transferring with more than 60 units?

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<p>Ok!
I did the traditional transfer after 2 years with 60 semester units, and it worked well! Got into every UC campus I applied to. HOWEVER</p>

<pre><code>This question is actually about my girlfriend. She has 60(+/- 2 or 3) units, and wants to spend another year at CCC trying to get pre reqs cleared, and a higher gpa. I know UCLA for one accepts up to 86 semester units (129 quarter units), and even UCI's website talks about not ACCEPTING more than 70 semester units towards a degree....
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<p>i.e. from ucsd website:
"# A maximum of 70 transferable semester units of community college credit will be applied toward the B.A. or B.S. degree. Any transferable units beyond 70 will be given subject credit."
from ucla :
UCLA only admits transfer students from 4-year institutions who are at the junior level (minimum 60/90 semester/quarter units; maximum 86/129 semester/quarter units).</p>

<pre><code>the big question is how does this work. if she HAS more units than that...what happens? can she still apply and the school will omit the additional units as just nothing? A normal year at a CCC will yield around 30 units, obviously putting her over the limit. What are the options at that point? Should she just take enough units to make sure she is at 26 or less? the thing with UCLA was it stipulated those conditions for transfer students from 4 years, NOT community colleges.

Thanks in advance to anyone with some answers. I know some people on this board didn't get in this year for transfer to their campus of choice and want to try again next year so you must all be going through this same thing more or less.
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<p>I am sure the unit limit is from other 4-year colleges not CCC</p>

<p>I stayed to get all pre-reqs done and I have over 90 semester credits, accepted to UCLA, UCI, UCSD, UCD, and in 8-14 hrs UCB (probably).</p>

<p>honestly my councilor just told me to get my stuff done and don't worry about limits and stuff.</p>

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<p>thanks for the quick response west nile. I thought that it was different for people from CCC because of the nature of the schools. cause i mean how many of us can actually finish in 2 years. i had to take 21 units last fall just to do it. thanks again.</p>

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<p>The max for UCLA is also 70 semester/105 quarter; I don't know where you got that information (<a href="http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/catalog05-07acadpol-5.htm)%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.registrar.ucla.edu/catalog/catalog05-07acadpol-5.htm)&lt;/a>. </p>

<p>Regardless of how many units she has, only 70 can be used toward her degree. However the additional classes will still count toward any lower division requirements.</p>

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<p>As I understand it, you can earn as many credits at a CCC as you need to; the 4-year you transfer to will only take so many of them, but usually those that satisfy the transfer requirements.</p>

<p>Credits earned at another 4-year though are very different. Many will flat out reject your application for transfer if you have over a certain number, regardless of if they apply to your major's transfer requirements or not.</p>

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<p>I would tread carefully in this area. I know of a girl who went to a cal state for 1 yr. Then a CC. She applied for transfer to UCSB. They told her that her sequence of math and another class did not match up. One calculus at the CC another at the Cal State. She was denied. She retook the 2 classes at the CC and applied again for winter. She was denied because she had two many units. UCSB basically told her she was out of luck and not eligible to transfer at any point.</p>