<p>It begs the question, so if you report less than what is on your transcripts (say from two schools), then they could consider that cheating and not reporting credit? I'm not sure what the advantage of that would be except trying to get under the unit cap?</p>
<p>Let me see if I understand this.....say in November, when you apply you report the work you've done at two schools, yet you omit a class or two to get under that unit cap (because some UC's are stricter about this than others), yuo're accepted at a few UC's, and consequently in June when they receive your transcripts they find your omissions, wouldn't they just.....revoke your admission? I'm not sure what they meant about....taking away your degree? How can a person go to UCLA for four years and then, have their degree taken away in that scenario? That's a little too "big brother" for me. lol</p>
<p>I think "taking away the degree" only happens if they determine that you were admitted because you'd done something fraudulent, which presumably would include leaving credits out to get under the credit requirement.</p>
<p>Fortunately, not all UC schools are as strict about the unit cap if you can make a good case for your changing directions, and the quality of education at all of them is quite high (not that you'd get that impression listening to some of the folks on College Confidential!!) :)</p>
<p>If you do it intentionally, you are lying. Lying to a university on an application which requires a signature (electronic or otherwise) is fraud. If they catch you, you will pay the maximum price, and you will not be getting anything from them. ALL universities have policies about lying on applications, this is nothing new. There are stories about students (the one about the girl who murdered her mother, served her time, but told Harvard that she'd never committed a crime and had herself booted from Harvard, given no degree, comes to mind) who have faced these consequences.</p>
<p>Most likely, they would be willing to work with you on it. If you think like you might have too many credits, be open and honest about it, and they may be able to work something out for you. </p>
<p>The woman on the phone assured me that they often catch people who try to escape the credit cap, and the consequences are not pretty. Remember that your classes are tied to your social security number, so it's not that hard to find things!</p>