<p>hey all i will be starting my freshman year soon at uc santa cruz. in the future i have plans to transfer to either uc berkeley or la, and maybe san diego.
what are the requirements to transfer into those uc's? will it be possible to get there by sophmore year or will i have to wait till junior year.
most importantly: i heard that you cant overload on credits or you will not be able to transfer. is that right? what are the maximum credits?</p>
<p>thank you</p>
<p>If you really want to have an (almost) guarantee transfer to Cal, UCLA or UCSD - I suggest you skip UCSC and spend your first 2 years at community college. The reality is that the UCs take community college transfers FIRST before even looking at UC-to-UC transfers.</p>
<p>You will need to have junior standing (2 years completed) no matter which route you take. Your application will be thrown out if you do not have 2 years completed no matter where you started.</p>
<p>If you go ONLY to a community college the maximum units thing doesn’t seem to apply but do check the fine print. If you are at a 4year college OR a combo of 4year plus community college credits then max units is very important. Guess what - the max units allowed is <em>different</em> for many of the UCs, you will need to find the actual fine print (don’t trust a yahoo on the phone or ppl on the internet…FIND the documents online. I’ve seen them so I know they are out there you just need to search… I think I saw them at the california UC/gov site). </p>
<p>Again, note that even ppl in the admissions office or transfer office will get this info wrong all of the time. If you get wrong info and your application is thrown out you have zero recourse, so do your due diligence.</p>
<p>Which classes and pre-reqs will vary by UC and by which college (COE vs L&S). More footwork for you. Having the correct sequences done is as important as GPA and avoiding taking too many units overall. Wrong sequence or missing pre-reqs usually means no admission.</p>
<p>CCC to UC transfers get the highest priority. The only thing that a UC to UC transfer would have priority over is a CSU to UC transfer.</p>
<p>why dont you jsut go to ucsc and see if you like it and worry about that later. if you go for a year and dont like it that much, then go back home and go to a CC and transfer somewhere else.</p>
<p>If you don’t like ucsc and you’re just going there to be in a UC, then just go to a CC now and save your time. Nothing is more annoying than students moping around saying “God I hate UCSC, I want to get out of here so bad…” Nobody made you apply or enroll.</p>
<p>If you seriously like UCSC and just want the chance to go to LA/Cal/SD, then go to SC. That way if you get rejected, then you will still be in a place you like. I seriously thought about staying at UCSC, even though I got accepted to Cal, just because I had such a great experience there.</p>
<p>Normally you will apply during your 2nd year, but if you have a LOT of AP credits then you can technically apply during your first (not really recommended for UC-UC transfers). If you accumulate over 120 credits at UCSC then you will not be able to transfer.</p>