide on engineering because I’m now a drafter and I love working with engineers. Seems like the logical next step. However, I put engineering on hold to get a degree in drafting to keep my job and satisfy my employer. Since it’s 2008 and we’re in a severe economic downturn, I didn’t want to quit my good job. Plus, my employer offers tuition reimbursement. Anyway, I’m now a degree holding drafter with 87 total units/53 transferable units and a 2.9 UC GPA. By the time I finish the extra core requirements for engineering I will have a whopping 128 total units/89 UC transferable units. If I get all As I will have around a 3.28 GPA. Unlikely, I know. But screw it, I’m applying to Berkeley when I’m done anyway.</p>