<p>I just calculated my units and only 79 are uc transferable the rest are miscellaneous courses like the ones I mentioned. I do have a high number of units because I switched majors from biology to poli sci and unfortunately these majors had no courses that crossed. I'm going to call anyway and pray that I have a snowball's chance in the others doubt it though.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>thanks. I'm good either way it turns out</p>
<p>That's strange, a girl on the UC thread said she had over 100 semester units and was accepted to UCI. Another one said she has about 95 units and got in. Maybe UCI is easier when it comes to units?
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<h2>Total admissions weirdness - I am an English major with a total UC transfer GPA of about 3.30 - 3.34. Most recently, I completed 100 units at PCC with a 3.61 GPA (total of 161 SEMESTER units -yes, I know...that's a hell of a lot of units). Like so many others on this board, I was admitted to UCI on April 7, but I have yet to hear from UCSB (not that I care anymore after UCI accepted me), UCLA, and UCB. For those admitted to UCI: anybody else with a ton of units admitted as a senior? I applied as a junior transfer, but they gave me senior standing! </h2>
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<p>I was also admitted to UCI as a senior (even though I applied as a junior). I will complete 76 semester units at a CCC and I completed 28 quarter units at a Cal State, so I'll have about 95 semester units when I transfer. Although I don't know that the UCI policy is towards Cal State classes, I suppose they counted them. Maybe we'll get priority registration? </p>
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<p>I concur...extremly strange...you need to really appeal/call them or something....</p>
<p>I'm worried about the same, I'm going to have over 90 credits...</p>
<p>is this policy only with UC's? What about Cal states or private schools in cali?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>hopeless, it might vary by UC. UCI seems to accept people with over 90 semester units while UCSB does not. I had the same question for counselors last year, and was always assured by everyone i spoke to that having units in excess of 70 was ok, but those units would not be transferred.
I think you should call each school you applied to and find out their policy so you won't have to wait and worry.</p>
<p>i have more than 70 units i got in</p>
<p>mexbruin, I too have more than 70 units and I am in @ SB but here is the deal....</p>
<p>If you are a CC student than the excess units are not transferred, but you get the course credit.</p>
<p>If you are a NON-CC student they do not accept students with excessive units...at least for Berkeley this is true and I'm assuming this is true for the other UCz as well.</p>
<p>So, are you a CC transfer student or a Non-CC transfer student ?</p>
<p>I am going to have total 78 semester units...cause I am in engineering and I am applying to a lot of schools...damn I am really worried</p>
<p>I'm only a cc student attended Mission College and before that PCC</p>
<p>that's strange mexbruin...I talked to my counselor today because of this post and I told her that at the very end I would have 83 units total. She said that 70 will transfer and the rest they will give me subject credit and that it shouldn't matter because they will still start me as a Junior. Maybe since u surpassed the 90 max limit maybe that's why you weren't accepted...I would still appeal though and tell them your situation.</p>
<p>just found this:</p>
<p>"Keep in mind that most UC campuses admit a limited number of lower division transfer students. This means that, in most cases, you should plan on completing at least 60 semester (90 quarter) units before you transfer. In addition, most campuses dont admit students with 90 semester (135 quarter) units or more."</p>
<p>that sucks I wish I would have known that before I enrolled in those unecessary classes. The counselor at my cc never mentioned this to me when she reviewed my application and I assumed it would not be this big of a problem.
Fei, in your post where it says "most campuses..." do you know which UC's fall into this?</p>
<p>Mexbruin, it says most campuses don't accept students with over 90 units, but in my above post, 2 girls got accepted to UCI, one girl with over 100 CC semester units, and one girl with a mix of cal state and CC units.
I'm willing to bet UCI is one of those campuses that doesn't care if you go over 90. You should probably call each individual campus and find out.</p>
<p>definitely strange...and yea your counselor should have raised a red flag....</p>
<p>Some counselors are totally clueless. The sad thing is that there will be people making the same mistake next year when we've all transferred and completely abandon the transfer board.</p>
<p>How did you guys get so many credits? I've got (or will have I suspose) 63 units completed at the end of the semester, and I've taken large course loads.</p>
<p>Guys, I calculated my total units...before the qrt/sem I am transferring...I **will have 128 quater units<a href="2%20yr%20span">/b</a> let alone the 90 qrt units...If my Calc AB AP exam is counted I will have 133 units (but I retook Calc Ii so i don't think they will count it)...And Im in @ Davis,SB,SC so you future applicants don't worry if you have above 90 qtr units but don't cross the 135 limit...It might change later on so always be on the lookout</p>
<p>Glad I will be below the 135 units mark...</p>
<p>indie_boy, we're talking about semester credits.. and the policy regarding them as most UCs says they will not accept any students with over 90 semester units.</p>