Here’s my situation. I Graduated high school in spring 2015, and just finished my first semester at a local community college. I got started and realized half way through my fall semester that I am way ahead of most of my fellow freshman, as I had 6 AP classes worth of UC transferrable units from high school. I realized that I could just apply this fall for the 2016 fall semester at UC’s. My AP’s added up to 26 units, this fall I took 12, this winter I’m taking 9, and spring I will have 15, which totals 62 units. The minimum transfer units for junior level is 60, and the average person apple with about 100. My question is, how does my application stand considering I only have 4 college classes worth of grades to show for (they were all A’s, and my application is really no different than it was in high school considering there wasn’t much developmental time between the my senior application and this one. I would love to hear about other people’s experiences as 1 year transfers.
Useful info:
High school GPA was UC weighted about a 4.2, unweighted 3.66, SAT 1980
Current college GPA ( the one colleges will see in my app) is a 4.00, but only 4 classes, so not very heavily weighted.
6 AP’s
World History (5)
U.S. History (5)
AP Statistics (5)
European History (4)
Psychology (4)
Art History (3)
Extracurriculars were basically sports, volunteering, a paid summer internship at a hospital, and my current job as a math tutor for a company.
Psychology major with possible hopes of a pHd, but also considering going more into the hard sciences as I do find them rewarding and do enjoy math and related subjects. (Sort of ironic considering most of my AP’s were in the Humanities)
Yeah, that works. People do one-year transfers all the time. They won’t hold your being a one-year transfer against you. However, you need to complete IGETC / Breadth (AP’s can be used to meet some requirements).
Essentially, they just want to see that you’re able to perform well in college. You have a 4.0 for your first semester, which makes you competitive.
According to this, you will have 26.67 AP units: http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/exam-credit/ap-credits/index.html (40 / 1.5)
Anything from high school, including your GPA and SATs, are irrelevant.
The application due date is in two days. If you want to apply, get to it.
Make sure to fulfill IGETC, or breadth depending on the school - but IGETC is generally recommended -http://ccctransfer.org/sites/default/files/documents/CCC%20GE%20Sheets/2014-15/Berkeley-City/BCC-IGETC-1415.pdf
Also, make sure to complete your major prerequisites to be competitive. Check assist.org, plug in your CC and the schools you might apply to to see articulation agreements.
I think UCB allows you to complete the calc requirement over the summer, but that’s all. You will have to finish everything else by the Spring.
Thanks for the reply. I already sent my application in a month ago. I finished all of the IGETC requirements, and all of the assist.org requirements for UCLA. It’s really my only college of interest. If I understand correctly, the assist.org classes are requirements for application consideration, not merely a competitive edge, right?
Oh, and I applied to UCLA, UCSD, UCSB, and UCB
@1542Rocky Cool. You’re pretty well-prepared. You have a good shot in my opinion.
Sometimes they’re broken up into Required and Recommended courses, with Recommended courses making an applicant more competitive, naturally. The assist articulation page will tell you all you need to know about that.
Try to take as many psych courses as you can fit into your schedule, too.
Yea I’ve taken Abnormal Psych, Social Psych, taking Sociology, and Anthro as well for winter and spring. Thanks for the replies, man, I appreciate it.
Cool. I think you have a good shot for UCLA, considering you will have everything completed for them. You’ll likely get into most, if not all, of the other UCs as well. Good luck.
Are you at a quarter system CC, like De Anza, Foothill, or Lake Tahoe? If so, remember that 1 quarter unit = 2/3 semester unit, and the minimum number of units for junior transfers is 60 semester units = 90 quarter units.
For UC purposes, your AP scores are worth 40 quarter units = 26.6 semester units, according to http://admission.universityofcalifornia.edu/counselors/exam-credit/ap-credits/index.html .
No, a semester system