<p>I'm thinking of moving to California and enrolling in a community college there next year. As such, I have a couple of questions:</p>
<p>1) Can I count credits from AP classes towards the 60-credit requirement and towards IGETC requirements? I have 27 AP credits, and combined with attending a summer session, I'm thinking that I could graduate from community college in one year as opposed to two.</p>
<p>2) I'll be enrolled in a California community college, but technically, I'll still be an out-of-state resident when applying transfer to a UC, since I'll have lived there for less than a year. Will this be counted against me in the UC admissions process, or will I still get priority as a California community college student? (The UC website says that California community college students get priority, but doesn't say anything about state residency.)</p>
<p>3) I kind of screwed up high school. Pretty seriously. I only have an 86 unweighted average. I didn't start doing good until my junior year. Does this destroy my UC chances, or will they pay more attention to my college performance and the upward trend in my junior/senior year?</p>
<p>2) The University of California defines California community college transfer applicants as students who have enrolled at one or more California community colleges for at least two terms (excluding summer sessions), whose last college attended before admission to a UC campus was a California community college (excluding summer sessions), and who have completed the last 30 semester/45 quarter units at one or more California community colleges.</p>
<p>Under that definition you would qualify for priority. </p>
<p>becareful gabe. Moving to california and enrolling in a community college will not make someone automatically a california resident. that person will still have to pay out of state fees to the community college, so techincally will not be a california resident. where did you get your info from?</p>
<p>Kevintech--never did I say it would make him/her a California resident, nor was that his/her question. His/her question was whether he/she would receive California community college priority for UC admissions purposes, which I listed the requirements for. The requirements to have residency status (for the sake of fees, etc.) are entirely different. He/she seems aware of that.</p>
<p>Right - I understand that I'll have to pay out of state fees.</p>
<p>But that's fees only, right? The fact that I'm not a resident won't be counted against me because I'll be a California community college student, correct?</p>
<p>I am doing what you are doing. I moved from out of state when I was a junior in high school and am currently attending Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa ( you should consider this CC if you are trying to transfer to a UC---it has a real high transfer rate to UCLA and other UCs). I think you can apply for residency if you live here for more than 1-2 years. By then you'd be transferring out anyways, so my guess would be that you're on the right path. They don't look at high school record if you're coming from a community college. A lot of community college have transfer agreements with UCs. For instance, my CC has a transfer agreement where if you are enrolled in the Honors Program and you complete 18 units of Honors classes then you are bumped ahead and become top priority. Remember that UCs look at transfer students in this particular order -- California CCs, Calstate students, UC students, out of state transfers. Sooooooo you are in pretty good condition if you are in a California CC and maintain an average GPA. </p>
<p>You should seriously check out Orange Coast College 714)432-0202</p>
<p>If you fulfill that definition, it appears you will have California community college priority. Although the priority may be centered on California residents, it's called the California community college priority, not California resident priority. </p>
<p>To be sure, I think you should email a transfer office at a CCC, or the UC office of the President, or even perhaps one of the UC's admissions offices.</p>
<p>Cal state students are given priority over intercampus transfers? It makes sense in a few ways, but is that documented?</p>
<p>Also, keep in mind that the transfer rates aren't that big of a deal. The admissions people cannot discern between CCCs in CA (like, oh wow, Santa Monica, that school has great profs...). In fact, geographic diversity is one thing they can consider, meaning there may be an advantage to attending a CCC with less transfers.</p>
<p>The transfer rate is important if you want to be around other students with similar transfer goals.</p>
<p>oh he's wondering if he gets priority over other university applicants, i suppose. but he'll still be disadvantaged against other CCC cali residents being an outerstate student.</p>
<p>gabew42- Yes I actually read it in a pamphlet somewhere. The order is California CC students, Cal-State, UC transfer students, Out of state transfer students are last priority in transferring to the UC system.</p>