<p>Okay, so I was admitted to UCD as an incoming freshman, biological sciences major. However, due to many personal reasons, I don’t really want to attend. I’d much rather attend UCI. And so my question is what is the chances that I will be able to transfer out in 1 year? I have a catalog for 2008 and I checked my AP scores and saw that I would be able to receive 28 units for the 4 tests I’ve taken. And I understand I need 90 quarter units to be able to transfer. That leaves me with 62 units to complete in my freshman year. How difficult is that to accomplish? I’ve heard of many people getting 56 and 58 so is 62 that hard to accomplish?</p>
<p>I’ve kind of mapped it out and this is what I MIGHT be taking, I’m not sure because I still need to check which courses are equivalent at UCI (Anyone have any resources on that btw?). But I’m thinking of Mathematics 17A-17B-17C (12 units), Chemistry 2A-2B-2C (15 units), Biological Sciences 1A-1B-1C (15 units), and probably some of my GE’s like English and an art or something? I’m not sure, any class suggestions that wouldn’t be too rough on me?</p>
<p><em>I know I’ll receive a lot of answers saying “Give UCD a shot, you’ll love it!” But that’s not the answer I’m looking for, sorry There are personal reasons for me that I’d rather not list out haha</em></p>
<p>I believe transferring to another UC as a 2nd year is difficult…and may not be possible. Most transfers happen at the 3rd year, and even then transferring to another UC is not easy. Most UC’s take Junior College transfers (I suppose they figure you are already in a UC?) willingly and then the “others”. Have you considered just going to a JC for 2 years? Maybe save the money and get things in order. Good luck with your decision.</p>
<p>Yeah, from what I hear and have read, it’s actually harder to transfer from one UC to another, especially being just a sophmore. If you really don’t want to go to UCD, then why waste the money for one year? As the poster above said, I’d also consider going to a JC for 2 years, finishing up as many GE’s and lower division major courses as possible with a high GPA.</p>
<p>Whatever you choose to do though, study hard and good luck with things.</p>
<p>Biological Sciences 1A-B-C is no longer available at UCD. It’s now 2A-B-C. The equivalent of those courses at UCI is Bio 93 (from DNA to Organisms) and 94 (From Organisms to Ecosystems)–I attend Irvine Valley College and our Biological Sciences 93+94 are the exact equivalent of the Bio 93+94 courses at UCI (they’re even named exactly the same), and assist.org says Bio 93+94 are the equivalent to UC Davis’ BIS 2A-B-C. </p>
<p>Chemistry 2A-B-C is the general chemistry course, so at UCI, that would be Chem 1A-B-C. </p>
<p>But anyway, just don’t go to UCD if you only want to stay there for one year. Cancel your SIR and go to a JC instead.</p>
<p>@sopranokitty: Thanks the course info was really helpful!</p>
<p>I’m afraid I don’t have much of a choice. The JC’s where I live are jam packed full of students and I won’t be able to get my classes. Some people I know who already registered for classes couldn’t even get them all. Plus my parents don’t want me to go to a JC because especially here, it would take me a long time to get enough units to transfer out. Some of my friends are there for there 3rd year and transferring out after this year. Plus I don’t want to stay nearby and I know my parents would rather have me go to UCD for two years first.</p>
<p>I know UC to UC transfer is more difficult, but I’ve known of so many people who’ve done it and I’m determined to do it too! My question was basically… Is getting 62 units in one year difficult to accomplish? I would be under the upper division transfer students from four year colleges right? Because I read in many places that when you hit 90 units, you are a junior regardless of how many years you have been there for. And do you know how many units you need to reach in order to not be able to transfer out into other UC’s anymore?</p>
<p>Actually, 90 units is senior standing. 60 units is junior standing. I believe that once you reach senior standing, you can’t transfer over to another UC anymore, but don’t take my word for this.</p>
<p>If you are that hellbent on transferring in one year you should be taking summer classes right now to increase your units. </p>
<p>The average student takes about 15 or 16 units per quarter, and you will be advised not to take more than that your Freshman year. Let’s assume you take four 4-unit classes all three quarters; that gets you to 48 units, leaving you with 14 units you still need to complete. This means you would definitely have to take five classes during at least two quarters, probably all three. Even then, you better hope you have at least two 5-unit classes and no three unit classes, or you’ll be taking 6 classes one quarter. Classes you take the summer before transferring do not count towards the number of units. In short, I personally do not think it is possible, and even if it is, it will ruin your GPA. I know this isn’t what you want to hear, but I think you’ll be at Davis for two years unless you transfer to a private which readily accepts sophomore applicants.</p>
<p>Edit: 90 units is junior standing, 135 is senior standing. Once you’re a senior, you cannot transfer to another UC (or most colleges, for that matter.)</p>
<p>2nd year will be a big pain and your high school records will greatly impact whether you get in or not…correct me if I’m wrong on that part because that is what I remember. It might be possible it might not be…you need to contact both school to get some understanding on how it can be done. Though Junior transfer would probably be easier but you might need some good reason to tell them why you want to go to Irvine. Like let say your family lives in Irvine and you need to be close to home for whatever reason would be a great reason to transfer or something like that. As long as you give them a reason and get the credits and gpa you should be fine to transfer.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone. However, it seems to me that a lot of people I know who attempted a UC-UC transfer got it. Is it really as hard as it seems? As in, are the admissions people really adamant on mainly CCC transfers? From my research, it seems that a lot of people don’t get their UC-UC transfers because they don’t have enough credits, their courses didn’t transfer over, or they just didn’t have a good GPA. I will make sure all my classes can be transferred to UCI (assist.org doesn’t let me do UCD to UCI though…?) and I will try to get a good GPA. I know UCD has very hot, dry weather with many crops around. And one of my reasons will be that my skin doesn’t do well in dry weather (eczema) and that I get bad allergies with the environment. I will add other reasons too. I just want my transfer to be possible because it seems like so many people make it seem like UC-UC is near impossible. We’ll see whether I am able to do it in my second or third year though. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>UC to UC transfer is definitely not impossible and not as hard as people make it out to be. The reason people make it seem so hard is because you simply need a 3.0 at a junior college to be guaranteed a spot at a mid-tire UC, whereas UC transfers generally need a 3.5 in likely more difficult classes. It’s really not that difficult, but compared to the CCC route it seems worse than it really is; what is hard is acquiring junior standing after your freshman year… I’m going in with the exact same number of units are you are, and I just don’t think I personally could get 62 units in one year without jeopardizing my GPA. Maybe you can, though.</p>
<p>And is there no medication you can take for your eczema/allergies? I know you said there were other reasons, but I’m pretty sure you can combat those two issues. And I actually visited UC Davis yesterday and it felt pretty muggy to me (but I live in an extremely dry area, so maybe I’m just not used to humidity.)</p>
<p>Well health reasons work out pretty well since they can inhibit your learning and become a problem. It all depends on your study habits and a little bit of luck to get 62 units. I mean you might not have much of a social life or anything because you might be just too busy studying or your classes might turn out to be easy to you and it wouldn’t be a problem. Again getting the units depends on you and your own abilities just don’t go overboard and strain yourself.</p>
<p>@JeSuis … yeah, I’m in Sac for the holiday and have been back and forth to the campus a few times. It’s definitely hot up here, I think 104 today and around 102 yesterday.</p>
There are personal reasons for me that I’d rather not list out haha</em></p>