<p>I've completed one semester at SMC (a community college near UCLA), and am wanting to transfer to UCLA as soon as possible. I've been told that, no matter how many units you finish within the elloted time, you can only transfer to UCLA after 2 years, even if you finish your 60 units within a year and a half, is that true (my major is communications)?</p>
<p>My second question is regarding my major, communications. I am fully aware it is a competitive major at UCLA, and I want to know some statistics of admittance. I've only completed one semester at a CC so far, at my GPA was 3.25... I slightly blame this on it being my first semester of college and not being fully aware of all the work that is needed to succeed. I am confident I can raise my GPA greatly, but I am wondering what people might know about that statistics involving the admittance of a transfer in Communications?</p>
<p>as a former student of SMC and junior transfer of UCLA, i don’t understand the rush to transfer now. i don’t think it is the amount of time you spent at a junior college determines whether your a freshman or a sophomore. it is the number of per-requisite units that you have earned. please talk to your counselor at SMC.</p>
<p>AS long as you have your 60 units completed, you’re good to go regardless of how long it took you to accumulate those units. UCLA only accepts transfer for the Fall. Let’s say you finish all your prerequisites, IGETC and the minimum of 60 units during Fall 2013 and you applied for Fall 2014, you won’t have anything to do during Spring 2014.</p>
<p>3.25 is really bad for the communications major at UCLA. You need have a GPA above a 3.90 just to be competitive.</p>
<p>Mermaker has it right. There’s no time allocation for when you can transfer. You can, and many people do, transfer in ONE year if you meet all the requirements and will have 60 units by the end of spring. The thing is there’s only one application period, annually in November, and one enrollment period, Fall quarter (September). So if you finish everything you need to after a year and a half that would most likely mean you finish your requirements some time in December after the fall term. The issue is that you miss the previous enrollment period in September and would have to wait 9 months until fall to enroll, which is the same as having spaced out your classes over two years anyway. </p>
<p>Because there’s only fall enrollment you effectively need to finish your requirements by the spring term before Fall. There’s no spring enrollment that would allow you to finish your requirements by the end of fall term.</p>
<p>I’m not saying don’t dream, but your GPA is not competitive for UCLA at this point. As you grow older you’ll learn that while its wonderful to set a stretch goal, its also a smart idea to have a plan B and a plan C in case that 1st goal doesn’t work out. Many UC campuses have a TAG program where you can get guaranteed admission, often with a GPA significantly less than applicants not applying under the program. You can only select one participating campus, not all majors are eligible, etc, but this is something I stronly suggest you look into as a backup plan.</p>