<p>I'm curious... by the end of spring 2010, I should have around 96 semester units... I hope it's not too much because I changed a lot of majors, so I hope I don't get penalized.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure that the max units you can transfer is 70. Don’t worry though, I don’t think you’ll get penalized for having 96.</p>
<p>So I have a question. Lets say one exceeds 70 units, and keeps taking classes at a JC before transferring to help his/her gpa. What will happen? will the UC’s not count classes that you take after you exceed 70 units? What if you take more transferrable classes after you exceed 70 units? What are the consequences?</p>
<p>they will only count the max units towards your completion of your major so basically the units you took over that will just be neutralized, you’ll get credit for the classes but not the units.</p>
<p>i’m not sure about any consequences, but any courses you take above your maximum units will be given subject credit so if you take a course like psych or poli sci after you completed your maximum units, it can be used as a prereq so you’ll get subject credit to take other courses</p>
<p>If you are from out of state, and you have over 80 units, they really frown on it. It is hard to get into a UC from out of state anyway.</p>
<p>If you go to a California Community College, then you can have as many as you want. You can have 267 units and it would be ok. The UC will only transfer 70 of them, and pick the ones most related to your major. You just better have a good reason for staying in CC for so long and put it in your personal statement.</p>
<p>i see, and the classes you take after you exceed 70 units do not calculate into ur transferrable gpa?</p>
<p>no that is not true. it would not make sense since the definition of your transferable gpa is the sum of all your grade points divided by the sum of your transferable units.</p>
<p>RS20 - No, a UC will not just take your “first” 70 units. They look at all your units, and select the ones they want to take. It is usually based on pre-reqs and such. They select the classes they will take, THEN calculate your GPA from that.</p>
<p>As far as applying, as far as I know, any and all transferable classes are accounted for in your initial GPA, then after you are accepted they select what they want and then give you your transfer GPA. I might have to check on that, but it doesnt matter anyway cause when you start at a UC you start with a new GPA of 0.0.</p>
<p>For the “no unit limit” to work, you HAVE to take ALL your classes at a California CC or else there is an 80 unit limit, and only 70 will transfer.</p>
<p>got it. So if I’ve already reached 70 units and my gpa is still not up to where I would like for it to be, do you think I should take more classes (since I have one more semester) to help boost my gpa (even though some of the classes will not be counted towards graduation)? THanks.</p>
<p>What if you have over 70 units completed in community college, but you only want your transfer school to accept 60 units? Is that possible, so then you can take more classes at your transfer school?</p>
<p>u are fine no matter how many courses u took at a college (not at another University though). I had 136 units, but the max they accept will be 105 (or 70 for semester unit)</p>
<p>If you took ALL your college classes at a California Community College, then yes take some more classes. If you took any classes at an out of state CC, I would be very careful not to go over the 80, and maybe stop at 70.</p>
<p>It depends if you are taking classes to raise your GPA that are significant to your major.</p>
<p>All of my college classes have been taken at a CCC, and I am staying an extra year at CC where it is cheap so I can have a good foundation on major choice, and get the most out of the honors program I joined. So I expect to have around 90. I know only 70 will come with me, but I really feel I need the extra time.</p>