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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.
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<p>you can check 90 sem units * 1.5 = 135 Qtr units</p>
<p>fei, no probs...how can engineering students with their extensive courseload (many of which have prereqs) stay below the recomended units?! cannot...esp Bioengineering students have a lot of reqs i think....any future bioengineers here?</p>
<p>accepted UCI
rejected UCSB
many pending
history major, IGETC certified, 3.73 GPA
very worried that SB rejected me since they were supposed to be a safety school</p>
<p>You should still be admitted to the college of letters and science though. I have plenty of friends who have transfered with up to like 4 classes missing from the major requirements, and they just completed them at UCSB.</p>
<p>Students in majors other than the biological sciences will be admitted to their first choice major WITHOUT REGARD TO MAJOR Preperation, with the exception of performance majors and the Computer Science, B.A. major (which is described below with the Computer Science degree offered in the College of Engineering). However, all transfer students are encouraged to complete as many of their major preparation courses as possible prior to transfer, in order to make normal progress toward completion of the degree.</p>
<p>thats horrible.... because i will be missing 2 classes when i apply for fall and or winter of 06.... and it sucks because I have constantly been told that as long as I complete IGETC and get the gpa articulated in the TAA, that I would be accepted.</p>
<p>I spoke with a councelor this morning over the phone, and he said that there is no number of pre major classes that need to be completed. He said that its wise to do them before hand because they dont go on your pre major gpa if completed at a cc, but they are not mandatory.</p>
<p>So now im confused because councelors from Santa Barbara city college, (feeder school into ucsb) are saying one thing, and then the uc people are telling you other things</p>
<p>Certainly a lot of confusion over the issue of transfer units. I was very confused myself and researched many websites and student handbooks of the UC schools I applied to such as UCI, UCLA, UCSB, UCB. This is what I gleaned from them:</p>
<p>1 - When they say they do not accept students with over 90 semester units, they are referring to students with units from 4 year universities. They prefer you to re-apply to your previous 4 year school and finish your degree. Of course, there are exceptions, as always.</p>
<p>2 - If can be very unclear in some school policies, but there was one paragraph in the UC admission policy website stating that units from California Comm. Colleges are treated differently. You can have over 100 and that will not automatically disqualify you from admission. BUT they will only transfer 70; the remainder can be used to meet subject reqs and pre-reqs for upper div classes and even grad school courses.</p>
<p>So: (these examples use semester units)
- Betty goes to Wash U and earns 85 units, then tranfers to UCLA. UCLA takes 70 units and applies them towards UCLA graduation unit requirement, and Betty can use the rest to meet other subj reqs or pre-reqs.</p>
<pre><code> - Joe went to Wash U also and earned 96 units, then applies to transfer to UCLA. UCLA says "no," go back to Wash U and finish the 1 1/2 years for your BA degree there. Joe can appeal, and may still get in if he has good reason. The only reason I can think of that would certainly be convincing would be that Wash U stopped offering his major, but I'm sure there are other acceptable reasons.
Eva went to Pasadena City College and earned 138 units, all of them transferrable to a UC. She applies to UCI, UCSB, UCLA, and UCB. All UCs can only accept 70 of her units, but the rest can be used for subj reqs and pre-reqs. She gets in to UCI because they have a liberal admissions policy when it comes to excess units. She can be classified as a senior or junior, but she must complete 35 quarter units at UCI to qualify for a degree from UCI. 35 quarter units can be finished in one year, BUT many senior level classes require junior level coursework that can only be completed at a UC or other 4 year school that offers similar courses.
UCSB is not so kind. Though they can't reject a CCC transfer on the basis of excessive units, they PREFER CCC students with less than 90 semester units, just like other 4 year transfers. They may admit her if space permits, but it isn't likely.
UCLA and UCB are freakin emotional terrorists who still haven't said a GD thing about whether Eva has been admitted or not, but these two UCs seem to interpret the CCC unit policy more liberally than UCSB, but not as liberal as UCI.
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<p>I got accepted to UCSB with 2/5 Poli Sci classes completed. Anyone who says you need 80% completed for all majors is absolutely clueless. tncpauld post (post #50) covers everything that needs to be covered in regards to this.</p>
<p>writingwell: good post...but did you read mexbruin's post?? he applied to UCSB with 92 units and got rejected...he called them and they told him that it was because of the high units he had. and he went only to CCCs.</p>
<p>just read the last para of your post...are you saying that UCSB looks badly upon more than 90 units?</p>
<p>Yes, it seems UCSB prefers ALL their transfer students to have under 90 semester units. They haven't rejected me yet, but I don't expect to get in. No matter. I was admitted to UCI, preferable for an English major with an emphasis in critical theory.</p>