<p>I've read the threads on the unit limit rule UC has concerning students with >90 semester units from both CCs and universities. I have 87.5 semester units right now, all from CCCs, am intending to apply to UCs for admission to the fall 2007 school year (likely enrolling at UCI), and should have well over 90 units once I'm done with CCC (at last). I'm interested in taking a class at UCLA Extension this fall, and according to this</a> thread, would be locked out of admission as a junior if I did so. (The class I want to take is an X400-level general interest class that does not have any equivalent course in any of the universities I'll be applying to.)</p>
<p>UCLA Extension has several different options for recording class credit, including as a letter grade, pass/fail, and as continuing education units. These are all recorded on a transcript, but then there is another credit option as follows:
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Do Not Record: Your work will not be evaluated (you are not required to take exams or complete projects). Your transcript will not reflect your enrollment in the course. You may enroll in any Extension course with this option except concurrent courses prefixed "XLC".
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If I enrolled in the class this way, does anyone think I would avoid triggering the unit limit rule? Does anyone have any experience with this credit option and can comment on what it actually means for a transfer student?</p>
<p>Secondly, if I did take the class using the normal "For Credit/Letter Grade," or if the "Do Not Record" option doesn't work for transfers after all, does anyone know if UCI takes senior transfers for the fall?</p>
<p>Here is the simple thing to do, call UCI. IT will take you all of 15 minutes if you are put on hold, and your answer will come from a reliable source. None the less, good luck on transfering.</p>
<p>honestly if you just want to take the class without worrying about taking the tests or doing homework... why not just show up everyday for the hell of it? Don't sign up.. its essentially the same thing. You're not getting credit by doing that enrollment thing anyway... so why not just go because you want to. it gives you the sense of how classes at UCLA are. i would do it.</p>
<p>oxypunk151: I was already planning to call UCI tomorrow, but I wanted to ask here anyway just to see if anyone else has experience with this issue. Thanks for your well-wishes.</p>
<p>Colin387: It's not that I'm worried about taking tests or doing homework; I just don't want to jeopardize my transfer because of the rule concerning unit limits. This course is a limited enrollment one that doesn't permit visitors after the first class meeting, either...</p>
<p>if you want you can go to ucla as a regular students instead of me this fall. Just say that u're me.</p>
<p>im sure if you tell the professor that you are only here to experience how UCLA is and are a prospective student... they will more than likely let you stay. that is of course that there is extra room in the class. most professors like it that they have people that are taking their own time to see how the school functions... again if only you and the professor know... whose going to call the police on you? this isn't highschool where they take roll everyday...</p>
<p>not if it's a laboratory course. as for social sciences, ucla has 50-150 people lectures taught by a professors, but the discussions sections are small usually 20-30 students taught by a TA. U can sit in lectures, not discussions. also nobody will grade ur stuff.</p>
<p>Just show up in the class. No body really cares about you if the lecture has over 100 people.</p>
<p>It's a conversational language class, not a lecture-type course, and I doubt 100 people would be allowed to attend.</p>
<p>haha that linked thread was started by me more than a year ago. Like a year and a half. i didn't end up taking those extension classes, switched my major 3 times after that, got into ucla, and then deferred ucla. AH, good times.</p>
<p>OK, I got my answer from UCI yesterday: they don't care about the number of units, even if it's mixed between CC and university units, and Extension units don't count. I would still be admitted as a junior. However, certain universities, for example UCSB, can be strict about this rule. I'll call UCLA today and see what they say . . .</p>
<p>Now the answer from UCLA: after 45 minutes of calling and getting busy signals, at last I was told that having a few Extension classes doesn't matter for junior transfers, even if I have more than 90 units, as long as the bulk of my classes are from CCs. I still have to report the class on the application, whether I take the class for credit or under the Do Not Record option. I feel relieved now...</p>