Hello, I was wondering if you guys/gals know UCLAs admission policy for transfer applicants who have credits from both a 4-year college and a community college. I received 26 semester credits from Cal State Fullerton before transferring to a community college. I will have 81 semester credits by the time I transfer which means that I will have received a total of 55 semester credits from the community college I currently attend by the time I transfer. Thank you very much for the help!
I am also a CSU>CC>UC transfer. I spoke with many people who are authorities on the matter and they said that typically, the generic type classes transfer easily. American History, Cultural Anthropology, Calc 1, Intro to Psych, etc. Maybe some more niche type classes aren’t going to come over but for the most part, if the course at your CC matches up with a course from your CSU and UC, they match.
Sort of like the classes syllogism: if A=B and B=C then A==C.
Ah, I see. Thanks! BTW, how much of a disadvantage do you think we are at (in terms of admission chances)?
Oh, and I completed one of my English requirements at CSUF, and it matches the English course offered at my CC; however, because I can’t check, on assist, whether or not UCLA accepts that course as transferable, does that mean that UCLA will reject me (because English in a part of the minimum requirements), or will they check whether or not the course is transferable?
Syllogisms >:D<
You shouldn’t be at a disadvantage especially since you went to a ca cc for the majority of your credits. Although I thought you couldn’t have more than 80 credits to transfer as a junior standing? I dunno just be sure to double check and you’re only one credit over if so 
Oh really? I thought junior standing was 86.5 for UCLA (I think 80 is for Davis). Maybe I’m wrong.
@Molisha maybe I’m having trouble interpreting this chart. Can you take a look at it please?
oh no! you’re right! I must have mixed up everything I read 
If you guys really are worried you can just call UCLA admissions, they’ll give you the quick answer haha
Ok, thanks Molisha!
If the English course that was taken at CSUF was Eng 101, then that does transfer and satisfied the first composition requirement.
That means, however, that the second course that was taken must satisfy the second category specifically and can’t simply be any writing course. Meaning you can’t take two beginning writing course or two advanced. You need at least one beginning and one advanced.
@TheVisionary thank you so much! Yes, it was Eng 101. However, would it still transfer if I got a C in it? Or should I retake it?
I wouldn’t because even if receiving a higher grade would be favorable, the admission process will be complete by the end of next spring so they would only know that the course was retaken; not that a better grade was actually received. As long as your recent grades are good then you should be fine. Not to mention, the fact that you transferred to the CC so they will probably assume that you weren’t preforming at your highest during those first semesters and only care that you passed what you needed to.
I have always thought that the idea admissions reps being too picky about English compositions grades to be a bit ridiculous considering the fact that most college courses have papers. A solid student would need to be able to write at a college level regardless of whether they passed the composition requirement with As. There really isn’t a way around it. I received a B in a writing course because, as the professor explained the last week of the semester, “You’re probably the best writer in the class, but your chosen topic is too broad and I never should have approved it.” Grades in writing courses are far too subjective for reps to look to deep into.
@TheVisionary Thanks!
“I have always thought that the idea admissions reps being too picky about English compositions grades to be a bit ridiculous considering the fact that most college courses have papers.”
Does this mean that admissions reps are, in fact, picky about English composition grades or does it mean that applicants get the idea (wrongly) that admissions reps are picky about English composition grades?
There are rumors that some are picky about the grades for composition, but I’ve never head anything official. It wouldn’t surprise me, but I was just speaking hypothetically.
@TheVisionary I see. Thank you so much for the help!
You can’t retake a course that has a C or better.
I see, thanks Lindy!
@lindyk8 Oh, btw, would you happen to know whether or not UCLA applies a penalty towards transfer applicants who have credits from both a 4-year institution and a community college?
@JacobfromCA There is no penalty. You can have as many lower division courses as you want and they cap the transfer units at 70 semester. However, if you have upper division courses, those are added on top of those LD and too many UD can put you over the transfer unit maximums. So, hopefully, if you have any UD you don’t have many.
Example:
LD (CCC): 60
LD (CSU): 20
Total LD: 70 (rounded from 80)
UD (CSU): 15
Total units: 85
You are over the unit count for Davis and Merced.
@lindyk8 Thank you so much! I don’t believe that I have any UD courses, so I think I’m safe. Thanks for the help!