<p>Hello, I have a very big problem right now after UCI admitted me on 6/13. Transfer</a> Admission, Selection and Preparation</p>
<p>I'm a Computer Engineering major and got a 3.03 GPA. I also have learning disability but getting some benefits from the disabled center office.<br>
I meet all the requirements shown in the link, but now I have gotten very upset. When I login into my account and clicked on transfer conditions, I noticed that I need to get a grade B or better for Physics 3. I got a C, because I had a very hard time in that class. Why don't UCI mentioned this in the one I linked? I thought I need to avoid getting D's or F's in order to have a chance to get admitted at UCs. I called the admissions, and they told me to go to a msr center to explain the situation about my grade. </p>
<p>I am very upset because UCI is the only school I got accepted too. The rest of UCs rejected me because not only my GPA is a low 3, but also, I took too many community college units.<br>
Please, does anybody have the same issue?
I feel like my life is a failure because I feel that I wasted 4 -6 years at community college for nothing but getting rejected to all UC schools. I also have poor conversation skills and have problems asking questions because I'm afraid to.</p>
<p>Call and ask them. There’s a good chance (not a guarantee of course) that they might not mind.</p>
<p>rejected for having to many Community College Units? How many did you have?
I heard that it did not matter how many CC units you took, unless you also went to a 4-year institution as well.</p>
<p>Like I said, I did call the admissions, and I’ve been told to send a message center about my admission situation. Right now, I cannot because it seems there is a problem with their email system. So I have to wait.<br>
According to my community college records, it says I have 116 units. I’ve been in community college for 4-6 years now.</p>
<p>UCI, UCR and Merced, it doesn’t matter.</p>
<p>UCSB, UCD, UCB, UCLA, UCSD, and UCSC has a limit on what the maximum units I can have. </p>
<p>If UCI rejected me, then I’m a failure in life. I have poor social skill due to language disorder, and it’s my fault that I wasted 4-6 years at community college for nothing. .</p>
<p>That is what they told you? Or that’s what you are guessing. You cannot have too any ccs credits, many students apply with well over the minimum.</p>
<p>It’s not what they told me. I checked their website about the transfer requirements.</p>
<p>for UCSD, it requires a max of 70 transferable units
UCD:I’m probably wrong on this one, but I just follow what this link says
UCB: no more than 80 transferable semester units (120 quarter units) that satisfy College or major requirements
UCLA:
A: When students transfer to UCLA, they must be at junior level. That means a student must have at least 90 quarter (60 semester) and no more than 129 quarter (86 semester)* units.</p>
<p>*Students transferring to UCLA from 2-year colleges get a maximum of 105 quarter units applied to their degrees. Therefore, a 2-year college transfer with more than 129/86 units will still be considered a junior.</p>
<p>UCSB and UCSC will say the same thing.</p>
<p>But like I said, I started community college 2006, but I was a high school student.</p>
<p>What that policy actually means is, it does not matter how many units you have, they will only count 70 of them, and they do not care if you have over 100 semester units / 150 quarter units as long as you only took courses in community college, they will accept you. I have over 100 semester units when I filled out my UC applications, and all the UC I applied accepted me, including UCB, UCLA, UCD, UCSD, UCI, UCSB and UCR. So, if you really can’t make it work this year (really hope you get into UCI), you can take some courses to boost your gpa a little, and apply again next year. Good luck.</p>
<p>Hello, thank you for your reply, and thanks for making this clear about the transfer units. It’s not that boosting up GPA is my issue.</p>
<p>The main problem I have is that I got a C in Physics 3, and I cannot retake it again since it’s a passing grade. UCI wants this class to have a B or better, but I cannot reapply because of this.</p>
<p>What should I do?</p>
<p>@OP, It would help if you can briefly explain what Physics 3 is and what it covers. Every school has a different numbering system its courses and it would make it easier to offer suggestions as to what you could do if you could tell us the title rather than just the number of the course at your school.</p>
<p>Did you call and ask if UCI is ok with you getting a C? They might be.</p>
<p>Thanks for the replies. The physics 3 is the one that covers thermodynamics, Ideal Gas Laws, Geometric Optics, Special Relativity, Quantum Physics.</p>
<p>I did call them, and once again, they told I must get a B or better, otherwise, i’ll be rescinded. But somehow, they told me to send a message on uci myadmission to explain about my grade and to see if I can change my major.</p>
<p>It does NOT MATTER at all how many CC units you have. As long as you don’t have a mixture of units from CC and a four year institution.</p>
<p>You were most likely rejected for other reasons. As far as the C goes, call and discuss this with them and do exactly as they tell you, explain your situation and most likely everything will be fine.</p>
<p>You need to be proactive and know exactly what grades you need to have. So be careful.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Ah ok, well see what happens then. I think there’s a good chance that they’ll let you change majors.</p>
<p>Special Relativity and Quantum Physics tend to be the areas in Physics that Engineering majors seem to have the most trouble with. It could be that Engineering majors tend to be very intuitive and concerned with solving “practical” problems while Special Relativity and Quantum Physics can be very counter-intuitive and have very limited applicability in most areas of Engineering. Many universities no longer require Engineering majors to take Physics courses that stress SR and QM. Requiring you to get a B in that course seems a little unreasonable. If you were able to get B in both Classical Mechanics and E&M maybe you can find some way to convince UCI that a C in this course does not mean you do not have a firm enough grasp of Physics to succeed as an Engineering major.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reply, Lemaitre1. I am so happy that I got a B for Classical Mechanics and E&M. I really hope that even though I got a C for Quantum and Special Relativity, they would reconsider about whether i can still major in engineering.</p>
<p>Have they sent you any response yet?</p>
<p>Thanks for your response. I’m afraid they haven’t, but right now, they just received my official college transcripts(yesterday).</p>
<p>And also, btw, I have a hold on my record after I login to ucinet, but do you guys know how can I just the record remove? It says something about having to meet an adviser because it’s important, but I’m a little confused on the procedure because it doesn’t clearly explain step by step on how to meet an advisor. Do I just wait for my advisor to say what he/she can do?</p>
<p>they’ll send you an e-mail telling you to pick a date for when to have your advising session.</p>
<p>It is encouraging they are willing to talk with you about your situation. If they thought that it is was a cut and dried case of you you not meeting your contractual obligations, I think it is likely they just would have rescinded you, without further discussion, and that would be the end of it.</p>
<p>Yeah I read that policy and I couldnt understand what they meant about counting only 70 of your units if you went over. How does that calculate into your gpa?</p>