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Hi, do I go over the unit cap to transfer into a UC school?
I will have 75 units after this semester. I didn’t reach the deadline to drop my courses in time, giving me an extra 15 units.
I’m need to take at least 3 more units to fulfill the UC 7 course requirement. I’m taking these at a CC.
I have 15 AP credits from high school.
The total amount of credits I will have is 93 units :frowning:
Will a UC only count my transferable GE courses?
I want to major in English, so my business courses would be irrelevant.
What is included in the transferable course count?

My story - I’m in fall semester of my 3rd year at CPP studying business. I didn’t think much about what I wanted to study in High School; I did love to learn though and passed 5 AP Exams. Still, I chose to study Business. Why? I thought I had to attend college right away or else I would absolutely fail at life. I didn’t think I would even get into a UC, or what I would do if I did get into a UC, and I didn’t apply. I don’t think I was mature enough to think about it or try to apply to a UC. Now I understand what the purpose of a UC school is - academics and research. That’s what I loved in all of my high school courses. Now, I’m determining if I go over the unit cap to get accepted into a UC. I’m applying to UCSD, UCLA, UCI, and UCR.

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For the purpose of “too many units to transfer to UC”:

  • AP or IB credit ( AP & Exam credits | UC Admissions ) does not count toward “too many units”.
  • Lower division non-UC units are capped at 70 semester units (although all courses may count for subject credit).
  • UC units and upper division units are added to the number of lower division units (capped at 70 semester units).

See University of California Counselors

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Thanks, I’m crossing my fingers now to get accepted into any of these schools.