<p>Hello, I'm a freshman from a 4-year university in Virginia. My problem is that I'm absolutely miserable at my current university and would like to get out of here ASAP. However, I can't transfer to a UC yet as I have not finished my pre-req's and the transfer deadline for Fall 2011 has passed. (I'll already have at least 64 semester credits by the end of my freshman year thanks to my AP/IB credits.)</p>
<p>I was wondering if it would be a horrible idea to transfer to another in state university then apply to transfer to UC.</p>
<p>The possibility for me to transfer to a CCC is basically slim to none.</p>
<p>If you already have 64 credits and those are from a 4 year university, then you will most likely go over the 80 credits MAX that you are allowed by the time you transfer. You’d be ineligible. Now if you took only 15 credits MAX for the next year before you transfer, then you would be okay. That’s one thing…</p>
<p>The other is it’s extremely difficult to get accepted to a UC school as an out of state student. It’s even quite difficult to be a UC to UC transfer student. A CCC student gets top priority to transfer. If you were really serious about transferring then I would just go to a community college and make certain you do not go over the limit.</p>
<p>Just thinking… it would probably even be pointless for you to transfer to a CCC because in order to qualify as a CCC student you would need to be full time for the next year before you transfer… you would go over the credit limit and max out.</p>
<p>So, really. I should just rule UC out?</p>
<p>Most likely yes… I’m uncertain of AP credits and if those count towards the “80 credits” max… Research it because I’m uncertain of that. There may also be “some” colleges that will go to 90 credits, but I think most of them are 80. But, yes, check out if your AP credits are figured into the maximum amount before ruling out a UC school.</p>
<p>ap units won’t count against you</p>
<p>Transfering to a California State University (CSU) would actually result in your chances of acceptance as a transfer at a UC being less than they would be compared to transfering to a UC from an OOS four year college. UCs accept about 10% of transfer applicants from OOS four year universities while they accept only 5% of transfer applicants from CSUs.</p>