<p>Suppose I have 3 years and around 90 credits (including fall and spring courses in progress) when I apply to these two schools for econ/math. Will I be at a disadvantage due to excess credits and more than 2 years of coursework? </p>
<p>Thank you</p>
<p>@ccstudentIL </p>
<p>They won’t care how much time you spent in school before applying. Have you attended a 4-year university? If so, the extra credits could be an issue. If you’ve only gone to community college, you should be fine.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>There are many schools who accumulate many units, and even spend more than 10 years before applying to UCs. They will not look down on you for that. Branching off from what Cayton stated, if those units were done from CCs alone, it will not be a problem, as there is no maximum amount of units but only 70 are tranferrable. </p>
<p>Just note that priority is given to California CC students, so it may be harder for you to transfer in unless your stats are stellar.</p>
<p>If you all your units are from CC than you will only be considered to have 70 units BUT if you take course from a 4 yr then your units will be higher. UCLA has a 86.5 semester unit cap and Cal has a 90 semester unit cap for transfers.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies everyone, I appreciate it. I kind of figured that the number of units didn’t matter as long as they are all from community college. However, I came across this link: <a href=“University of California Counselors”>University of California Counselors;
It doesn’t say anywhere that community college students are excluded form this rule. Any thoughts? Thank you.</p>
<p>You’re OOS, can you afford our fees in California?</p>
<p>yes</p>
<p>@ccstudentIL </p>
<p>It may not say that community college students are excluded from that rule, but they are. Trust me, you’ll be fine. You could complete 500 units at a community college and UCLA/Berkeley wouldn’t care.</p>
<p>Send admissions emails and ask them questions you have! They’re helpful people. </p>
<p>Thank you for the replies everyone. Btw, do I even have any shot of making it into either of these schools? I’ll try to get in as an econ/math major and so far I have around 65 credits with a 4.0 with decent extracurriculars? I feel as though I’ll have a shot at UCLA but not UCB. </p>
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That chart is not as clear as it should be but it says
If all your units are lower division there is nothing to add to the capped-at-70 value, so the chart will not apply. Coming from a CC you will get 70 units, and the excess 20 you expect to have can be used to satisfy requirements for graduation but won’t count as units towards the total you need for graduation.</p>
<p>@ccstudentIL </p>
<p>I would say that if you’ve met the requirements for the major and you have a 4.0, along with decent extracurriculars, you have a strong chance of getting into Berkeley and/or LA.</p>
<p>You can always try to be Mr. Illini…
<a href=“Michael Mohlman”>Michael Mohlman;
<p>@Cayton </p>
<p>Although my college credentials are decent as I’ve said, my high school record is atrocious ( although affected by health issues). Will I still have a shot at these schools would you say?</p>
<p>@ccstudentIL </p>
<p>UCLA and Berkeley don’t consider high school grades whatsoever. They don’t even ask for them.</p>
<p>You’ll be fine. :)</p>
<p>I recently saw UCLA’s 2014 transfer profile that 60 out of 604 out of state applicants were accepted and 134 out of 1477 students from U.S. schools outside calfiornia were accepted. What causes the difference between the numbers? Out of state and schools outside of California appear to mean the same thing and yet yield different numbers. Can anyone explain? </p>
<p>I think you mean…</p>
<p>other california schools vs schools outside of california… check the link</p>
<p><a href=“https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof14.htm”>https://www.admissions.ucla.edu/prospect/adm_tr/Tr_Prof14.htm</a></p>
<p>other california schools means schools that are not California Community Colleges or UC’s (ex: Cal State’s, USC)</p>
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<p>@ccstudentIL It looks to me like that top table (where you got the 60/604) is referring to applicants’ residency rather than where their schools are, since the categories are “California residents”, “out-of-state”, “international”, etc. The note underneath even explains that most of the “international” applicants are currently attending California community colleges.</p>
<p>The bottom table is “By School Transferring From”, not by place of permanent residence. So the 134/1477 presumably includes California residents and international students who are attending schools in other states.</p>